Heat Treatment
Jackdaws and mouldable firebrick
My father reported that he’d had a jackdaw fall down his chimney whilst he’d been sailing around the Clyde and Aaran. Being a helpful son, I looked up some websites for “pot toppers”, “chimney hats” and “Bird Guards”. Whilst looking
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Tags: firebrick, Flowerpot furnace, forge, hearth
Making things in the oven
I’ve been reading in Tubal Cain’s book on heat treatment and he suggests that a domestic fire can be used for hardening and an electric oven can be used for tempering. I have seen some “portable pizza” ovens that could
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Tags: Steel
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
