Found Dreaming

Rasper could I borrow your bronze recipe,

Mike I think you had some plaque patterns made by someone in canada if not then no problem.

David

Hi Dave, Village Impressions is who you're looking for, Anna-Mae is her name, her hubby is Foundry Joe from the defunct AA, she is also very easy to work with, just let her know you were with AA and also with Found Dreaming http://www.villageimpressions.com/.....I glued the rubber patterns using PVA glue to a piece of board the thickness of the plaque that I wanted to make, I used PVA because it's water-soluble and to remove the rubber pattern from the board all you needed to do was soak it in water and carefully peel it off https://www.facebook.com/Village-Impres ... 732978558/

Dave,

My bronze is Everdur: 95% Copper wire, (copper pipe and tubing is fine), 4% Silicon, 1% Manganese.

I melt some already alloyed Everdur in the crucible first so I can push the copper wire under and get it out of the air. Copper oxidises quickly. I use a cover of beer bottle glass and a little borax. Careful with the borax as it eats crucibles. It takes a while for the silicon to melt. I pulverize it before I add it. I always pour the alloy into ingots before I use it. The glass cover has an added advantage in that when I scoop it off, all of the dross and trash comes with it.

Richard

If you were closer Dave I would give you some copper hammerheads from my last job, I have a few just sitting in a box on my welding bench waiting for someone to need them

I make lead hammers for banging on my machines with., have this fancy store bought mold that you melt you lead in then tip it up an the lead runs into the mold to make the head/

Thanks guys for the info reason I was asking is a buddy of mine was asking about making one cause a lady had hit him up about how much it would cost.