tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post5064263323103039769..comments2024-03-23T14:17:37.033-04:00Comments on Hammered Out Bits: Bronze Casting - Metals, Melts and other Mysteriesthe Wareham Forgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584324650436543045noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-71776438102815792382015-10-10T08:44:07.937-04:002015-10-10T08:44:07.937-04:00Celsius vs Fahrenheit
I am part of the transition ...Celsius vs Fahrenheit<br />I am part of the transition generation in Canada. (I actually was part of the lab rat group in Peterborough Ontario growing up - repeatedly had Metric introduced and replaced from about grade 1 onwards.)<br />As an artisan blacksmith - the units used in the forge are still all primarily in British units (Fahrenheit / gauge / inches). <br />In practical terms, temperatures are all determined relatively by colour!<br /><br />Science has almost always been measured in Metric units for me. This applies to archaeology and artifacts.<br /><br />Just to muddy the waters - a lot of my reader base are Americans - who virtually alone still cling to their own specific units. (How many litres in an *American* gallon??)<br /><br />Do be aware that the introductory statement was part of an e-mail sent to me by someone else. I certainly knew the '1800 degrees' given was intended to represent *Fahrenheit* measurements. <br />You see the rest of my post does mark each temperature given with the unit of measurment.<br /><br />Darrellthe Wareham Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584324650436543045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-29357313027278634432015-10-04T08:16:43.745-04:002015-10-04T08:16:43.745-04:00Beware Centigrade (Celsius) v Fahrenheit. Most of...Beware Centigrade (Celsius) v Fahrenheit. Most of the world uses Centigrade and report melting points in *CENTIGRADE*! I've just been looking for the MP of Bronze (in Centigrade, I don't DO Fahrenheit any more) and the temperature range given is as you say. If you are trying to melt bronze at that temperature in FAHRENHEIT you *are* going bto have trouble. Why not join the rest of the world? Here in the UK we changed over without much head-scratching. I changed over 50+ years ago in my teens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-48066114104834552282015-06-10T00:57:26.643-04:002015-06-10T00:57:26.643-04:00Wow! it's a great post! Also, bronze alloys ha...Wow! it's a great post! Also, <a href="http://www.thegreenbook.com/products/bronze-alloys/" rel="nofollow">bronze alloys</a> have a desirable and unusual property to expand slightly prior to their setting. This helps a great deal in filling every corner of the mold. Their ductility and strength causes them to be molded into any form.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348367560139366345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-12500617883220087912015-05-18T00:11:50.136-04:002015-05-18T00:11:50.136-04:00Thanks, good info!
Thanks, good info!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-11439447108659363512011-03-01T09:25:50.959-05:002011-03-01T09:25:50.959-05:00Nice article on this topic in "British Archae...Nice article on this topic in "British Archaeology", Oct. 2010 on Viking Jewelry. Part of their article asking "where are the female Vikings?" Most of the jewelry found through female grave goods that are recovered seem to be lead or lead alloy. <br /><br />http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba115/feat1.shtmlSTAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.com