Poured pewter fittings
I poured some pewter fittings on a knife and thought someone might like to see how I did it. I had the blade ready to finish up, the handle is a piece of walnut round that I had stabilized with...
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Nice and no wasting the pewter I like the blade too btw.Show us finished pics please.
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Really nice tutorial, Randy.I've poured some, but your funnel/sprue method is a real eye-opener. I've got half a pewter tea pot and an old pewter plate already reduced to ingot form. I'm looking...
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nice tutorial...its the best pewter one i've seenand great looking knife... !!!Greg
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Thanks for the nice comments guys! Terry, you can seal the pewter with paste wax, I just finish it with the handle. But if you put wax on it, it wont take the patina as fast as if you just leave it...
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nice one randy ive been wating on this one im gonna give it a try one day soon
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I've definitely never seen a more thorough tutorial on this.Thanks a bunch!Joe Nelson
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Thanks for posting this Randy! It is on my "to try" list. The knife looks very cool.
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What's a good source for pewter, rather than melting down Grandma's antique service. Jim L.
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McMaster and Track of the wolf carry the lower temp cerro alloys. United Nuclear also carries wood's metal but it's pretty spendy.
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Never ordered from either, but here's a couple links I have saved: http://www.eagerplastics.com/castingpewter.htm http://www.nathantrotter....pewter_casting_alloys.htm
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winelinc wrote: What's a good source for pewter, rather than melting down Grandma's antique service. Jim L. I've heard of some people using plumbers solder as a pewter substitute. Anyone know for sure...
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Yes, You can use the plumbers solder, but you have to make sure the kind you buy is LEAD FREE. I have used it and it works.
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The low temp cerro alloy I use has lead and cadmium in it. You just have to make sure you do not overheat it to the out gassing temps of the two toxic metals. And don't put whatever you make with it...
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