[TheForge] Fw: Ancient metallurgy article...

[Daniel Crowther]

I'm not sure you got the point of what he's trying to do.  He's not 
interested in JUST getting a bloom.  He wants to measure all the 
variables TOO.  Airflow, prefire temps and duration, ore size, charge 
size, recharge rate, charcoal type, charcoal size, ore type, furnace 
clay type, tuyere angle, tuyere diameter, furnace height, furnace 
interior shape, furnace platform type, tapping arch placement, 
tapping arch size, and weather conditions; just to name a few.

So, with that in mind failures are perfectly acceptable.  It's not 
enough to have an automatic recipe for success (which is what talking 
to SCAdians would probably have gotten him), but to know WHY that recipe works.

What he needs is to get in contact with "Earyiron". 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/earlyiron/)  It's a group dedicated to 
historic smelting AND maintaining the meticulous records needed for 
scientific analysis.

Daniel Crowther
Gobae - The Smith
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At 08:51 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
>Think you metalheads might find this interesting. Think the guy might have
>asked a few SCAdians, though- we've got folks whove been producing
>successful blooms for a while.
>
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> > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051011073801.htm
> >
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