[TheForge] cauldrons

[wmullett at bright.net]

Seems to me that copper is a metal too.

.....gotcha...

BTW - If you have riveted on handles I bet it's a copper kettle.  Many of these are black from age but will shine up very well using a salt slurry.  We use a large one for apple butter.  Turn it upside down to store it but still have to clean it with salt each year.

New copper ones run several hundred dollars.  I saw an antique cast one go for $800 a month or so ago.  It was a middle size.  The large cast ones are still used by the Amish here and there are several at every auction.

Walt



From: "robert hensarling" <rhrocker at hilconet.com>
Date: Thu May 24, 10:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] cauldrons

Oohh.  Mine isn't copper, it's metal.  I don't think it's cast, but seems to 
have been heated and stretched in a set of fullers, really big fullers.  I 
think it's about 36" to 42" diameter, with riveted on handles.  Just perfect 
for the pig in your neighborhood!
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From: "GHS" <GHS at execpc.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:11 AM
Subject: [TheForge] cauldrons


> Quite a while back, I am thinking 2-3 years ago someone posted the url of 
> a place they had visited that makes large copper kettles. I am talking 
> cauldron size like the classic cannibal cartoon has the missionary in.
>
> If anyone has this url tucked away, or perhaps is the original poster 
> themselves , I could really use that url.
>
> Mike Graf
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