[TheForge] Bronze

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Jim would know, if anybody.
The Al Bronze i've forged is buttery hot but rather 
brittle cold.

PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/5/2010 3:08:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> artgawk at thegrid.net writes:
> 
> I have a vague recollection that certain bronzes actually 
> harden on  quenching..not sure which ones though.
>  
>  
> I have played around a bit with aluminum bronze and it feels to me like  
> quenching does harden it a bit. Really like to know a bit more about that if  
> anyone out there has some info.   James???
>  
> Don Plummer
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