[TheForge] Bronze

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Good post; Thanks Ben

Ben Barrett wrote:
> Wikipedia's external links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_bronze
> were out of date (from 2005), so I just updated them, hope I got that right
> :)
> 
> now at
> http://www.copperinfo.co.uk/alloys/bronze/pub82-aluminium-bronze-technical/homepage.shtml
> there are a lot of alloys out there!  What are the most common ones?
> Ones findable among ['common' to any particular special-purpose] scrap?
> such as boats, auto, off-roading gear, decommissioned eqpt?
> 
> Looks like what you're seeking might be listed on
> http://www.copperinfo.co.uk/alloys/bronze/pub82-aluminium-bronze-technical/sec22.htm#Fabrication%20Properties
> IFF you know which alloy you have... or maybe this could help you determine
> which alloy you have, if you can measure or control heat precisely, LOL.
> 
> Thanks, this is an interesting thread :)
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <
> artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> 
>> 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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