[TheForge] Metal and Pottery questions

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Terry,

When making a part it depends a lot on how much stress it will have.  If non 
structural you can use mild steel, if it will have a lot of stress you will 
need a better grade with the right teat treat. You also need to consider 
whether or not it needs to be abrasion resistant.

You could get plain white mugs from a restaurant supply pretty cheap. You 
could then paint them yourself or have them screen printed, and then fired. 
I don't know what the cost would be but my mom used to do ceramics and doing 
the whole thing is not cheep when you have to buy the greenware and pay for 
2 or 3 fireings.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net
On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, terry l. ridder wrote:

> hello;
>
> metal working  question
> when having to fabricate a repair part from scratch and the original
> material is unknown how do you decide what to make the repair part out
> of?
>
> pottery question
> i have the requirement for 24 coffee cups. white 10 ounce mugs to start.
> the outside of the mug will have a red background and white lettering.
>
> the lettering is:
>
> Keep Calm
>     &
> Carry On
>
> above the lettering in white is the Crown of King George VI