Copper rail road spike? Why not!

Originally Posted by eesakiwi

WoW ! That's impressive !



I'd love to see a Bronze spike, or Brass. That 'Old world' effect that the Copper spike's got is great.

I notice ( I have to, I've done some casting metal too..) The pourer, we just used a spoon to carve a small dish beside the pourer & cut a short smooth channel to the pourer, then poured into the dish & once it filled, the molten Ali went into the channel & then down the side of the pourer hole.

You got a very good casting each time, which isn't easy, i had a few 'dropped' molds.

I'll try to spoon a channel, sounds like a good idea - tried making a crater, but I think that made too much material trying to make its way down the channel at once.

I'd like to get some aluminium bronze and brass, and if I ever find a source of tin, classic bronze - make my own little redneck collection of materials. I'm tempted to attempt polishing as well, but I'm not as excited about that idea as pouring some more castings.