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Re: [OT] Melting aluminum

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Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> writes:

> On Sat, 13 Sep 2014, Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
>> Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> http://ericlippert.com/2014/09/12/melting-aluminum/
>>>
>>
>> Nice to see another hot-metal head [1] on c.m.  The term "hacker", in its
>> best sense, isn't limited to digital bits.
>>
> But you don't use aluminum do you?


Only cold. You can do some nice repousse in Al but it's hard (where I
am) to  find pure Al sheet. The stuff they use for dump trucks and
boat hulls obviously doesn't work for that.

> I always liked the notion of making a knife, folding it over again and 
> again, then hammering...

It's incredibly cool.  In the last 30 years, numerous guys have made
careers specializing in that.  I've made a nice little paring knife,
just to prove I could do it.

> ... just like making croissants.

Almost but not exactly like making croissants, just to be technically
picky.  :-)  Cut and stack, not fold. 

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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[OT] Melting aluminum Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-13 13:07 +0000
  Re: [OT] Melting aluminum Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-13 15:49 +0200
  Re: [OT] Melting aluminum Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-09-13 16:05 -0300
    Re: [OT] Melting aluminum Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-13 17:57 -0400
      Re: [OT] Melting aluminum polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-13 23:04 +0100
        Re: [OT] Melting aluminum Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-14 10:34 -0400
      Re: [OT] Melting aluminum Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-09-13 23:25 -0300

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