Cuttlefish cast brass

Noel_Yovovich 2004-05-31 00:01:08 UTC #1

Hi, neighbors,

I have a student who wants to cuttlefish-cast using brass. I've done this before without a problem, using brass casting grain. I don't currently have any of that, so I'm hoping someone more experienced with casting (I am competent but not expert) will tell me whether it will work as well with cut-up nugold sheet? Is there a difference between sheet brass and grain? If casting needs more zinc, I suppose I could use pennies...?

Thanks for any help and guidance!

--Noel

brian 2004-06-01 03:00:00 UTC #2

I don't know about 'nugold' but ...

Brass sheet is usually plain old 70/30 Cu/zinc. Cut into small even
pieces.

Brass screws, however, may have a little lead in the mix, so
probably best to avoid melting that at home.

Brian

Brian Adam
Auckland NEW ZEALAND
www.adam.co.nz