Working with lead-free pewter

We make no-lead pewter into jewelry in our shop here in the
mountains of Mexico.

What we do is to cast the molten alloy into an ingot mold that is
about 17 cm long, wide and about.5 cm. tall.

Then we take it to a rolling mill in Taxco and have the ingot made
into sheet.

The pewter will break up around the edges but it is possible to make
#12 and #14 guage sheet in this way.

Also, we will have the ingots drawn into round, square, and
half-round wire.