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  1.    janos reacted to a post in a topic: casting metal parts including cannon
  2. Bev
    If you live by or visit the foreshore you can often obtain cuttlefish bone (the white skeleton). Cuttlefish bone is quite soft and will retain the shape of objects pressed into it (after preparation). This means by taking two piece and sandwiching the object to be cast and pressing them together until they meet an impression can be made suitable for casting. Cuttlefish casting has been traced back to the Saxons and Viking and is still used today to make pewter and silver jewellery. Although cuttlefish bone seems fragile it can withstand the heat of casting silver. Casting silver it is used once but for pewter or white metal the Mold may be used many times. Instructions are available on the web by typing in cuttlefish casting into Google.

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