Over the last couple of days people on the Norsefolk list have been talking about bronze for buckles.
Someone pointed out that since the exclusion of lead from most freely available items, plumbing solder is now almost exusively tin. He says he has taken 98% tin solder and combined it with stripped-back copper wiring in the necessary proportion (85:15?), melted it in a ceramic crucible using two propane torches and produced bronze for casting.
Another person from the list says he finds is much more sure to make a one off wax model and send it to a casting house to have the item made than to try to cast the items himself and lose the wax model.
They are both ideas worth investigating. Since I am focussing in on the model and mould making, I probably won't have time to also learn about the casting side of things during this challenge. A cast item would be nice to have at the end, instead of just a series of wax lumps.
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