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Zinc Sheet Cast as a Plate and Hammered Warm
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Zinc Sheet Cast as a Plate and Hammered Warm

Zinc melts at about 420 °C. It is hard and brittle at most temperatures but malleable between 100 and 150 °C. Cast zinc into a thin plate, keep it at that warmth on a sand bath, and hammer it out into sheet. The picture: a small piece of zinc sheet.
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Instructions

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Melt

Melt the zinc in a crucible in the forge. Do not overheat it; take it off as soon as it is all liquid.

Materials for this step:

Zinc IngotZinc Ingot0.4 kg

Tools needed:

Clay Crucible - RefractoryClay Crucible - Refractory
Blacksmith ForgeBlacksmith Forge
Crucible TongsCrucible Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
2

Cast a plate

Warm the iron pan, set it level and pour the zinc in to make a plate about 4 mm thick. Let it cool and knock it out.

Tools needed:

Shallow Metal PanShallow Metal Pan
Crucible TongsCrucible Tongs
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
3

Warm it

Lay the plate on the sand bath and bring it to between 100 and 150 °C, checking with a thermometer pushed into the sand beside it.

Tools needed:

Sand BathSand Bath
ThermometerThermometer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
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Hammer it out

Move it to the anvil and hammer it thinner with overlapping blows, working from the middle outward. Put it back on the sand bath whenever it cools; cold, it cracks.

Tools needed:

AnvilAnvil
Ball Peen HammerBall Peen Hammer
Blacksmith TongsBlacksmith Tongs
Sand BathSand Bath
Welding GlovesWelding Gloves
Safety GlassesSafety Glasses
5

Trim

Trim the cracked edges with snips and file them smooth.

Tools needed:

Tin SnipsTin Snips
Metal FileMetal File
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Plate to sheet

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Materials

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