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Sand Bath in a Sunk Iron Pan
Forge

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Forge

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Sand Bath in a Sunk Iron Pan

A sand bath is a pan of sand set over the heat. A flask or dish bedded in the sand is warmed on all sides, not just on the bottom. Alchemists already used it. Here a shallow pan is hammered from iron sheet into a hollow and then filled with sieved sand. The picture: our diagram of a flask bedded in sand in an iron pan over a fire.
Oqalayo
A day

Imiyalelo

1

Cut the disc

Scribe a circle on the iron sheet with the dividers and cut it out with the snips. File the edge smooth.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Ishidi lensimbi (elikhandiwe)Ishidi lensimbi (elikhandiwe)1 ucezu

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ikhampasi yamachopho amabiliIkhampasi yamachopho amabili
Isikeli sensimbiIsikeli sensimbi
Insimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbiInsimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbi
Amagilavu okushiselaAmagilavu okushisela
2

Carve a hollow

Gouge a shallow round hollow into the end grain of a hardwood block, about as deep as the pan will be.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ibhulokhi Lokhuni OluqinileIbhulokhi Lokhuni Oluqinile
I-gouge yokhuniI-gouge yokhuni
Isando SokhuniIsando Sokhuni
3

Sink the pan

Hold the disc over the hollow and hammer it down in rings from the rim toward the centre, turning it as you go. Sinking stretches and thins the sheet, so go evenly. If the iron stiffens, heat it red in the forge and let it cool before going on.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ibhulokhi Lokhuni OluqinileIbhulokhi Lokhuni Oluqinile
Isando esinekhanda eliyindilingaIsando esinekhanda eliyindilinga
Iziko lomkhandi wensimbiIziko lomkhandi wensimbi
Udlawu lomkhandi wensimbiUdlawu lomkhandi wensimbi
Amagilavu okushiselaAmagilavu okushisela
4

Flatten the bottom

Planish the bottom flat on the anvil so the pan sits steady over the fire, and file the rim level.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Insimbi YokukhandelaInsimbi Yokukhandela
Isando esinekhanda eliyindilingaIsando esinekhanda eliyindilinga
Insimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbiInsimbi yokuhlikihla izinsimbi
5

Fill with sand

Sieve the sand, dry it by heating it in the pan, and leave a layer about 3 cm deep.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

IsihlabathiIsihlabathi2 kg

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

IsisefoIsisefo
Iziko lomkhandi wensimbiIziko lomkhandi wensimbi
6

Use it

Set the pan over the heat and bed the flask or dish partly in the sand. The sand carries the heat to all sides of the vessel.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Amagilavu okushiselaAmagilavu okushisela
7

How big a disc

Ilayisha incwadi ye-Jupyter…

Izinto

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