Jan Ysselstein Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) The pit is sill full of charcoal, rain is coming our way...I would like to exit the iron making process by using up all remnants of ore and charcoal. If the rain is robust. I may give steel making a shot. Making steel is a bit trickier than cast iron as steel making requires slag management. This run is not to be due to other priorities. Edited May 31, 2020 by Jan Ysselstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I found this article the other day, and this seemed to be the most appropriate thread in which to put it, as it is about Konasamudram. The short version is, in 2018 a guy found 60 ingots and a bunch of crucible fragments. A_journey_of_over_200_years_early_studie.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 12/8/2021 at 6:11 PM, Alan Longmire said: I found this article the other day, and this seemed to be the most appropriate thread in which to put it, as it is about Konasamudram. The short version is, in 2018 a guy found 60 ingots and a bunch of crucible fragments. A_journey_of_over_200_years_early_studie.pdf 1.85 MB · 6 downloads So is KeAi related to Covid? "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos qui libertate donati nescimus quid constat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Thank you Alan , I am waiting to get to a device with a larger screen. Looks like a good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 Unless I did not see the complete article above ...I would love to have seen some data on the microstructure and the composition of those ingots. This topic is very much alive for me. I am currently melting with a taller crucible the flatter lens crucibles are on the way. I will post some pictures as soon as this computer allows me to. Below are some recent microstructures, using a narrower taller crucible . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) I had the opportunity to forge out some steel recently made…indirectly related to the topic here. 18 minutes ago, Jan Ysselstein said: I had the opportunity to forge out some steel recently made…indirectly related to the topic here. Edited May 9, 2022 by Jan Ysselstein 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) The two photos added are a look at a reduction of thickness by a factor of 10. If the bar had still been in one piece it would be 40” long. I am not too exited about the pattern as the dendritic look has been lost. ….I am happy to have avoided a "stretched out" look. Edited July 4, 2022 by Jan Ysselstein 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 I do not have too many options left to change the resulting pattern …the main variable I can still tweak is the cooling rate. That is where I will start….should be resuming melting in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 You may have lost the dendrites, but the watering is lovely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 Thank you Alan. This steel was cast iron ( bloomery cast iron ) and wrought iron ( no alloys). The next sequence will be 100% bloomery material made with local magnetite ore. That will be "Sole Steel" made in the Paramecium Forge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 11:02 AM, Jan Ysselstein said: I am not too exited about the pattern as the dendritic look has been lost. All I can say, is if I had made that, I would be ecstatic. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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