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The largest collection of fruits and nuts on the east coast!

Hopewell plantation in lower Pennsylvania it's a colonial era iron furnace. They give a good show of how it was done. In Charleston it's worth taking a tour. The downtown is neat. My nephew gives tours, he really likes small groups a night for the ghost tour. Drop me a pm if interested...

A VFD is your best bet

Most green sands have some organic additive. Corn starch, wheat paste, fine sanding dust. They help with many things. Primarily they help with moderating the moisture content and give a more consistent green strength over a moisture range. They can help with "stickiness" but mainly thru...

I'm in hickory NC. Over 2 hrs I think, but would be happy to work with you Dave

No you probably just need more work. The amount of work to get sand truly ready is astounding. The more you yes it the better it gets. As I tell the kids, sand should be "fluffy". It doesn't really feel like sand. Lots of work. It's why everyone wants a muller Dave

You want to smelt? Where are you getting your ore from?

Thanks cwelkie, I had lost track of Halls site. Dave

Get some angle, steel or al, drill and tap screws or all thread between and bolt to faceplate. Squeeze the square between the angles like a vise. Just one way. Use bolts,clamps whatever you have. Dave Gingery's books, 2 and 6 esp, have a lot on making your own clamping hardware for the...