Posted: 12/30/2011 1:27:02 AM EDT
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Where could i buy some iron ore? I am thinking about doing some old fashioned iron smelting for shits and giggles. Kind of like this.  |
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A significant percentage of iron from that period was actually bog iron - a precipitate found in marshland where iron-rich water either chemically reacts or is subject to microbial reaction in the bog to produce oxides and oxyhydroxides. A lot of colonial American iron was bog iron as well.
As for where to get it, grab a shovel? Seriously, most of the folks that forge in their spare time just scrounge for metal. In our society we're up to our chins in free or nearly free steel. |
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Quoted: A significant percentage of iron from that period was actually bog iron - a precipitate found in marshland where iron-rich water either chemically reacts or is subject to microbial reaction in the bog to produce oxides and oxyhydroxides. A lot of colonial American iron was bog iron as well. As for where to get it, grab a shovel? Seriously, most of the folks that forge in their spare time just scrounge for metal. In our society we're up to our chins in free or nearly free steel. I want to do this the old fashioned way using iron ore, if i can get it. Can you buy bog iron in America? |
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Quoted: If you have freight rails near you you can scrounge for pig iron along them. Pig iron is transported in hopper cars and falls out. Pig iron looks like little black/grey balls and is close to what your looking for. . I will have to try that. Any other ideas? |
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Quoted: Quoted: If you have freight rails near you you can scrounge for pig iron along them. Pig iron is transported in hopper cars and falls out. Pig iron looks like little black/grey balls and is close to what your looking for. . I will have to try that. Any other ideas? You're in MO. Dunno where at, but try this: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gtusa/usa/mo/mines.htm If you got an old iron mine near you, then you can probably go root through the tailings and find some chunks of ore that will work for you. |