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> It was recommended that, if you were to work
> in pewter, you set up a separate work station for this. I do not
> know any details, and I could perhaps just be remembering this
> all wrong.
You remember correctly. Do not use the same tools when working
with pewter. It should be kept seperate from all your other
metals. It is mostly tin 91%. with a 7.5 % antimony and copper
1.5%, and melts at around 435'. The lead was outlawed quite a
few ago. I first learned it in '77 in Connecticut, and have done
it again here in school-SDSU with visiting instructor Fred
Fenster, who is well known for his pewter work. Maybe someone
else knows where he is. Might search the internet for him. I do
have an old paperback book from Dover Publications, 180 Varick
St. NY NY 10014, called "Pewter-Working" and it has a chapter on
casting which you might find useful. Louise-- San Diego
lgillin1 AT san.rr.com
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