You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: Some Extraordinary Architectural Drawings By A Young Autistic ArtistView the full contextView the direct parentsmithlabs (70)in #art • 4 years ago You should get some Bismuth metal to play with. It melts at 160 degrees F. :)>
Sir smithlabs! That sounds familiar but I'm not sure from where, I'll look it up.
Bismuth is the main ingredient in pepto bismal. They have it on Ebay.
It will melt in hot coffee, and you just pour it into the form. When it cools, it looks like pewter
:)>So you use that to practice making things with before you use the better metals?
No, a lot of model railroad accessories are made with Bismuth. Casting is easy, and the parts look like expensive castings!
:)>Oh, very interesting. And you've done some rinky dink castings with it?
No, I made a commercial casting machine that used Bismuth.
But my friend in KC Mo made a fortune teaching this casting method at model railroad seminars! He had a circus train made entirely from Bismuth, that was one of a kind, and worth a fortune.
:)>Very interesting sir smithlabs. It sounds like it would be fun to play around and experiment with.