Re: [Phono-L] Pot metal swelling geographically speaking (new topic)

2013-08-20 Thread clockworkhome
While the term 'potmetal' was used for many low melting point alloys the modern name for the potmetal we are familiar with is 'die cast zinc.' Zinc is actually a wonderful metal to cast with a melting point of 419.53 °C or 787.15 °F. This is low enough so that a mold can easily be made of

Re: [Phono-L] Pot metal swelling geographically speaking (new topic)

2013-08-20 Thread Zonophone2006
you are so right al what we collect today were consumable goods and not supposed to last forever zono In a message dated 8/20/2013 2:13:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, clockworkh...@aol.com writes: While the term 'potmetal' was used for many low melting point alloys the modern name for