Taiwan could have had a copper casting factory 2,000 years ago: experts

Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan) ^ | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 | Liberty Times

[SunkenCiv]

In September of 2003, the huge waves of a typhoon that hit the area crashed against the shoreline, exposing the Chiuhsianglan site. Archaeologists began to stage a dig at the area at the end of 2003... Lee said that the timeline of the Chiuhsianglan site is somewhat later than the Peinan site, which dates to the New Stone Age, and is in the time between the New Stone Age and the beginning of the Metal Age, which was about 2,000 years ago. He added that this was the first time that molds were found at an archaeological site in Taiwan. Lee noted that the molds, which were made out of sandstone, could be used to produce copper bells, knife handles, iron vessels, ear ornaments and glass beads. He said that the structure of the molds is quite intricate.

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[Andonius_99]

kewl...

[bert]

A copper casting factory is a foundry. Today a small artistic fine metals casting operation is a studio.....like mine.

[bert]

A copper casting factory is a foundry. Today a small artistic fine metals casting operation is a studio.....like mine.

[SunkenCiv]

Cool. I'll schedule you for an FR topic in 4006. ;')

[Bernard Marx]

Today a small artistic fine metals casting operation is a studio.....like mine.

Studio, huh? My casting operation is artistic too but I still call it a shop. "Studio" has always seemed a little pretentious to me, but I'm an old-timer. What metals do you cast? Any experience with 950 palladium?

[bert]

....Studio, huh?....

I started going to workshops. Early on I learned what I thought was my shop was actually a studio. :)

See your FReep mail...

[bert]

I cast mostly silver. I do some practice work on bronze.

I have a self designed vacuum casting out fit and almost all castings are lost wax.

What do you cast?

[70times7]

What do you cast?

I cast aspersions! It is one of my hobbies here on FR.

[bert]

....I cast aspersions!.....

Outstanding..... I would guess that is a very rewarding endeavor and the satisfaction/cost ratio must be very high.

[70times7]

Making that ratio come out on the high end depends on the numerator-denominator choice. I think it was Twain who said "there are lyers, damned lyers and statisticians".

(ps, the lost integrity method of casting aspersions seems to produce the fewest good results!)

[Bernard Marx]

Only people with 'studios' use the lost integrity method. There are quite a few of them on FR. Actually, 70s comments are pretty funny. I've been known to cast a few aspersions myself although the satisfaction ratio varies, depending on who/how I'm aspersing.

As for metals, bert, I now work mostly with AU for one-off jewelry wax designs but in the past used lots of AG for low-cost items. I dislike Sterling and silver in general because of its working properties: firescale and pitting, etc. I'm trying to transition into PT group metals like the new Palladium 950 alloy which seems to be an ideal replacement for 'white' gold. Check your mail and we'll take this private. (My computer blew a gasket and I'm using my wife's -- while she stares impatiently over my shoulder. My new one should be up and running today or tomorrow so I'll mail you then).