. Canadian foundryman (1921). Bronze dining: tabletica taken from the Villa Rus-Boscoreale. The table was made of five pieces, thatis, the top, three legs and the brace, allof which are cast. The component partswere doubtless soldered together, but thejoinings, which now appear, are mostly,if not all, modern. There seems to beno trace of rivets. The top is a round sheet of metal, plainon its upper surface, but with the edges rive ultimately from both Babylonia andEgypt through the medium of tripod or three legged characteristicis Baylonian while the animal legswould savor of Egypt. Ev
. Canadian foundryman (1921). Bronze dining: tabletica taken from the Villa Rus-Boscoreale. The table was made of five pieces, thatis, the top, three legs and the brace, allof which are cast. The component partswere doubtless soldered together, but thejoinings, which now appear, are mostly,if not all, modern. There seems to beno trace of rivets. The top is a round sheet of metal, plainon its upper surface, but with the edges rive ultimately from both Babylonia andEgypt through the medium of tripod or three legged characteristicis Baylonian while the animal legswould savor of Egypt. Even though this table was in thishouse or villa at the time of the erup-tion of 79, , it may even then havebeen an old October, 1921 CANADIAN FOUNDRYMAN. Wants Information On Sand For SteelMolding Editor:—I would esteem it a favor tohave your advice on the following mat-ter. We have trouble at times in steelfoundry with sand pockets and roughsurfaces on castings caused by heat ofmetal lifting the facing. At presentour mixture for heavy castings is asfollows: fourteen (14) parts new silicasand to eighteen (18) parts old sand,1 part fireclay, the whole being tem-pered and milled with Goulac, 10 lbs. toa barrel of water. For light work weuse old sand, eighteen (18) parts to two<2) parts new and tempered with Gou-lac as above. The quality of castingsseems to vary according to the brand offireclay we use. Using Goulac as a binder please ad-vise regarding a facing mixture forheavy work and another for light cast-ings, such as are made in snaps orstocked, also a good core mixture forgeneral purposes.—Fdy. Supt. Answer:—By sand pockets and roughsurfaces I take it that you mean thatthe castings are scabbed, as you say theheat of the me
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