ArtMetal

Hey all,

I'm trying to get ahold of straight 90/10 CuSn Bronze for some bronze age tools and experiments. C90700 Phosphur Bronze is about as close as I can come to it with a commercially available product. I was thinking of simply smelting my own, but the cost of copper is just insane right now. $7.67 per pound for copper is just nuts.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also, can anyone give me a good explanation of what "sintered bronze" is and how it would differ from any other kind of bronze? Since this stuff is just going to be getting chopped down to use for casting, I'm not concerned with anything other than how it might affect its characteristics for casting. My understanding is that the sintered bronze starts out as powder and then is furnaced under high heat and pressure to "press" it into a rod. It's used for bearing bronze. I just don't know how the stuff is going to act once I melt it. It is, however, 90% copper and 10% tin.

Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much

Gavaksha