some 400 years ago this site next to the Bom Parto Fortress was home to an artillery foundry run by renowned Portuguese Manuel Tavares Bocarro, who cast bronze and iron cannon considered to be ...
All this is grist to [Cody’s Lab]’s mill of course, so in the video below the break he attempts to use a thermite reaction in a rough-and-ready foundry, to make a cast-iron frying pan.
Suzuki, 59, who has worked in the Oigen cast iron foundry for 40 years, then follows the same process to make a mold for a smaller piece of cookware, such as a lid. Making one pot and a lid takes ...
Chef José Andrés is known for his skilled culinary repertoire, so it's worth paying attention when he mentions his top tools. Here's his favorite cast iron pan.
Abraham Darby's patent for sand casting pots and his use of coke as ... could be easily produced in large quantities, enabling cast iron goods to be made in large numbers. This was the beginning ...