The boys participated in the "Cast Your Own Medal" workshop at the St Andrews Museum on Saturday. As we have said before, they offer some really interesting children's activities.
They brought in The Mobile Foundry
The boys were able to help bring the fire to temperature to melt the pewter.
Pumping the bellows
Pouring the metal into the molds that the students had individually created.
These molds are made out of cuttlefish bones.
VERY interesting!
Pouring into the sand molds
Breaking the casted medals out of the sand molds
The finished products!
Two very different results from two very different processes.
Very interesting!
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