01-22-2021, 10:18 AM | #21 | |
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01-22-2021, 10:41 AM | #22 | |
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01-22-2021, 11:13 AM | #23 |
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A sort of a huge, hollow discus? The frisbee of Aquarius?
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01-22-2021, 11:50 AM | #24 |
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01-22-2021, 12:11 PM | #25 | |
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The price of a basic helmet is probably a good sanity check for the price of a small (~2 litre) cookpot.
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01-22-2021, 12:31 PM | #26 |
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Re: cauldrons
Ah, yeah, I wasn't paying attention to the time period.
Good estimation there though, they're both bowl shaped and made of metal. Shave some cost off because it doesn't have to be tough like armor, but add some back because it has to be bigger, so a bit of a wash. |
01-22-2021, 02:20 PM | #27 |
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That is a question. How seriously toxic is copper? Is it the copper as such, or some specific compound of it?
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01-22-2021, 02:24 PM | #28 |
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Re: cauldrons
So very acidic foods (like vinegar) leach out copper in dangerous amounts. The normal way to combat this is by lining the copper pot with tin. But tin is a soft metal, so you must be careful not to scratch it.
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01-22-2021, 03:47 PM | #29 | |
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https://www.seriouseats.com/2019/01/...-cookware.html In context of this thread, a copper pot would be much more expensive. But then again, that's true to life. |
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01-22-2021, 05:25 PM | #30 | |
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“Clean the copper well with sandstone; heat it, and rub it with sal-ammoniac till it is quite clean and bright; the tin, with some powdered resin, is now placed on the copper, which is made so hot as to melt the tin, and allow it to be spread over the surface with a bit of rag. A very little tin is used in this way: it is said that a piece as big as a pea, would tin a large saucepan; which is at the rate of twenty grains of tin to a square foot of copper. “ That book also has a handy list of supplies for a late 19th century expedition, with weights.
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