Casting a Hexagonal Pewter Stool at the Beach

"Inspired by a childhood spent on the beaches of Cornwall building castles, boats and tunnels in the sand, I decided to return to my favourite beach at Caerhays on the south coast of Cornwall to produce a stool using a primitive form of sand-casting. Molten pewter was poured into a sand mould sculpted directly into the beach by hand, and once cooled the sand was dug away to reveal a pewter stool."

-Max Lamb
siftbotsays...

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Saturday, April 14th, 2012 4:21pm PDT - promote requested by eric3579.

smoomansays...

alright, i'll ask it: what the hell is a hexagonal pewter stool?

*edit* oh, it's a stool in the shape of a hexagon, made from molten pewter.....patience fail.

thought hexagonal pewter stool was some crazy science instrument....used to measure....i dunno, i failed science class ok! >=(

heathensays...

>> ^Trancecoach:

so because of the low melting point, the pewter liquifies when placed in the sand under plywood on the beach?


Looks like he has a little propane camping stove, you can see it very briefly at around 8 seconds.

EvilDeathBeesays...

>> ^smooman:

alright, i'll ask it: what the hell is a hexagonal pewter stool?
edit oh, it's a stool in the shape of a hexagon, made from molten pewter.....patience fail.
thought hexagonal pewter stool was some crazy science instrument....used to measure....i dunno, i failed science class ok! >=(


Hexagonal Pewter Stool would make a good name for a band

Fraxjokingly says...

Nothing I love more than dumping lead and tin into sand near other people, and in places wildlife frequents.

Totally all for preserving archaic crafting methods. Not so much for doing it with toxic metals in questionable locales. =\ Other than that though, nice work.

jmdsays...

Frax, youmusta been a peach at school. "ZOMG! YOUR ALL USING STICKS OF DEATH!" "No of course I didn't do my homework... does it look like I wan't lead poisoning?" "Test that require number 2 pencils is the gov trying to kill off the 99%!!"

Asmosays...

>> ^jmd:

Frax, youmusta been a peach at school. "ZOMG! YOUR ALL USING STICKS OF DEATH!" "No of course I didn't do my homework... does it look like I wan't lead poisoning?" "Test that require number 2 pencils is the gov trying to kill off the 99%!!"


Please tell me this is a bad attempt at a troll...

re: Frax's comment, oh come off it, the amount of leaching would be minimal, and then people (or animals) would need to ingest a large volume of the sand to get the lead in to them. You'd get more direct exposure handling lead sinkers for fishing lines.

jmdsays...

Asmo, Seems we both knew that there was nothing dangeriouse with using molten lead/tin on the beach, and we both gave similar every day examples of handling lead that is common place and safe. It appears however your sense of humor is..lacking.

Sagemindsays...

Psst.., That's called graphite, not lead (in pencils)

>> ^jmd:

Frax, youmusta been a peach at school. "ZOMG! YOUR ALL USING STICKS OF DEATH!" "No of course I didn't do my homework... does it look like I wan't lead poisoning?" "Test that require number 2 pencils is the gov trying to kill off the 99%!!"

jmdsays...

>> ^Sagemind:

Psst.., That's called graphite, not lead (in pencils)


hah, you know your right. infact our pencils never used lead.. it was implied in TV shows and movies at the time for comedic value but yea, its always been graphite huh. Where was the history channel when I was 10.

poolcleanersays...

You can also make a primitive kiln using the fire pits (or just dig your own holes) at the beach. I prefer this to an actual kiln, because then the entire process of sculpting and firing is DIY, like real life minecraft.

Asmosays...

>> ^jmd:

Asmo, Seems we both knew that there was nothing dangeriouse with using molten lead/tin on the beach, and we both gave similar every day examples of handling lead that is common place and safe. It appears however your sense of humor is..lacking.


That's why I said "Please tell me this is a bad attempt at a troll"...

It's there in plain english, surprised you missed it...

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