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small shop steel production
I was just Wiki-walking instead of working, and while reading the
Wikipedia page on steel, came across the statement: "Though steel had been produced by various inefficient methods long before the Renaissance, its use became more common after more-efficient production methods were devised in the 17th century. " And it made me wonder -- do any of these _efficient_ methods apply to the small-scale workshop (i.e., one or two people, or at most a dozen), or if one were inclined to do a spot of home steel-making would one be reduced to using methods from the 1600s? Not that I'm going to go digging for iron ore on my property or anything; I'm just curious. -- My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook. My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook. Why am I not happy that they have found common ground? Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software http://www.wescottdesign.com |
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