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Back in the day when silicon bronze was fairly reasonable I got a job in Telluride Co for a railing that had over 15k worth of bronze in it.....huge back in 1991 or so. Anyway there was alot of sawing involved and the pile of bronze finds under the saw got to where I filled a large coffee can with the stuff, worth saving I spose, but for what?..............Went on to some work that involved cold twisting steel balusters and looked at the can and had a ''what if'' moment.......The short story is; I mixed the finds with borax, took a piece of twisted stock and heated it in the gas forge, sprinkled the mix onto the bar when it got hot enough to cling to the surface then back in the forge for a full heat.........hmm, but will it hold? Made a special jig to hold the stock in the roll-in saw so I could cut 8'' at a wack then advance to cut another, then another......It's pretty durable but it can't be curved. It can be straightened a little but that needs to be done before it's cut......The piece shown had alot of the mix slopped on, the effect is more subtle if you use less.....