AY Honor Pewter Casting Answer Key

Pewter Casting

Skill Level

1

Year

2023

Version

04.04.2025

Approval authority

North American Division

1

Read and discuss with your instructor or group how the following verses could apply to our lives:

1a

Malachi 3:2-3

²"But who can endure the day of His coming?

And who can stand when He appears?
For He is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.

³ He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver,
That they may offer to the Lord

An offering in righteousness.
— Malachi 3:2-3 (NKJV)

1b

1 Chronicles 28:18

¹⁸ and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
— 1 Chronicles 28:18 (NKJV)

2

Write a paragraph, explain or give a presentation to your instructor or group about the history of pewter.

3

Define the following in the context of pewter casting:

3a

Die

3b

Mold

3c

Melting

3d

Casting

3e

Removal

4

List at least eight safety considerations to take while casting pewter or any metal.

5

List some types of pewter and the percentages of all components of each type.

6

List two ways to make a die. Make a die using one of these techniques.

7

List three materials molds can be made from. Use one of these materials to make a mold.

8

Complete the following:

8a

List the steps to casting molten metal.

8b

Demonstrate these steps by casting a pewter object.

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