How to make Cast Iron Bronze - Bronze with Cast Iron

How to make cast iron bronze or aluminium bronze with cast iron
Today I'm making a type of bronze using cast iron, copper and aluminium.
This alloy has a hardness similar to steel.
In this video I show how to make bronze with cast iron and cast it into a polished bronze ingot.
This is an extremely hard bronze and is well suited to swords, axes, knives, hammers and other similar tools. It should also hold an edge well.
This cast iron bronze has a beautiful colour with a slight greenish tinge.

The recipe for this cast iron bronze alloy is:
70% Copper
25% Cast Iron
10% Aluminium
Expect losses of 5% to dross.

To make this bronze, melt the copper and the cast iron together, add the aluminium when the copper has melted and mix well keep heating until everything's melted and pour. Temperatures need to be kept in the 1150C - 1300C range and must be mixed extremely well.

This alloy recipe was provided by Daniele Bosco. You can see his YouTube Channel here youtube.com/channel/UCYn6W3uJNe4jrOU7hQLry_g
Daniele is from Italy and has studied metallurgy for 5 years.
He has several other recipes for this cast iron bronze which I hope to try out in the future.

Hope you all like this video, happy casting.

Andy