OSHU, Japan — Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry where he ...
The cast irons of yesteryear feel a little different to today's. Older models had a smoother surface, but modern ...
OSHU, Japan (AP) — Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry ...
Iron foundries have been part of the North American business landscape since the 17th century, and by the early 19th century, cast iron pipes were being produced in the northeastern United States. By ...
The thermite process is a handy way to generate molten iron in the field. It’s the reaction between aluminium metal and iron oxide, which results in aluminium oxide and metallic iron. It’s hot enough ...
Craftsman Katsunori Suzuki takes molten iron into a bucket before carrying it back to his work section to make a cast iron pot manually at the Oigen foundry in Oshu, northeastern Japan, Thursday, May ...