Posted by:
elderolddog
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Date: November 30, 2021 10:11PM
Hmmmm... Melted brass candlesticks v. a heavenly angel and a hole in the ground...?
I looked for, and watched, a short YT video about melting down brass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN08tPdTOiUI formed two quick impressions:
A) making brass "sheets" or brass plates out of brass candlesticks would require,
1. a crucible,
2. a source of heat,
3. a mold (where you'd pour
the molten brass so that
it cooled in the shape of
a "plate",
4. and then something to use
as an inscribing tool.
B) Joseph Smith, Jr. by all the accounts I've read, would have had to have someone do all this for him because he was one lazy ass sumbitch...
If only one mold was available, any plates made would be one at a time. How much brass was available?
If he didn't have a sufficient supply of water, he'd have to wait between each casting.
What was his fuel, how much was available?
Google says wood wouldn't do the job, so that means coal. But coal can burn too hot, so getting it right isn't easy. And I'm fairly certain that JoJu was all about 'easy."
Yes, JoJu organizing an attempt to melt down brass candlesticks in order to create phony "gold" plates makes sense, but it makes even more sense that it would wind up being too great a challenge and if more than one was made, I'll choke down some of Gladys Lot's oatmeal cookies au gratin.