Why were the ingots mostly round?

Jens Nordlunde · 11th April 2006, 01:55 PM

Jeff, it is interesting what you write about the ingots. I have never, although it may sound strange, had an ingot in my hand. When I started to collect many years ago, there were not many for sale – but that has improved a lot in the last years, like discussed on another thread. I should have remembered the sound test, which can be used on metal, glass, porcelain and probably on many other things.

You write, “Occasional small bubbles are easy to work around, so even if they can't be seen they are not a problem.” Does this, ‘work around’ mean, that you cut the bubbles out when you have flattened the ingot? Or how do you ‘work around the problem’?

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11th April 2006, 01:55 PM	#25
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Jeff, it is interesting what you write about the ingots. I have never, although it may sound strange, had an ingot in my hand. When I started to collect many years ago, there were not many for sale – but that has improved a lot in the last years, like discussed on another thread. I should have remembered the sound test, which can be used on metal, glass, porcelain and probably on many other things. You write, “Occasional small bubbles are easy to work around, so even if they can't be seen they are not a problem.” Does this, ‘work around’ mean, that you cut the bubbles out when you have flattened the ingot? Or how do you ‘work around the problem’?