Cannot make bronze in small fire pit

[berserk9779]

I cannot make bronze in the small fire pit as suggested here : http://wiki.cantr.net/index.php/Bronze

[Doug R.]

I'm fairly certain the ability to make it in the pit was removed after it was made easier to make.

[Snickie]

http://forum.cantr.org/viewtopic.php?p=426805#p426805

[EchoMan]

I've updated the wiki page on bronze. Currently it seems you don't need the bellows to make bronze in either smelting furnace, I've asked Piscator to confirm.

[Piscator]

The bellows were indeed removed. It seemed like an unnecessary restriction.

[Ryaga]

It doesn't make sense to need bellows, I'm not too knowledgeable in the field, but I'm pretty sure bellows are used to send oxygen through the hot embers, and make them hotter? Copper and tin have much lower melting points than Iron, I think.

[Doug R.]

That's why they were removed.

[Piscator]

Well, strictly from a realistic point of view, you'd probably need bellows for both iron and bronze.

[berserk9779]

Well, strictly from a realistic point of view, you'd probably need bellows for both iron and bronze.

Yes, even for copper, apparently they used bellows like this:





But on a game perspective, either bellow become much easier to make, a "simple hide bellows" gets introduced, or things stay like they are now...

[berserk9779]

Also a nice few videos on the subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwo3rNLhlmI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHZznZngbaY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8AtgArVZfI&feature=related

[Alladinsane]

Strange, I always pictured Brad Pitts legs as being more muscular.

[Piscator]

Didn't he have a calf double in Troy?

[berserk9779]

Didn't he have a calf double in Troy?