Your grandma’s skillet may be a hidden gold mine, as 1950s cast-iron pans now fetch a fortune. Collectors are driving up prices across resale platforms and antique markets, with pieces selling at ...

Around the 1950s, the method for creating cast iron shifted. Manufacturers still utilized sand-based molds but nixed the ...

Have you ever played with Rose’s metal? It’s a fusible alloy of bismuth, lead, and tin with a low melting point of around 100 °C. Historically, it’s been used as a solder for cast iron railings and ...