Upgrade/RFFoil/WoodsMetal

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Wood's metal is an allay with a low melting point, about 60 degrees C. A lot of information on Woods metal can just be found on WikiPedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%27s_metal

Wood's contains cadmium and lead, and therefore is poisonous. However, there are a variety of alloys with similar low melting point. Not all of these are poisonous, for instance Field's metal. The latter is a lot more expensive, but that's probably not a problem since we don't need a whole lot of it.

Where to buy

Wood's metal is sometimes sold under the name 'Cerrobend'. Mari form VDL pointed us to these companies:

http://www.hitechalloys.com/hitechalloys_002.htm http://www.boltonmetalproducts.com/Specifications.html http://www.lowdenlimited.co.uk/

For Field's metal I found this company:

http://www.rotometals.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=fields+metal