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hold 25K

can only use 1 time, made of red clay
kowi semen too expensive
they make own kowi
yang semen cost about 100,000 & can use 50 times

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takes 3 hrs to melt
pour in molds & then open molds after 1/4 hr.
don't use 'mal' (malam)
as model
often have to work from pictures
he also makes things from iron & alum but others can't make kuningan
box bellows older than his. father - uses a clapper inside

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rare women
can melt 9 kowi at a time - need [[?]] 3 kwintal areng
10 times add but total entrance partly closed w/thick bricks, leaving just enough space to stoke besalin also made of bricks 
areng brought by colt
kuningan from Soto - sometimes he goes there, sometimes they bring from Pasar Besi Somodilagan in Hading south of alun - alun

#3 stopped by side of road where casting iron.
tungkik swivels - looks like large drum (2 oil drums soldered together?) w/spout at bottom