... Can't ... Go to Ron Reil's site. The burners get hot enough to melt cast iron, and you can build them yourself. They are quite simple. Marvin ...
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Geoff Nutley
geoffn@...
Nov 6, 2000 12:19 am
Hi all, just a query about preheating moulds before pouring. Does anyone do this or should this be done. Also a litle swipe about Coke, it seems funny that it...
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geoff
cyrano@...
Nov 6, 2000 2:49 am
Finishing email. ...about eight hours drive from Pensacola. How much further do you live? geoff ... From: hfd220@... <hfd220@...> To:...
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geoff
cyrano@...
Nov 6, 2000 3:13 am
Hi, i live about ninety miles north of StPete/Tampa area on the gulf coast, about eight hours drive from ... From: hfd220@... <hfd220@...> To:...
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Cathy & Jim Kreter
cjdesigns1@...
Nov 6, 2000 5:01 am
Built Steve Chastains cupola design a couple of weeks ago and tried to make castings. Didn't read the instructions well and tried to just get by. Ended up...
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Howard
owly@...
Nov 6, 2000 4:14 pm
Jim: Please consider taking some photos of your cuppola operation..... and posting them to me to put on a member project page at the HFA site. The story...
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Cathy & Jim Kreter
cjdesigns1@...
Nov 6, 2000 8:57 pm
... From: "Howard" <owly@...> To: <hobbicast@egroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [hobbicast] A good day ... and ... You...
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gina_chastain@...
Nov 6, 2000 9:12 pm
Most cupola dissapointments are due to poor blast. After the fan problem is solved Jim should be able to melt fist sized chunck of iron in the ten inch...
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Bob Rogers
BOBR@...
Nov 7, 2000 2:40 am
Jim, Congratulations. You've learned it the hard way, but you are on the right track. Right-on about coke size, in larger cupolas, yours would choke them...
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robert B
tugboatbob@...
Nov 7, 2000 3:20 am
Please no offence, but what in the world do you do with all that cast iron ? Bob ... _________________________________________________________________________ ...
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Robert Grauman
rgrauman@...
Nov 7, 2000 4:04 am
... From: "robert B" <tugboatbob@...> To: <hobbicast@egroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [hobbicast] a good day ... ? ......
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wbhinkle@...
Nov 7, 2000 6:25 am
where is the casting party? bill hinkle in Oklahoma...
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James (Jim) Buchanan
jambuch@...
Nov 7, 2000 12:34 pm
List: When I have been gating a aluminumn casting which has an uneven cross section I have tried to have the gate at the heavy section of the part. I have had...
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Chuk
chukalexa@...
Nov 7, 2000 3:54 pm
Jim---I would do it like you've been doing--gating at the thickest end. What you have to do though, is make the gate thick enough so that it cools last and ...
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mike
mdmart@...
Nov 7, 2000 4:10 pm
Mike Martin mdmart@... ... From: "James (Jim) Buchanan" <jambuch@...> To: "hobbicast" <hobbicast@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07,...
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Robert Grauman
rgrauman@...
Nov 7, 2000 4:20 pm
... The first warm weekend in May. My place. Bring beer. Robert Grauman in Sunny Alberta...
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JBraun7747@...
Nov 7, 2000 4:39 pm
Every third weekend unless the temp is below freezing and something else comes up here in Spokane, Wa. Bring stick for coffee in cold weather or beer in...
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Jim
jclary@...
Nov 7, 2000 6:15 pm
Jim Buchanan, Gating and risering can get a little confusing. The basic principle of gating and risering is to follow a specific solidification sequence. That ...
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DEATHSTARR54@...
Nov 7, 2000 9:01 pm
Jim, You only need to gate from the small section if that section is mis-running. Place a fat riser centered in the heavy section or a chill (chunk of steel)....
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Daniel Fox
daniel_fox@...
Nov 7, 2000 9:32 pm
The latest LIndsay catalog has the phrase "color pictures on our website" or something similar in reference to Steve Chastain cupola book. Do you (Steve) or...
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Scott Hite
sh@...
Nov 7, 2000 9:57 pm
The color pictures in the catalog are at http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks3/chcup/index.html ... From: "Daniel Fox" <daniel_fox@...> To:...
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casualbfarm@...
Nov 7, 2000 11:25 pm
Howdy Y'all, Please forgive the new guy question, but will someone please tell me: What ZA 12 alloy is??? Where do I get some?? Has anyone melted and recast...
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Rupert Wenig
rwenig@...
Nov 8, 2000 3:46 am
Hello Alan, ZA12 is an aluminum/zinc alloy. There are details at http://www.eazall.com/ZA%20Casting%20Alloys/ZA%20Casting%20Alloys.html. Some aluminum alloys...
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Robert Grauman
rgrauman@...
Nov 8, 2000 5:07 am
Hello Alan, ... ZA12 is an alloy of 88% zinc, 11% aluminum, and 1% copper all by weight. Some details about the alloy can be found at: ...
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gina_chastain@...
Nov 8, 2000 5:21 am
... Yep, that is pretty much it. I call all my friends and we pour everyone's patterns. It takes at least a day or two to make all the molds and about a half...
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casualbfarm@...
Nov 8, 2000 1:16 pm
Howdy Y'all, Are there any other members of this group near me? I am in Michigan, USA. If you understand that the lower peninsula of Michigan is shaped like...
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gina_chastain@...
Nov 8, 2000 2:51 pm
Cupola photos @ lindsaybks.com there is a small cupola being tapped on the home page, click on that and you will get it. Also a few photos on metalwebnews.com...
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gina_chastain@...
Nov 8, 2000 2:56 pm
Thanks Scott. You know exactly where they are. Steve ... website" ... you ... the site ... think the ... much...
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Jim
jclary@...
Nov 8, 2000 4:52 pm
Alan, ZA 12 is one of three high strength zinc aluminum alloys, AZ 8, AZ 12 & AZ 27. The numbers refer to the % of aluminum in each alloy. Check out this site:...
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Jim
jclary@...
Nov 8, 2000 5:12 pm
Rupert, Have you ever experienced a magnesium fire using an aluminum-mag alloy? Frankly I'm surprised to hear about it.The largest volume of castings produced...
