Tom, The "plaster" is the mold. Get the Kerr Satin cast from Kerr Casting Specialties (Romulus, MI & Orange, CA), if you like to pay full price. Otherwise try...
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Robert Grauman
rgrauman@...
Dec 1, 2000 8:15 am
Hello Tom, Sounds like an admirable and potentially profitable enterprise, although I doubt that you can sell me one for my toy truck. :-) ... plate it Yes,...
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Ronald Thibault
thibaultr@...
Dec 1, 2000 12:27 pm
... Greg; A couple weeks ago I went to Mike Bell's house to learn a little about casting. He has a charcoal type furnace. You had to look carefully to see...
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Ronald Thibault
thibaultr@...
Dec 1, 2000 12:30 pm
... ROTFL!!!! Ron Thibault North Augusta, SC USA Builder Miinie #2 Captain R/C Combat Ship USS Arizona http://pages.prodigy.net/thibaultr/...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 2:00 pm
No, it was a petrobond mold which does not lend itself to heating. petrobond is low on hot strength. I was just experimenting with openfaced molds. It was...
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Becnel Kirk
becnelk@...
Dec 1, 2000 2:10 pm
I am not sure and I do not know how they are enforced. It brings to mind the nice people who like to make sure I can listen to their choice of music over my...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:04 pm
You can buy a 50lb bag of binder which is enough blend 1000 lbs of sand for about 75$. the sand is only about 4$/100 lb. the people makingthe premixed stuff...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:08 pm
I'll trade you. Your burner design for my muller design. I'll take some pictures tonight and see if i can't scan them. The body is all assembled (30" dia). I...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:10 pm
I don't know either. this is a Homefoundry list not NASA. LL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:22 pm
The furnaces if designed correctly really don't roar. Even cupola furnaces are fairly quiet. If you have good compustion, there's not much flame coming off the...
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Netguy
netguy@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:36 pm
Thanks for the great info about casting. Zamac is a good choice for plating and is nice and dense - imparting the sense of "value" to the finished product! It...
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Mark Roberts
mroberts@...
Dec 1, 2000 3:39 pm
Hi: I hope you guys talking about burner and muller designs share your ideas with the rest of us--many of us are very interested in trying these things out and...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:01 pm
Where in minneapolis did you get it? The only place that would sell to me was SureCast Aluminum foundry. Smith sharpe sells the binder and sterling supply ...
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Tom Haltmeyer
oldies1955@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:41 pm
Lyle??? Whats snow?? Im still wearing my "T"shirt here in arizona!!! Heheh taker easy bud... Tom H....
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Netguy
netguy@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:44 pm
Wow ! Snow! It's 72 F in sunny Florida. Maybe I'll head to the beach :) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 5:04 pm
I don't know how anyone could live in Florida. How do you freeze your water based core sand? Think I'll go skiing, LL ...
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Netguy
netguy@...
Dec 1, 2000 5:14 pm
All right ! Have fun....
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Tom Haltmeyer
oldies1955@...
Dec 1, 2000 5:23 pm
Jim? Could you or anyone tell me where to purchace za-12? Any special fluxes needed? Is it pricey? Thanks Tom H. ... price. ... Angeles, CA 213 ... cast is ......
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lynn.chidester@...
Dec 1, 2000 5:48 pm
I have heard of noise ordinances (in one major city, close at hand) which says that if a "noise" is AUDIBLE (yes, readers, you read that correctly), then it...
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harlan
harlan@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:10 pm
Hi. My neighbors advised that the noise from my furnace is no louder than a built-in-vacuum, vented outside. I am retired, so operate the furnace when most...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:15 pm
Tom, Low 20's is still Tee shirt weather here in MN. It's not until we get around -20 that we put on long sleeves. Having weather like that all year round you...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:22 pm
Don't know much about zameck alloy (or whatever it is) but you can get almost pure zinc in 40 lb ingots from a galvinizer. That's where I get mine. Although I...
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Jim Clary
jclary@...
Dec 1, 2000 6:57 pm
Tom, Buying casting alloys is always difficult for the small foundry. Metal suppliers don't want to mess with sales of less that 2000 pounds (one ton) and that...
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Tom Haltmeyer
oldies1955@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:05 pm
Harlan???? Wife...Lawnmower...lawn=work?? are you living on the same planet I am??? Hehe taker easy bud Tom H. ... than a ... furnace when ... weekend, ... No...
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Stephen Lovely
scl@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:11 pm
I got some zinc casting alloy from Belmont Metals in Brooklyn New York. I still haven't gotten around to casting anything from it, but they were very happy to...
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Mark Roberts
mroberts@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:24 pm
LL: Yes, I think it was SureCast Aluminum Foundry where I bought the petrobond (if they are in the northern burbs of Minneapolis). That was about a year and a...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:32 pm
Atlas metals in Denver will ship small quantities at good prices. They've got a web-site too. Lyle __________________________________________________ Do You...
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Netguy
netguy@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:56 pm
Thanks for the advice. I'm not too worried about finding the alloy - my chemical vendor for the other chemicals can get it. I am interested in developing the...
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Netguy
netguy@...
Dec 1, 2000 8:02 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=513897182 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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LLandstrom
creepinogie@...
Dec 1, 2000 8:10 pm
My only problem with surecast is the sunflower seeds mixed in with the sand. whoever was running the muller chewed seeds. Budget has petrobond premixed, for...
