Bogus info. . . common error. Waterglass or Water Glass is the compound mixed into refractories. Sodium silicate. Eisenglas or isenglass is/was made from fish...
... compound mixed into refractories. ... is cleared (called fining) with gelatin as is beer depending on the valence of the clouding agent ... wine at home....
I know it's off topic but there are a few motor bike buffs in the group so I thought I'd post a few photo's of my dear old dads refurbished BMW R51/3 decaled...
Waterglass (sodium silicate) was definitely used to preserve eggs. ... From: "twinpipe2002" <twinpipe2002@...> To: <hobbicast@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
I am relatively new to foundry practice, so this may be no big deal to the more experienced, but it blew me away! On Ebay there is an auction for a bronze...
It would not think it makes any difference where you pour from as long as your flasks and mold is made to pour it that way. I have often in my short span of...
Made a few rounds to my favorite dumpsters, and in the end from one dumpster alone got over 100# of nice shiney clean alum. The items were brackets which were...
Having come up short with the size crucibles I have, when I tried to pour a foam flask pattern in loose sand, I decided to make up some more larger crucibles,...
... Maybe so,he says it was a long time ago(nearly 40 yrs)although he definitely called it Isinglass and not waterglass.Judging by what I`ve read its cost...
Dose any one know where I can find plans for a Centrifugal Casting Machine to use with lost wax casting? I really don't want to spend $200 to buy a new one. ...
I am taking a lost wax casting class at the local collage, and the instructor said that we will not use brass because it gives off very toxic fumes. Dose any...
How long should I wait after I pour my castable insulation refractory before pouring the high temp castable? Just until the other is hard enough to tear away...
Does the propane have to swirl around the chamber? My furnace was made for charcoal but it's too messy and I want to convert it to propane. I tried to put the...
Gpm67, The die cast alloys should be fine to sand cast. I have used 380 and 383 many times with no problems. It will make a nice shinny casting. Charles Logan ...
The zinc boils off when the bronze melts and that is the hazardous stuff. Get some silicon bronze. It has a nice yellow color and is much easier to work with. ...
Wow! $3.66/pound for everdur! I think I will just buy some ingot and resell it!(grin) There is a small end pour jewelery flask that comes with a sand casting...
I would wait until you can remove the form without ruining the ref you already have in place. I would imagine 24 to 48 hours should be sufficient to allow the...
Chris. I converted my furnace from charcoal to propane, and I put the 3/4 burner tube on as much of an angle as I can. The flame swirls around pretty good. I...
WE USED TO CALL IT THE BRASS SHAKES. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes ...
Looks like your dad would be a right handy feller to have around. Looks like he has turned a nut or two and maybe drilled a few holes. BTW: Steel castings????...
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, primarily. Zinc and zinc oxide fumes poison a human, causing "ague" (shakes, fever, bad feelings.) Best to believe your...
Roy, I see you have stummbled upon some street lamp post bases. I found 3 myself a while ago. I had a hard time trying to break those monsters up. I finally...
... food ... a ... I think we are talking about two completely different substances with the same name, but different properties. The Scientific American ...
... to the more experienced, but it blew me away! ... photos shows a wooden flask being poured from the end. ... I have seen a program about the restored...
I surely wish you would walk around that foundry with a camera one of these days. I would love to see steel on a small scale. John P ... group so I thought I'd...
... From: "gassercoupe" <gassercoupe@...> To: <hobbicast@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: [hobbicast] Re: OT BMW R51/3...
