Hi, Has anyone here tried making their own charcoal. Yesterday I lit a fire in a pit in the lawn. When it was really established with some big logs on it, I...
Has anyone here tried making cast iron in this furnace?? it Is posible? Thanks . Antonio Ramos. ... Yahoo! Móviles Personaliza tu móvil con tu logo y...
This may be the link to microwave sintered bronze you were looking for: http://aesmat.com/process.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Greetings Ya'll, I would hesistate to refer to myself as even a Newbie, (sub-Newbie?)and I'm sure that many of you would rather talk about RF furnaces and the...
Don't worry Zach. I had exactly the same experience when I mixed my first batch of Pbond. Although I followed the recipe exactly it would not pack at all, I...
I got 200lbs of pbond mixed up today but the green sand strength is basically nonexistent. I mixed 100lbs of 120 mesh sand to 6lbs of pbond with 2 quarts 30...
I've tried a number of methods to coat the inside of my large steel crucible. Graphite and methylated spirits. Graphite/clay and methylated spirits. These...
Please use my file in the "Files" Section to help you find useful information. It is called "Message #'s Sept. 19" and contains detailed titles for each...
Greetings I am slowly acquiring the equipment needed to set up my own hobby foundry and try my hand at casting some plaques. Biggest cost to date was a new...
Where will this "Meltdown"; be? I can have a regional one up in Northern MN at my garage too. LL __________________________________________________ Do you...
Hi, The only thing I've found (outside of the US Patent Office web site) is at Dan's workshop (http://www.dansworkshop.com/Induction%20Heating.shtml). He uses...
The STL metal group got together this last Saturday down at my shop to do a little metal melting. One of the members did a great job posting some pics...
Is anyone interested in having a casting party? I have a decent setup in my back yard, with a propane furnace and facilities for melting a full #8 of Al or...
does anyone have information on designing a coil for a induction heater ? I think it would be nice to do some meltings with it. thanks Luiz Carlos de Arruda...
I've cast studs and a few other things into parts but have never done it with a bronze bushing. If anyone has what was your results as for dimensional...
I have read the numerous posts recently regarding producing patterns for cast plaques. I have fabricated many signs from polyurethane, redwood and MDF using an...
Hello. There are plenty of frugal, creative people on this list. Another hobby I am trying to get involved with is making house and lawn decorations for...
Has anyone done lost foam casting (especially with loose sand) with anything other than aluminum? In thinking about the process, it seems that the pouring...
What is the recipe for mixing up petrobond from scratch. On BCS it looks like 6lbs of resin per 100lbs of sand and then 1 - 2 quarts of oil. But I am asking...
In one of the earlier post, a gentlemen had referred to using Colloidal Graphite (in a paint or slurry I believe) to coat a SS crucible. Would this type of...
Hi Ray This may be the answer to your question. I hope you don't feel offended when I tell you I smiled when I read it. The key to my amusement is " Col From...
Hello: I'm new to the group so I apologize in advance for this question. I'm making silicone molds with Smooth-On's OOOMOO and Mold Max silicones. I am...
I was reading through past messages, and found a few words from Ron Thompson regarding a substitute for a 30 gal drum. With the recent posts looking for...
can any one tell me fi stainless steel is any good for making crucibles out of as i am not getting a very work out of plain steel ones,i do about 4 kilo per...
Guys: First of all, my deepest condolences on the Shuttle tragedy. I've been trying to cast bronze bells for a while, using the lost wax method (basically...
When my aunt called me to tell me about this wholesale online shopping mall, my first thought was yeah, you have to buy a few dozen of each item. After I...
To all of my energetic casting friends... DO NOT BOTHER WITH KITTY LITTER AS A SAND BINDER. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME! Kitty Litter is the lowest grade of...
i have set up a new group on cupola casting at cupolacasting@yahoogroups.com for those inteested in cupola stuff i am working on a cupola now for spring myself...
I am stumped on how to add raised letters and numbers on patterns to produce identification nomenclature on the finished castings. Anything is possible, but...
