I have too many links unfortunately ill try to find it. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty...
Of course. But the same can be said of homemade refractory. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty...
What I have done, is to use a lightweight paper (brown craft paper will do, butchers paper is great). You brush your pattern and the paper with a coat of...
Dan, What Mark is talking about is why is the runner and gate in this example in a vee I think. The answer to that if Im thinking right is this example does...
Hi, I like to use a fluidised bed, switch on the air supply, and you can
insert the pattern into the sand as easily as if you were putting it into
water,...
Hi, I can't find the webpage, although I have it saved to my PC, here is the
bit on the fluidised bed:
The fluidized bed:
In case you are not familiar with the...
OK, I found it!
http://www.plansandprojects.com/My%20Machines/surprise_lost_foam_casting.htm
Frank
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Hi Gang, Back in January Greg Jahnke posted that he had some used gas burners for sale. I ordered 2 of them and paid by Paypal. Greg was to send them out but...
... does that go in general, or just with your particular technique? I have heard of people doing lost-foam casting for brass/bronze, with decent results. -- ...
The original lost foam castings were bronze, and done with bonded sand. Inspired by this I have done aluminum lost foam castings with homemade green sand. I...
Hi All, I have been absent from the group for some time, and am just now getting to move my equipment into my new shop. Here is mt concern. I had my lid, and...
Your castable was too wet. If you can I would remove the castable and redo it. You will have problems down the line Dan in Auburn ... From: Martin Gutzmer...
Let me suggest "plastic" refractory rather than U-Mix stuff....... There is no guesswork in the plastic (pre-mix). The water is already there, and you cannot...
Do you have a supplier for plastic refractory? You don't mean furnace cement do you? On another note, I noticed some powdered drywall mix at home depot ...
As always look at the instructions that come with the item. Refractory that comes premixed is mostly for patching. Limited to about 2000deg F. Other ...
I am about to make a furnace to cast my own sculptures in bronze, and I want to do the job properly with no expense on refractory materials spared. Some of my...
... Hehehehehehehe Sorry.. just found that funny. (you can spend 20 bucks or 500 bucks on refractory). I'm an al not a brass caster but if i were you id ...
Hello Group, I wondered why we haven't heard from Greg lately. I for one missed his posts. Turns out the reason we haven't heard from Greg is one of those ...
Please tell Greg's wife they have all of our sympathy and that he needs to get better soon before one of us blows himself up for lack of some little tip he...
Perfect. That's exactly it. I seem to recall he had a more detailed page with a lot more info on it though. Imagine that.. carefully controlled scientific...
Dave: I get mine from E.J. Bartells which is a national company.... they may only be in the west..... If you are interested , I'll find out if they have an...
... you'd just need to make sure you had risers and vents and the like, since petrobond doesn't vent like loose sand does; right? -- Carl Soderstrom I find...
Phil. Just make the one furnace size. Why go to all the trouble to build two furnaces, build the furnace to the larger crucible size then you can melt as much...
Hello, Cheryl Jahnke here, Gregs wife. I have received a couple of "heads ups" from people regarding the groups that Greg was a member of and a frequent...
... <SNIP> ... <SNIP> This made my day... I'm glad he's going to be ok! Mrs. Jahnke, if you or Mr. Jahnke need anything let us know. I personally live in...