Can anyone link me to some places where i could get -Petrobond -Flasks -Other supplies I am just getting into sand casting, i want to reproduce a necklace...
I sell Ptrobond sand here in Oregon. 25 pounds is good for a start. I also have 50 pounds. This is a good oetro based sand that holds it's shape well, ...
I don't at this time. I did have one for American Pride Locomotive, but the name and business model did not really fit what my business really had evolved ...
I just picked up a couple of graphite crucibles suitable for a Kerr Electrocast type furnace. I was wondeirng if anyone had plans or was designing a similar...
A friend of mine heard I was going to try and make a small foundry to melt aluminum. He brought me over two recepticals made of chalk. He said they threw them...
I want to melt aluminum, what would be the cheapest route gas or electric. I just going to make a very small foundry one like a freon can size. I don't know if...
Bill, I am not sure what you have in your chalk containers...could you post a picture on the web or in the photo section of the list? I'm not sure what is the...
I'm trying to cast a 22" long by 9" tall oval shaped sign. The letters and border are raised about .250" and the thin parts of the sign are about .187" thick....
Try inclining the mold so that the ingate is at the bottom and there is a good vent at the upper end of the mold. By incling the metal rises up through the...
Hello Wt, How did you gate it? A thin casting that large is bound to be difficult. I've poured thin castings before but none that large. Here's my $0.02. I...
I make a nearly identical casting, also a sign. If I pour it myself, its center-poured with about a 3" diameter gate smack in THE middle and about a 9 inch...
The feeding and gating system is the problem, making name plates and plaques is a tricky business. A runner system designed to feed the plate from both sides ...
... Greetings, Actually, you can get good quality Aluminum, with minimal oxidization loss, with a little care. The trick with cans is to start with a pool of...
I had read that in one of my books, so that was my last attempt. I poured in one end and raised the vent end about 2-1/2 inches. It did make the lower 2/3 of...
I've poured four times Pour 1: Single gate and riser along side with flask flat. Pour 2: Single sprue along the side, but with two gates about 14" apart. ...
... I kind of figured something like this would work. I've certainly melted down a large pile of lead wheelweights like this. (On a side note, it's kind of ...
Scott, Now this is sounding interesting. You mean you make a 3" diameter sprue right in the back, center of the sign and pour through that? If I understand...
Wes, Tilt your flask a few degrees and increase the size of gates, runners AND your sprue. I usually use a 1 1/4" sprue and then several 5/8" risers on the...
Wes, Couple of things you don't need to do. One is buy a book, and the other is pour in the center. If you pour in the center, you'll end up burning sand into...
Hi, If interested I've received some new iron casting photos from Colin Peck in England. He has designed a used oil burning foundry that he regularly melts ...
First off, bash the cans (when dry) as flat as possible with a can crusher and/or hammer. This reduces surface oxidation. Having made some ingots with the...
First off, bash the cans (when dry) as flat as possible with a can crusher and/or hammer. This reduces surface oxidation. Having made some ingots with the...
... ok. That's much the same sort of thing I had in mind at first... glad to know someone has had success with it. :) -- Carl Soderstrom "If you wish to...
Ray, thats very interesting.. I have added copper to my 'canium' but not considered glass to add silicon. How much glass would you add per Kilo? I have a...
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