Group, I would like design ideas for crucible lifting and pouring tongs. One man operation. A-shaped clay-graphite crucible, A20 size. Will be melting Al...
I've seen a homemade design somewhere that uses a sort of "A" frame in the center of the shank. The "A" frame has wheels on the bottom of it, and a piece...
I enjoy seeing your projects but I, like many, am not on DSL. Video's longer than 30 seconds take all day to download. I don't want to discourage the YouTube...
Good Morning Lance, If you or someone you know is good at metalwork, perhaps a blacksmith, they can make one for you. A local community college that offers...
Longer 'T' handle with hooks for pouring would help to put more distance between you and the hot metal, giving a better view so you can keep pouring as the...
Imagine a pair of kitchen tongs? bend the ends down at right angles and give them a twist. Form each end into a semicircle so when you use them you can pick...
I second that, i can only get dial-up ... From: blwloco <blwloco@...> Subject: [hobbicast] YouTube for dial-up viewers To: hobbicast@yahoogroups.com ...
So that is about a gallon/ 4 liters of molten aluminum? What are the flames? I suspect that is lost foam, but what kind of foam? I can't resist pulling...
I have a cast iron sculpture accepted in an art show, but I need a pedestal. The sculpture would fit in a 1 foot cube (30x30x30 cm), and it weighs about 15...
... The next two I am going to use my larger (100 pound) graphite crucible in my tilt furnace. That way I just have to control the handle putting me about 3...
... That is pretty close - good estimate! Each piece is 93.5 cubic inches, plus riser and sprue - so each casting was about 0.6 gallons. ... Extruded...
OK....can do. Where on the crucible height should the lift point be: 1/3 from top 1/4 from top just above halfway? With the A-shape there is no bulge. lance ...
What about casting up a base and top section, and making or casting ends that would fit over either a short section of 2 or 3 inch pipe. It would be sturdy...
I found a cardboard concrete casting form at my local Habitat for Humanity restore. I'm thinging of painting it flat black, weighting the bottom of it with...
This is a bit lengthy- sorry for those of you without quick net connections... but I was amazed at how easy this looks to build! Once you have it built- then...
Or I wonder if you can get away with just making a plywood box the right height and just cover it up with a sheet, or some nice material, just draped over the...
... Pretty cute. I am using Linux CNC to run my servos and it works great on a computer I found at the dump! Linux CNC home: <http://www.linuxcnc.org/> It has...
Hello everyone, I sent this page out to my e-zine a week or so ago and thought I would share it with you too. It is an update to my old bell page...I just...
I did think of laminate over plywood, but that could get a bit pricey. This is being shown in a mechanical contractor's showroom (think heating and cooling),...
Hello, I've decided to join hobbicast. If anyone has any questions about induction heating, I can answer them in person. BTW, the offer (quoted below) still...
Tim: I'm happy to hear you have reached that point....... When will you be able to supply the 10KW kits? On electrocast we basically discovered that the...
What about a simple birdbath padestal? Concrete, comes in many different designes, and when you are done just add the bowl and you have a new birdbath... ......
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