The daily grind... Look for the cool pistol and it's time for a belt. http://www.plansandprojects.com/My%20Machines/Prusa_Mendel5/ If you want to help out,...
Hello Guys, I haven't posted for awhile although I've been reading mail (usually days late) so I figured it is time to show a bit of what I've been up to. I've...
Page 4 is up. This is the page that makes it worth reading this series if you are planning to build one. I outline a serious problem in the instructions. And...
Page 2 includes the result of the plastic parts replacement and a little work on the electronics. The comment box at the bottom seems to be a success. ...
I have started building a Prusa Mendel Reprap 3D printer. The web pages will include the good, the bad, and the ugly. I am explaining parts sources and why I...
added photo album here 'Mike skup's foundry' http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hobbicast/photos/album/101984486/pic/list top will get cut down to height...
Brian posted: "Brian D. W." bd_ski@... bd_ski Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:51 pm (PDT)Hey - what's the general preferred method of mulling sand to re-cast with....
Hi Guys I have a melt-pot bechtop furnace for sale. It is 110v single phase! and will melt 6lbs of bronze, copper or aluminum. Includes crucible and pad. These...
I intend to cast some prototype engineering parts using a cupola. I understand that cast iron can have a chill and is also brittle. I recently got hold of some...
Irecently made a video of a friends furnace melting cast iron for tractor seats. He used ciment fondu to make the moulds. It is like portland cement but sets...
Sorry for publishing so quick on top of the last announcement, but these are two new pages I think will be of interest to the group members. They concern CNC...
Sorry for the crossposat, but I have a large-ish industrial vacuum pump that I got on freecycle. I had plans to use it for various casting duties, but i've...
Hey Lonnie Kiger, I saw your pics. of how you cut off the front end of an air saw and called it an 'air rammer', but you stopped a little short, so I took it...
Hello everyone, I have started work on my new electric foundry that will use ceramic blanket as the refractory. Just the shell, so far, but you can see it...
I am desperately trying to find a chemical that will blacken brass. I currently have Caswell A311 Flemmish Grey that works ok on copper but only makes brass a...
I have uploaded a video of a friends induction furnace to youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJGaQdgPRmA I was using it to melt steel and raise the...
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Hi All, I am a newbie and just recently completed a 7" cupola build. Can't seem to get a hold of coke anywhere. I dont really want to use coal(smoke issue) or...
Hello Guys, Has anyone priced out binder for petrobond II lately? I've been quoted $294 FOB per bag up here. I think that price is high so I ask what it's...
I got interested in this topic a couple of years ago. There's no a priori reason why an induction furnace designed for small loads should be any more expensive...
I placed the Pix of my new furnace in the files area under "new furnace" by (racdirtdigger) I will upload more Tomorrow night of the lid, burner choke complete...
This is a pix of my new furnace running for 15 min on a naturally aspirated propane burner. The burner is a modified Reil burner. I used a 2"- 1 1/2" bell...
