Hello Guys, I've had an open mold and several closed molds waiting for me to get around to doing a melt. The open mold requires a core before closing. I like...
There has been an increasing problem with Yahoo Mail accounts being hijacked. There are a few simple rules to help minimize this problem. The first of...
Hi Guys Greetings! I would like to get the manual of Dore Westbury construction book. Wonder anyone would be kind to send me the scan PDF or leads to the...
@Stan, thanks! Who'd of thunk you could get aluminum ingots from a foundry? :D I just got back from buying 50lb of 713 from a local foundry for $2/lb. I don't...
Hello, I live near Oklahoma City and was wondering how and where I would go about obtaining tenzaloy? It seems like the perfect thing for me because I need...
If you are in the Southern Cal. area, I'm moving to Texas and don't intend to move my large machinery. I have a Miller 330 AB/P TIG welder, a Maskiner Mill...
Hi, I realize you guys have probably been asked a thousand time, but I am new to this and don't understand. What is the tin cans and bear caps made of, is it...
Inspired (as usual) by our shared insanity i've been randomly alloying the al i cast. MOST of what i use now is from cylinder heads etc but with some stuff...
Greetings, I see people posting and contacting me from time to time how to build a small furnace. I documented the whole furnace build last time I built a...
Hi, If interested I have updated my metalcasting website with some new pages. Visit the homepage and click on the new links near the top of the page; ...
Vortex Burners Warning: All fan-blown burners have a greater risk of backfire—through the fan instead of proper combustion through the flame nozzle—than...
While browsing my local thrift shop I found a couple of silverplated pieces. It got me wondering, what is under the silverplate? Any one ever cut up a piece or...
Does anybody know of any low temp castable "yellow metals", or of colorants that can be used to give a coppery color to something like aluminum or zamak (other...
My project involves two small parts, only about a pound total, and I'm toying with the idea of making a small reverb style furnace (no crucible), the burner...
Hi Guys I'm sure in your pattern making do come across the use of Stanley 150 mitre box to get straight cuts...is there anyway the owner of Stanley 150 take...
a Balanced marine steering cylinder is what you are looking for. Google it. They must be a "pass through" like you want because a steering cylinder on a boat...
I've been contemplating a shop press project that is rather unique. The press consists of a set of legs on the floor to support it, and a vertical post, with...
My latest adventure has been trying to make a rim chuck, which is like a camera lens iris with fingers. Part one is a back plate for the font disc to rotate. ...
Hi all, Did anyone know or find out if the US navy produced a pattern making book as asked about by Joe Harralson some days ago. Just wondering. It'd be extra...
Dear all I wish to seek help from owner of Craftsman/Atlas/Clausing/Covel power hacksaw. I need to view the main gear part no. 341-301 I'm making a mini-power...
Happy new year everyone! I've been hobbicasting for about 6/7 months now, and I'm looking for any sort of rule of thumb for the size of the ingate/outgate...
Hi all! Merry Christmas! I am brand new to this group and for that matter... home metal casting. As an additional source of income (todays economy bites) I...
Some of my friends have been interested in the option of packing casting sand (we're using an oil sand purchased from a local aluminum foundry) with a...
I'm building a Reil style burner with the Tweco 14T mig tip. I have seen some people drill the 1/8" supply tube into a 2" close nipple screwed into the bell...
While I have only cast simple items in cast, I have had good results. I followed Ruperts advice to add charcoal to the CI, and it made a marked improvement in...
