09-13-2013, 06:23 PM
(09-13-2013, 02:43 PM)chucketn Wrote: Nice work! Man I wish I lived closer to you. Would love a chance to watch you work and pick your brain. ChuckChuck
theres not much up there to pick
(09-13-2013, 02:50 PM)doubleboost Wrote: Very well done
That is a big casting
John
John the casting with the gating on it weight about 18 pounds, the crucible I used was a new A20 that I have had for a number of years when we pulled it the metal was within about 1.5 inches of the top. I didn't want to shock the crucible seeing how it had set for so long. So I didn't really put a lot of burner on it the inside temp of the furnace was about 1400 degrees when I shut the burner off.
As was noted at the start of the video I throwed in over half a pound of copper wire to help with the machining qualities of the metal, as far as I can tell all of it was absorbed in to the aluminum.
(09-13-2013, 02:53 PM)LJP Wrote: I agree, looks great! But then, I don't know the first thing about casting.
Larry
Larry, thanks for the compliment, there were days I though I would never get this far with this project, glad the hard parts over, even if I have to make another one it will be a cake walk,
and just incase it hasn't been mentioned by myself, I HATE WORKING with WOOD!!!
actually it wasn't so bad would of been easier if I actually had some woodworking tools.DA
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