Backyard Aluminum casting
March 12, 2010 - 4:32 pm
Backyard aluminum casting at home. Melting aluminum in a charcoal foundry and pouring it into a greensand mold. The little flare up at the end was easily contained and nothing was damaged except the wooden box.
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March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
I thank you for …
I thank you for your concern. Maybe I will get some more safety just in case.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
well I can’t tell …
well I can’t tell you what to do and have done my part in warning you. if the threat to life and limb won’t convince you of proper safety procedures then anything I say won’t either. Just remember that all it takes is one drop of metal burned through a limb to cause permanent loss of that extremety.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
You have some good …
You have some good points. But I don’t anticipate any part of me, no matter how much leather or Kevlar I’m wearing, coming into contact with molten metal. The leather gloves are meant to protect my hands from moderately hot things. I also take extreme precautions to make sure that there is no water or moisture coming into contact with molten metal so there won’t be steam explosions.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
great furnace but …
great furnace but the fact that you are wearing short sleaves with only work gloves is quite frightening. That coupled with the fact that your only face protection is a pair of safety glasses and a dust mask makes it even worse. Go down to a leather shop and get yourself some cheap tough leather and make some arm guards and go to home depot and get some steel window screen and fashion a proper face shield. the temp that metal is at will burn straight through what you have now.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
I actually used …
I actually used high strength concrete that I sifted the rocks out of to make the walls of the furnace. The lid is the same thing, but I mixed perlite in with it to act as an insulator. By the way the “hotface” for the furnace is really a terra cotta flower pot.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
yes I most …
yes I most certainly did
March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Nice furnace
I …
Nice furnace
I started with charcoal before I switched to propane. Charcoal really is more efficient though. Did you buy ready mix fireclay or make your own?
March 12th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Did you make that …
Did you make that furnace yourself?