Honda Shadow Ace 750 Cast Aluminum Master Cylinder Cover
January 27, 2010 - 1:28 am
This is the custom cast aluminum master cylinder cover that I made for a 2001 Honda Shadow Ace 750. I sand casted it in aluminum using petrobond foundry sand.
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January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Cool stuff ! Keep …
Cool stuff ! Keep me posted. I always like checking out different methods of casting.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Work for a die …
Work for a die casting company in Manchester England, technical supervisor, main source of work now is cold chamber Al machines 120 ton – 1800 ton and Zn hot chamber 120ton-600ton machines., also gravity and centrifugal work. ill get some vids done mate.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Cool, what kind of …
Cool, what kind of casting do you do ? I do sand cast, sodium silicate, lost wax, lost foam, plaster cast. Got any videos ?
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
good stuff, i love …
good stuff, i love it. been doing all types for 15 years and I’m only 30!
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
I’m not here to win …
I’m not here to win or lose… I’m here like most everyone else just sharing what I do with others that also enjoy the art of metal casting.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Your a winner! …
Your a winner! Sorry for being pedantic! keep up the good work. All good.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
That’s correct. …
That’s correct. Aluminum doesn’t give off fumes but the impurities introduced into it such as surface oxidation, paint, dirt, oil, grease, etc will make it smoke. Pure aluminum will not.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Non metallic …
Non metallic impurities IN Al would of already burnt off from the original melt. no natural de gas occurs. no bubbles (gas fumes) or smoke! Surface dirt or transit pot dirt will smoke.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
The impurities in …
The impurities in the aluminum give fumes so it’s a good idea to NOT breathe in any of the smoke during the melting process.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Seems you know …
Seems you know little! Al fumes eh!
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Al has no fumes?
Al has no fumes?
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
get some good boots …
get some good boots on too tennis shoes wont stop a burn , just for your safty , good work though
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Thank You very much …
Thank You very much! You’re a wealth. Dave
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Thanks. I was …
Thanks. I was wearing safety glasses but I have upgraded to a full face shield, better safe than sorry.
That part wasn’t machined, it was hand carved and shaped in MDF then wet sanded and polished on a bench buffer. When making parts from scrap aluminum you have to be sure not to mix your alloys. In this case it was made from 356A Aluminum. When a part requires strength I use 6061 then artificially aged in a tempering process.
Thanks for checking out my videos !
-Hank
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Nice, you are very …
Nice, you are very precise. Would like to have seen how you machined/polished the part. Safety gear is good, faceshield might be worthwhile too. Careful snorting aliminium fumes, not good.
One issue with using scrap aluminium is there will be various types of aluminium alloy, so in an area that is using a casting that requires some strength bad things could potentially happen.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
It used to be her …
It used to be her muffin pan but it was all she left me with when she kicked me out ! Just kidding…. No wife / girlfriends muffin tins were stolen or used in this video ! lmao
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
I was given an …
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I was given an intake manifold, only 4 cylinder but about 15 or 20 pounds of cast aluminum, perfect for melting down and recasting
Aluminum cans aren’t good by themselves but if you crush them really well and first melt enough aluminum to be able to quickly submerge the cans, you’ll get less scum. You’ll still lose 10-30% of the aluminum, would be better to sell the cans and buy chunks of aluminum by the pound from a scrap yard.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Hope for your sake …
Hope for your sake that wasn’t you wifes muffin pan……lmao.
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
the finish is …
the finish is actually pretty nice and doesn’t need a lot of work to polish it. I wouldn’t recommend using coke cans because you won’t get much aluminum out of them because of the high surface area on the can it’ll end up being mostly “dross” you can melt down stuff like lawn chairs, ladders, car wheels, lawnmower engines…
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
hmmm but all the …
hmmm but all the sand n dust is gonna give it a grainy finish, right? dude you rock btw for help me out.. another question… so could i collect coke cans and melt them up… or do you have to have pure alumenium?
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
It’s an oil & resin …
It’s an oil & resin bonded sand that sticks to itself when rammed, the mold doesn’t stick to it because of the use of a parting dust. “Diamond Parting #104 by Asbury Graphite”
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
yeah but how do you …
yeah but how do you make the sand, so hard and keep to its form?
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
The mold for the …
The mold for the part was made from 1/4″ MDF and sand casted in Petrobond foundry sand which is reddish in color. Thanks for checking out the video…
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
was the first mold …
was the first mold red clay? Clay can be used with hot alumenium ???!!! please respond to the comment else ill just forget about this video.
great video!
January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
I agree 100% ! I …
I agree 100% ! I love this stuff…