Casting Aluminum w/ Homemade Furnace
March 6, 2010 - 2:22 pm
Here I am casting a part for a Crayford Style Focuser to be used with a 8″ Newtonian telescope I’m building. I’m using a propane furnace, a graphite crucible, and the “mold” is a tin soup can. I need a stock of aluminum about 3″ in dia. Before you say it, I know it is not safe to cast metal with flip-flops and shorts, but it’s the middle of summer in Phoenix here…
Duration : 0:9:19
[youtube Nu_ihjFZmxc]
March 6th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
did you make your …
did you make your crucable? if so how or at least what materials?
March 6th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Seeing videos like …
Seeing videos like this really makes me want to try some metal casting. Thanks for the inspiration!
March 6th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
What an idiot! At 1 …
What an idiot! At 1:28 when he brings his bucket of scraps into the frame, you can clearly see he is mixing 2024 and 6063 with his 6061 alloy. No wonder you have so much dross, you might as well throw some 2090 in there while you are at it and call it a cement. Jesus Christ!
March 6th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Pretty neat, 9:18 …
Pretty neat, 9:18 well spent!
Thanks for posting this video.
Francis J. O’Reilly
March 6th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
I can drink that.
…
I can drink that.
oon-fawtee