Love Casting

backyard iron casting

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1st year of iron casting and work created at a Summer school run at West Wales school of the Arts

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Melting black iron sand from Piha beach, in prototype arc furnace with galvanised nail rods.
It is interesting to see that with this iron sand the conductivity is not super.
With an insulation tester the reading across the electrodes is 500 k.ohms.
To trigger the process some Sunlight dishwasher liquid was used.
It surprised me how well the plastic container stood up to the job, although the plastic became very hot and soft and caught fire later on.

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It’s my judgment that people don’t pay nearly enough respect to the casting process as a key determiner of a theatrical production’s likely success.

But they should. “Iron Man” is a success, to a huge degree, because of its outstanding casting choices.

Everyone in this film is simply amazing, and they had the chance to be their very best because Jon Favreau is relentlessly thorough and obsessively honest.

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i made a furnace

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Iron Man 2 Preview, Cast info

Iron Man is back and stronger than its first impressive run. I’m Dana Ward and this is Clevver TV.

Hi guys! Welcome to the show. We’re dishing you the deets on the upcoming and much anticipated, Iron Man 2. The original film did so well – earning more than 580-million-bucks at the box office – so now fans are expecting a whole lot from the Marvel Comics followup. Lucky for us, it seems the sequel is well on its way to becoming a hit. With filming set to start in April, the cast list is almost all booked up.

Most of the old players are back again. The film will rock Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and, of course, Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as Tony Stark who transforms into Iron Man. Some newbies this round announced thusfar include Scarlett Johansson as both Natasha Romanoff and watch out – Black Widow. Plus, Mickey Rourke is signed on to play duel-characters Ivan as well as Whiplash. Don Cheadle takes the reins as James Rhodey Rhodes – a character played in the 2008 film by Terrence Howard.

The comic-based movie is set to hit theatres May 7, 2010. Be sure to go to Clevver.com to see clips from the first Iron Man as well as from all of your favorite movies and tv shows. I’m Dana Ward at our Beverly Hills headquarters and we’ll see you soon!

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If you have a return heating pipe of cast iron that is beginning to rust because of a moist location, can you sand and paint it? Or is there anything else you can do to stop the rust and protect it from moisture?

For cast iron, you will problably want to use Naval Jelly to remove any rust, then use a nuetralizer (tsp or other alternative, your paint store guy can help with that choice) once rust is removed, and the acid nuetralized I would recommend using a heat resistant rust preventative paint (rustoleum make it in aerosal form) That should help restore you iron pipe to new and help keep it that way. Good luck.

This will be my first cast iron skillet. I will be purchasing a Lodge Cast Iron Skillet made in the USA. Just not sure of size/type. Which is the most universal?
Lodge brand comes seasoned.

By novice I mean I can cook basic homecooked foods. I have been cooking for years. I guess I should have said intermediate.

Unless you have ever cooked with a cast iron skillet, you might want to re-think your purchase until you have more cooking skills (since you indicated "novice cook").

Cast iron skillets REQUIRE special preparation when you first obtain one. They have to be "seasoned" and it can be difficult to someone unfamiliar with it. They also are not cleaned as you would normal cookware. "Cleaning" them can cause you much grief and headaches during use.

The other reason to wait until you have more experience, is you will know what size you’d like to have. My Mother & Grandmother both had several sizes depending on what they were going to use them for…small (8") for eggs, medium (10") for cornbread and a huge one (15") for frying chicken/fish.

Save your money until you know for sure what you want to use the skillet for, then you might want to buy a pre-seasoned one from a flea market or yard sale to try it out.

Good luck and happy cooking

Some folks were visiting from Seattle so an iron pour was in order. This time we are using a blower on the furnace.
We ended up with a couple lathe faceplate castings and some drawer handles.

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I have a cast iron y pipe sticking out above the basement floor. I need to replace the Y fitting with a PVC Y fitting. It appears that the cast iron is sealed at the joint (the thing that looks like a cup) with lead. How Do I remove the cast iron y fitting? one of the branches broke off and thats why I want to replace it.

the thing that looks like a cup is called a bell……the part of the Y that goes into the Bell is called a spigot…. its actuall flared out slightly inside the bell….so it wont just pull out….. if you have room below the bell and the cement floor? thats where it should be cut… to do this you will need a saw zall and a few 8" blades made for cutting cast iron! cast iron is extremmly heavy….when ever removing a fitting there is always a possibility that the piping above will drop!!!!secure it by placing a LONG 2×4 VERTICALLY from the floor and up and under a fitting….. forget about trying to chip the lead out!!!! it could be melted out with a torch….. if when melting the fitting is horizonal allowing the lead to drip out of the fitting…under the lead there will be oakum ( very hairy type of rope)) if you go the torch method DO NOT ALLOW WATER TO HIT THE MELTING LEAD IT WILL EXPLODE!!! and make sure you have a fire extinquisher ready….. a small torch wont work