Tag Archives: aluminum

Aluminum Casting

Posted on February 28, 2010 by admin

A green sand mold is filled with molten aluminum. Duration : 0:0:16

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Aluminum casting – not so perfect

Posted on February 28, 2010 by admin

An aluminum pour, with some problems… Duration : 0:1:43

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Precision Airset Sand Casting for Aluminum

Posted on February 25, 2010 by admin

Precision Airset Sandcasting process for aluminum castings at Armstrong Mold Corp. East Syracuse, NY Duration : 0:0:38

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Aluminum casting in a wood fired homemade furnace

Posted on February 25, 2010 by admin

First video of my sons and I firing up our homemade furnace to melt and cast aluminum scraps to make some objects. Duration : 0:3:55

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Homemade Electric Aluminum Foundry

Posted on February 22, 2010 by admin

Check out my website: http://www.budgiemetalworks.ca This is the first casting in my homemade aluminum foundry. Approximately 5 lbs of aluminum was poured here which took about 2 hours to melt. The furnace draws 20A on 220VAC. It was built from … Continue reading →

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Melting Aluminum in a Waste Oil Foundry Furnace

Posted on February 22, 2010 by admin

Final test of Jake von Slatt’s waste oil foundry furnace. Aluminum is melted, last year’s turkey fryer oil is burned. Duration : 0:8:40

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$30 backyard aluminum foundry – TURBOCHARGED

Posted on February 19, 2010 by admin

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!! The hair dryer was enough to heat aluminum cans but not aluminum rods. I switched to an air compressor to push more air in and it definitely did the trick. Even though I was wearing … Continue reading →

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Homemade / DIY foundry -Bronze- Brass- Aluminium-

Posted on February 16, 2010 by admin

Bronze, Brass, Aluminium foundry made at home from an old water heater and some fireproof concrete ca 35 Kw oil burner ca 1 hour to melt 4kg of aluminium Duration : 0:1:33

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Foundry Sand Molding

Posted on February 16, 2010 by admin

Making a green sand mold for snake catcher handles using a jolt/squeeze machine. Duration : 0:3:51

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First Aluminum Casting

Posted on February 3, 2010 by admin

I just poured my first aluminum casting today! This is a quick video after the fact of the furnace, the casting, and some of the stuff I used. Duration : 0:1:20

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