Love Casting » focuser http://www.shotatlovecasting.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:53:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Casting Aluminum w/ Homemade Furnace http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/casting-aluminum-w-homemade-furnace/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/casting-aluminum-w-homemade-furnace/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:22:25 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/casting-aluminum-w-homemade-furnace Continue reading →]]> 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…

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