Posts Tagged ‘molten’

Aluminum Ingots From The $30 Backyard Foundry.

March 9, 2010 - 5:05 pm 14 Comments

After the pour. Aluminum, like any heavy metal will recycle 100% (save the stuff still stuck in the crucible). The ingots are perfectly size for the crucible. Once I get my first foam carving done I can just throw these in and re-melt them.

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$30 backyard aluminum foundry – TURBOCHARGED

February 19, 2010 - 4:14 am 19 Comments

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 safety glasses, a hot ember managed to get under them and burn off three of my eye lashes.

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Metal Casting woop woop

January 23, 2010 - 3:30 pm 11 Comments

Pouring molten aluminum

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$30 backyard aluminum foundry

January 20, 2010 - 6:51 am 25 Comments

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!! An overview of my aluminum foundry. Only cost me about $30 bucks at Ace Hardware. Got some scrap aluminum at a welding yard for free and tried to mold them into ingots using a wal-mart muffin pan.

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Alternative Sand-casting Method (Instructable Video)

January 16, 2010 - 9:26 pm 8 Comments

Instructable video using readily available tools and materials in the kitchen, in order to cast pewter metal. A mix of salt, water and flour is used instead of sand. Entire process carried out in the kitchen.

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A.W.Bell Investment Casting Foundry Tour

January 2, 2010 - 4:56 am 1 Comment

Investment casting, rapid prototyping, sand casting, patternmaking, tool making, production machining, cmm inspection and quality standards.

http://www.awbell.com.au
http://www.rapidparts.com.au

A.W.Bell Pty Ltd
145 Abbotts Road
Dandenong South 3175
Australia

P: +61 3 97999 555
F: +61 3 97999 666
E: sales@awbell.com.au

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Bronze Casting

January 2, 2010 - 4:56 am 2 Comments

A video I put together of my brother pouring bronze at Red Deer College in Alberta.

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Metal Casting at Home Part 2 Backyard Foundry

January 2, 2010 - 4:56 am 25 Comments

In part one I made the sand mould. Now I melt metal and complete the casting.

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Sand Casting

December 11, 2009 - 2:35 pm 25 Comments

http://www.manufacturinget.com/
This was a laboratory assignment for the course METH 4571 at the University of Memphis, Department of Engineering Technology.

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Metal Casting at Home Part 1 Backyard Foundry

December 11, 2009 - 2:34 pm 25 Comments

The first video in my 11 part series showing how I make alloy castings in my home made foundry.
Part one shows how the mould is made and in part two the metal is melted and poured.

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