This is a big plus if you are casting 35x series aluminum for mechanical parts, especially if they will be machined. Big difference machining a...
Always conventional on roughing and most everything else with upcut spiral flute cutters. Sometimes I'll do a full depth clean up climb cut, but...
How much draft do they have? Polish the surfaces to high luster, apply graphite, vibrate pattern before extraction. What kind of binder? Green...
The right IR camera would do it. In a former life, we made military stuff that could shoot the image right through the steel wall of my flask....
Yes, Arlene's Tacky Glue, as sparingly as possible but about any polyvinyl acetate glue will do it. A piece of particle board and 40lbs of weight...
Free kilns can be a good source of IFB, but depending on size (those look pretty big), can vary on how easily they adapt to foundry furnaces. What...
Poured the second casting and enjoyed a similar result. I finished degating them and they were both very straight and flat so now on to heat...
I'd love to have the shop space for just one (let alone four), especially the 10EE. My grandfather had a very nice one in his shop. There may not...
If I had to hazard a guess, it's keyword triggered, maybe by cemetary. More recently, you can tell they are AI powered bots because of the nature...
Hey G3j, welcome to the Home Foundry. If I'm reading the drawing correctly, the spokes are almost entirely drafted from one side, but, the spoke...
I'd be willing to trade a little pride to save the pattern ;). My Father always told me a good craftsman can cover his mistakes. Best, Kelly
I wasn’t able to get at it until almost Noon today but got everything staged and made the pour [ATTACH] Cut up two ingots. Each is about 30lbs....
Welcome fasttrack. I designed and spec'd castings for many years and also did quite a bit of pattern work but I didnt start actually casting...
I got the patterns coated. I got there but not without incident, and as usual I found myself second guessing some decisions. [ATTACH] First...
Between other projects, still trying to keep this one moving along. This is the core of the traveling gantry beam. It gets cast in two parts,...
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