Gravity is your friend with lost foam. As mentioned above, most of the greensand rules do not apply. Check your casting in the drain to check the...
Yes as to barrier. The coating is what determines the surface finish of the casting. Whether the stippled finish of direct loose sand texture or...
I'll see if I can get a shot later, but woolstar is correct. The horn is made so there is a continuous taper and since the drag pattern was so...
A while back I mentioned horn gates so when I had a casting to make for the rear seal carrier in a 215 Buick that uses a 300 crank for the...
No. Originally it was going to go into the Ruby, but I picked up the 215 buick and that is what is in it now. [ATTACH] Another engine built from...
I am getting ready to start this Ford V8 60 for the first time since it was re-built something like 40 years ago. It was re-sleeved with new...
Looking ahead to the machining of the piston I made a 5C mandrel for my pistons using the wrist pin holes formed with the pullaway cores for a...
Good one Kelly. The key takeaway is one off. Although with your program three off is nothing but run time. I have a small part in the works but...
Understood Mark. That is the reason for suggesting the other orientations of the pattern in a sand mold. Ammen called the horn gate the "king of...
I started the miniature permanent mold for pistons with a block of cast iron and five pull away cores. At first I tried a horn gate, but it didn't...
Thanks Bruce. I paid good money for the 2x3 tube and didn't want to start cutting it up.
No Kelly, it is another stalled project because the cylinders and heads were originally a single casting. Some of the Harley lore mentions high...
This is the lost wax vacuum cast setup I made for the Harley cylinders. I injected the wax to form a washer composed of the fin and a bore with a...
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