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    New to spruing

    OMM, It's much easier to melt the aluminum and then add copper a little at a time as you increase the temperature. The copper melts into aluminum...
    Post by: Jammer, Jul 30, 2020 in forum: Lost wax casting
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    1956 buick build

    This is my son's '56. All original, basically he just buffed it out and waxed it. Now he has it all torn down and is going to put a new chassis...
    Post by: Jammer, Jul 15, 2020 in forum: Other metal working projects
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    Buy a house?

    What would you do with all that room? You had a dozen (or more) fish tanks, a foundry, large workbench, Bed and kitchen in a 10' by 15' dorm room!!
    Post by: Jammer, Jul 14, 2020 in forum: General foundry chat
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    Anyone need a Southbend???

    I bought the same model a few years ago for $325 at auction in Tennessee and sold it before we moved back to Ohio for $900. Great lathe, wish I...
    Post by: Jammer, Jul 9, 2020 in forum: General foundry chat
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    Transferring programs

    I can't find a Kingsport, VA, only Kingsport, TN. Not too far from where you went to school.
    Post by: Jammer, Jun 29, 2020 in forum: General foundry chat
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    Lou from OH

    I've heard Nitons are good but I've never used one. Somehow we ended up with Bruker, just better salesmen I guess.
    Post by: Jammer, Jun 7, 2020 in forum: New member introductions
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    Lou from OH

    What do you use to calibrate your XRF? I've used a Bruker XRF countertop model and a handheld. The handheld was difficult to keep calibrated.
    Post by: Jammer, Jun 5, 2020 in forum: New member introductions
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    Lou from OH

    I'm just west of Mansfield OH. now. Small place, not much room for hobbies. I have 3 furnaces now that I barely use. I use the small one for a...
    Post by: Jammer, Jun 4, 2020 in forum: New member introductions
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    Sodium silicate recipe: The good stuff

    It was on AA too because I took some grief since it cost about the same to make as it did to buy some. Where's the fun in that. I might have to...
    Post by: Jammer, Jun 3, 2020 in forum: Sand Casting
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    Sodium silicate recipe: The good stuff

    I had made some of that years ago. It was on AA but I guess it's gone. I'm glad Nurdrage made a distinction betweem the various types of Sodium...
    Post by: Jammer, Jun 3, 2020 in forum: Sand Casting
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    Refractory materials

    https://shop.dsindustries.us/Default.asp I haven't bought anything from these guys. They offer some good deals especially for bulk scraps.
    Post by: Jammer, May 29, 2020 in forum: link to various suppliers
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    Lou from OH

    I still have the XRF readings you sent me. If I can find them again. I still have a little heatcrete left, seems to have a great shelf life....
    Post by: Jammer, May 29, 2020 in forum: New member introductions
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    New from New Jersey

    What kind of Bronze do you think you have? "Nasty Fumes" sounds like a zinc brass or 85-5-5-5 with lead and tin. Zinc put out an acrid white smoke...
    Post by: Jammer, May 27, 2020 in forum: New member introductions
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    Lou from OH

    Hi Lou, how everything been going. Still melting those bolts. Is Meiser refractory gone, can't seem to find anything about them. Love that Mt...
    Post by: Jammer, May 27, 2020 in forum: New member introductions
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    Alloy Avenue?

    http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/ Last update, Feb. 2018. I guess you can still try to buy his stuff, if he'll answer you.
    Post by: Jammer, May 22, 2020 in forum: General foundry chat