Zirconia brick is some serious stuff. Bet that will be blinding white in operation. you’ll have to use diamond. Carbide also gets wrecked.
Having seen the first hand process of airfoil casting, I can say that the production controls there are AMAZING.
Kelly, I looked at what is probably best described as a melting system that you have on Youtube. Really nice job. All I can say is I wish we had...
We use fireclay as throwaways for melting scrap Pt and melt sampling (in induction melter). The silica is floating to the top usually as we are at...
We have both a fixed connection with the lift up style and a tilt n' pour. We prefer the lift up. The only time the tilt n pour is nice is for...
Guys I always feel like I come on here to some cool threads. I also realize that I have a bunch of stuff from work that we no longer use and would...
I think one issue with used/waste motor/engine oils are the surfactants. Some having organometallics added that can't be filtered out. Any N/S...
Somehow I ended up with a bunch of stellite 6K which is a cobalt alloy with the following properties:...
I just saw that he is a member here, too. My question to you is have you ever had any lachrymatory (tearing up at the eyes/hacking cough) from...
I've been getting the itch to get back into the hobby. Some of the members here know me from way back when on Lionel's ol' Bravenet...
Wow, now I feel silly, Tom's on this forum already!
Long time no see, gents. In my experience, MoSi2 are EXTREMELY fragile vs Kanthal. At work we have a decent sized box oven that uses those and...
I just sent Tom Cobett and email regarding adding glycerine. The chemist in me thinks this is a bad, bad idea and I never knew if he ACTUALLY...
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