I believe in being kind to my crucibles. I always stick a small half inch propane burner in the tuyere and let it heat up everything for a half...
I was the final administrator for Alloy Avenue. When it broke I did not have the necessary admin privileges to fix it. At the time I hadn't heard...
I melt Everdur. I love Starrbide crucibles. I have a Starrbide #8 i have used for years for god knows how many melts. It seems to be...
I generally like to have maybe two or three inches of flame coming out above the vent hole. I have to be careful with waste oil. It's easy to...
This was on Alloy Avenue back in the day. People there said it was useful, so I am posting the Utube link here. [MEDIA] The burner is a Lionel...
My fuel is free so that is not an issue for me. I take my empty five gallon plastic jugs to the motorcycle shops and they fill them up with waste...
I have been making Everdur for years. I melt a heel of Everdur in the crucible. Enough that I can load scrap copper wire and push it below the...
I published a detailed article on Alloy Avenue about pyrometers, and how I made some, bought some, and finally found an acceptable pyrometer for...
As regards the size of your tuyere. I found out the hard way to make it big enough for whatever may happen. It is devilishly hard to enlarge one...
After several years of making sculpture in welded wire, I am returning to my foundry. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The clay model has been ready for four...
I have two furnaces. One has a Mizzou hot face and three inches of ceramic wool behind it. I would never do that again. Why? The hot face cracks...
I have made some with tube silicone. I add corn starch and thin it with naphtha. It has limits. It shrinks a lot, unlike real silicone rubber, but...
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