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Jammer attached a file to the thread Easy Plaque Patterns.

I use one of my wife's old powder brushes. Very soft and gets in small areas. [ATTACH]

Oct 23, 2020 at 6:12 PM

crazybillybob replied to the thread Sodium silicate recipe: The good stuff.

Funny, Some of my Cores from an aluminum cast were outside in the rain and snow for 6 months before I ran over them with the truck...

Oct 23, 2020 at 6:04 PM

crazybillybob replied to the thread Greetings from Ohio.

Welcome Fellow Ohioan! I'm further North and East of you (Canton-Akron Area). Make sure you look around here you'll find that the...

Oct 23, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Jammer attached a file to the thread Pinning Foundry flasks.

Here's some of your older stuff. They drag it out during the cornbread festival open house. [ATTACH][ATTACH]

Oct 23, 2020 at 4:50 PM

Mark's castings replied to the thread Ciment Fondu: refractory cement.

The guy in the yellow and blue high visibility workshirt: Mike Nolan

Oct 23, 2020 at 4:31 PM

Jammer replied to the thread Greetings from Ohio.

That's a lot of Aluminum. I've got Manganese and ferro silicon plus a little silicon, if you want to try some everdur. I've made some...

Oct 23, 2020 at 4:23 PM

Petee716 replied to the thread Ciment Fondu: refractory cement.

Which guy?

Oct 23, 2020 at 4:07 PM

rocco replied to the thread Sodium silicate recipe: The good stuff.

From that Tom Cobett article:

Oct 23, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Tobho Mott liked rocco's post in the thread Sodium Silicate for Core Making by Tom Cobett.

http://jarod.eells.us/projects/FoundryEquipment/sodium-silicate.html

Oct 23, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Petee716 liked DavidF's post in the thread Making my life easier....

Working on making my life a bit easier. Picked up this mixer for a guy that had started on making it into a muller, but was moving and...

Oct 23, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Tobho Mott liked HT1's post in the thread Easy Plaque Patterns.

one more grapite tip: get a parts cleaning brush trim the bristles back about half, use this to work graphite into small details,...

Oct 23, 2020 at 3:26 PM

rocco replied to the thread Sodium Silicate for Core Making by Tom Cobett.

I remember reading one or two other casting related essays by Tom Cobett, so far this is the only one could find.

Oct 23, 2020 at 3:23 PM

DavidF replied to the thread Sodium Silicate for Core Making by Tom Cobett.

Nice find!

Oct 23, 2020 at 3:11 PM

DavidF liked rocco's post in the thread Sodium Silicate for Core Making by Tom Cobett.