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PatJ attached a file to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
Molten iron is some strange looking stuff. Here are two photos from an art-iron pour at the local metal museum, and you can see zebra...
Aug 16, 2018 at 12:46 AM
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PatJ attached a file to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
I took this photo of the iron in the sand, and then took a photo of the clock and was surprised at how hot the iron remained this long...
Aug 16, 2018 at 12:23 AM
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PatJ attached a file to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
Here is the furnace at 7:49. You can see how hot the 1" thick refractory shell was towards the top (bright red). The lid did not seal...
Aug 16, 2018 at 12:13 AM
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PatJ attached a file to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
A photo looking down into the melt, early in the melting process. The solid scrap pieces are still visible. [ATTACH]
Aug 16, 2018 at 12:09 AM
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PatJ replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
The melt began at 7:30 PM, and I spent 10 minutes playing around with the blower and rigging up the temporary damper. The last video...
Aug 16, 2018 at 12:04 AM -
PatJ attached a file to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
I think this was the last temperature reading that I photographed. I stopped reading temperature at this point since I figured the...
Aug 15, 2018 at 11:57 PM
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PatJ attached a file to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
The temperature probes are reading in the 100F range. It is difficult to see the decimal place on the readout. The extra hose length on...
Aug 15, 2018 at 11:42 PM
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PatJ replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
Scavenger started a thread several years ago called "The beach that is cast iron", or something very similar to that (located...
Aug 15, 2018 at 11:21 PM -
PatJ replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
Iron is so different looking than a silvery aluminum melt. Iron is very red, and at the end it lays down perfectly flat much like...
Aug 15, 2018 at 11:17 PM -
PatJ replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
I do want to try some limestone as a flux, to see if I can increase fluidity before the melt reaches pour time ( I have heard that it...
Aug 15, 2018 at 11:14 PM -
DavidF replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
Thinking your seeing the melt pulsate as if influenced by a strong magnet?? add a few sparklies popping out and your just right....pour...
Aug 15, 2018 at 11:02 PM -
DavidF replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
reading your edits, you have seen the same things I have. Try skimming the slag early to get to the clean heel and make additions from...
Aug 15, 2018 at 10:59 PM -
DavidF replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
well, the guys doing the iron "just do it"... Ive had a pretty bad run in with slag as well.. seemed to me that having a clean heal to...
Aug 15, 2018 at 10:35 PM -
PatJ replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
And helpful as ironsides and others have been, nobody has really done a very good write-up of how to do an iron pour (in my opinion)....
Aug 15, 2018 at 10:26 PM -
DavidF replied to the thread A thin hotface beer keg furnace.
Deep breath, and enjoy the sun sets....;)
Aug 15, 2018 at 10:25 PM
