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BattyZ replied to the thread More Boss 429 Intake Manifolds.

Another great round of casts!...looking semi-production hehe

BattyZ liked Al2O3's post in the thread More Boss 429 Intake Manifolds.

Increased Z travel Increased height under gantry Conversion from V-wheels to linear bearings on X & Y axis Conversion from Acme to ball...

BattyZ liked Al2O3's post in the thread More Boss 429 Intake Manifolds.

Got the intakes machined. Still have some machine work to do on the valley pan plenums but need to make a few upgrades to my CNC Router...

BattyZ liked Al2O3's post in the thread More Boss 429 Intake Manifolds.

Always seems I get a bunch of patterns made and then the weather doesn't cooperate, but had a few weather windows and managed to get...

BattyZ liked Al2O3's post in the thread More Boss 429 Intake Manifolds.

Got the patterns dip coated. [ATTACH] I had an accident with the first. The other two came off without incident. The first one...

BattyZ liked Al2O3's post in the thread More Boss 429 Intake Manifolds.

I have three Boss 429 Inline Carb manifolds to cast, an open plenum singe plane which I've made before, and a couple individual runner...

Tobho Mott liked Al2O3's post in the thread Sprue Placement.

Just to be clear, I wasn't saying gate/fill the pattern/casting from the bottom as far as sprue placement. The previous "filling with...

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Just to be clear, I wasn't saying gate/fill the pattern/casting from the bottom as far as sprue placement. The previous "filling with...

Tops replied to the thread Sprue Placement.

Hi Dom, If you assign the physical material as aluminum in Fusion, you can draw in a simple cup and sprue and use the properties to get...

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Hey Kelly Thanks for the response. Ive tried it without plaster first, very well compacted with cement vibrator. I used a 80x80mm...

Al2O3 replied to the thread Sprue Placement.

This is posted in the lost foam casting sub forum, but just to confirm, this is a polystyrene foam pattern, correct? Ordinarily we...

dom attached a file to the thread Sprue Placement.

Hey Kelly I suppose the first few times did the casting without plaster or ceramic shell. sand fell into the hole. probably didn't pour...

Al2O3 attached a file to the thread Sprue Placement.

Hi dom. You're not exactly giving us a whole lot to go on with just a picture of the rendering and posing the question "why won't it...

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Sprue Placement

Gentlemen and ladies if there are any. I am having issues with casting aluminum. The piece is very vital for my cnc machine Y drive...

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Tobho Mott replied to the thread Trouble Finding Small Letters---~3/16" High Have them CNC'd?.

Hmm the letters just flexed with the tape when I used the non sticky side. Parting powder, eh? If only I hadn't broken my old Dymo gun...