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  1. Smoking Shoe replied to the thread Mystery metal… do you know?.

    That kind of narrows it down to Monel 400/405?

    Oct 2, 2023 at 11:49 PM

  2. HT1 liked Al2O3's post in the thread Propane: Forced air is more efficient is my experience.

    Who was the source on that? Was it just an opinion from a non-practitioner or was there actually reasoning and data to support that...

    Oct 2, 2023 at 1:08 PM

  3. hatta attached a file to the thread Motorbike Prototype Zylinder.

    Long time no see Motorbike season is getting to it's end, and so i hav again more time to push on my project. Had to redesign the...

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  4. Al2O3 replied to the thread Propane: Forced air is more efficient is my experience.

    Who was the source on that? Was it just an opinion from a non-practitioner or was there actually reasoning and data to support that...

    Oct 2, 2023 at 6:27 AM

  5. Robert liked Jason's post in the thread Propane: Forced air is more efficient is my experience.

    Peak temps are only achieved when every bit of fuel is consumed over a period of time. Any deviation either high flow rates or low flow...

    Oct 2, 2023 at 6:02 AM

  6. Robert replied to the thread Propane: Forced air is more efficient is my experience.

    I started with a Reil. I then added a blower to get hotter temps and that is all I run now. After warm up, I run the propane regulator...

    Oct 2, 2023 at 6:02 AM

  7. crazybillybob replied to the thread Mystery metal… do you know?.

    We use nickel Iron Copper brake and fuel lines on some hotrods. I've never ran into any fittings but I'm guessing they make them....

    Oct 2, 2023 at 4:59 AM

  8. Mark's castings replied to the thread Help needed- bronze sword/blade casting.

    Yes all the skimming, fluxing etc is done in the furnace with it off and then given a few minutes, 5-10 mins to get the heat back into...

    Oct 1, 2023 at 3:59 PM

  9. metallab attached a file to the thread Help needed- bronze sword/blade casting.

    I found a few 'swords' which I replicated last year from an African original made from hardwood which I cast in (left to right on...

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  10. HT1 replied to the thread Mystery metal… do you know?.

    yep, but not yellow color , but you are insanely close , we are dealing with high end marine pipe fittings, but not the top Inconel...

    Oct 1, 2023 at 8:28 AM

  11. HT1 replied to the thread Help needed- bronze sword/blade casting.

    I would suggest if you have a team, and it sounds like you do, take some immersion temps right up to the point of pouring, if you have...

    Oct 1, 2023 at 8:13 AM

  12. Robert replied to the thread Sand Cast or Lost Foam?.

    Wow! That is really great. Better than the original!

    Oct 1, 2023 at 7:24 AM

  13. Jammer replied to the thread Mystery metal… do you know?.

    Inconel has some Iron in it.

    Oct 1, 2023 at 6:32 AM

  14. Conor replied to the thread Help needed- bronze sword/blade casting.

    Agreed. Dont get me wrong guys, i appreciate the time you are taking to try and help me out, but im just a guy in my backyard casting...

    Oct 1, 2023 at 5:49 AM

  15. Mark's castings replied to the thread Help needed- bronze sword/blade casting.

    We're running the bronze fairly hot so it acts as a bit of cover towards the end and speeds up the final skimming by having a semi solid...

    Oct 1, 2023 at 5:38 AM
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