Last pour I did while pouring a flywheel casting I heard a wofff …..box caught on fire ..no big deal poured the other 3 boxes …..same sand mix no...
The last few pours I have done have lifted the boxes ....same castings as I have poured before My castings have always bin sandy as I cannot get...
I used all my sand for the first time in a year. The last 2 pails we mulled seemed heavy .....like cement heavy on the clay the other 4 pails...
How long do you leave your cast iron in the sand after you pour .......and if pulled when still warm ....or wait tell it's cold does it effect...
Can gears be cast ......tooth and all it is a 4p gear Wich gives a depth of 1/2 inch .width of apaxamently 5/16 at the pitch line Width of the...
Still trying to melt 20lb in 20 minutes.......best I can do is 45 I start with large pieces of scrap 3lb or more .....is that to big or does it...
See pick the casting is 25...lb the shrinkage is at the top ...welding rod stuck in a blow hole or where it feed for needed material ? So do I...
First time I poured in the top Was a leaker but still worked lucky day lol The ring was done in the drag
I have a 22 gallon drum for a furnace Bottom 2/3 around 12" up lined with Mizzou 5000 2"kowool coated with 5000 degree ceramick for the rest An...
I poured the rear hub for the Waterloo .. front to On the rear hub in the middle between the large diameters it shurunk at the edges I know I need...
I have bin melting large electrical motor end bells Bearing housings and have had solid castings most of the time now lol I started to use the fan...
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEMevVy3II80nAS_Tx75drT6UiyxwOqKQ Now on with the rest of it lol
[ATTACH] it is the casting under the cylinder not to hard if the exhaust was not cast in to it to I was thinking of 4 splits ......would like...
What do you use for filling in rads on patterns
Steam by spring ........maybe lo By
Hi when I re melt my runs and riders I have way more slang and tougher casting then when I use what I call first melt iron Is that normal ...?...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The first picture are the second set of castings for the engines The rest is the start of the first engine...
How much sand do you leave over the casting I lifted the sand on one today it was 11/2 inches of sand over it The other side has a 1/2 inch angle...
I am green at this my good castings are about 25 %lol We are doing a group build of 5 .291 scale 25 up waterloo steam engines
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