I just removed the blades and use this heavy pinion gear. I have a long pole with a flat bent end I use as a plow after all the clumps get broken...
[MEDIA] Finally had a chance to do a test run on the new waste oil furnace. Took a few minutes to get the kinks out. Now that it has proven itself...
We made a video recently of our process. Most of you will not learn anything from it but it is still kind of cool. How Lodge Has Been Making Cast...
So I got to be a part of something cool yesterday. A local artist made cast iron bacon and eggs for a future top secret project. He used real...
I made the mold for my mom and dads hands this weekend. The luna bean kits are amazing! Now that I have a plaster model of the hands I want to...
Just happened across this today and thought I would share. Pretty handy way to get all the cat shit out of my molding sand. Yes...I wanted to kill...
Couple things I poured today. Not the best as I knocked a chunk of sand loose during transport or closing the mold. Need few more melts with the...
I have more than enough fire brick..around 40 or 50.. and refractory to make a large cast iron furnace. I have been looking at some of the guys...
Played around with making a vertical molding machine. It was fun. Not much less work than hand molding at this point but with some improvements...
A friend of mine had a little bell and hanger he had that was broken. It was a rough cast iron casting and I decided to make the bell out of brass...
Got my 3D printer up and running last night. Made a cute little piggy bank while I was asleep. Will be making some patterns for my foundry with it...
I was severely rushed to get this made for a Christmas present so I had to take some shortcuts. Wasnt the best casting in the world but will work....
Got the refractory poured. May have mixed it little too wet. Good news is I didn't use but half of what I have and have a couple of tanks if i...
Hey guys! I took some time this weekend to build a burner. It is naturally aspirated and seems to work better than I had anticipated being my...
My buddy from Sweden found these at a Salvation Army store in Denmark. He got it for five bucks! Almost like the foundry in a box that we made for...
Had my first experience with 3D sand printed molds today. The surface and detail on these molds are incredible! Sorry that I am unable to take...
Hey everyone! Im a new member from Tennessee. I started out as a young kid running around barefooted in an aluminum foundry that my grandfather...
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