I basically try to flesh out stuff that is stated about casting metal, to either prove it or disprove it. Its one thing to make good castings, and...
Yeah, like that 15,000 subscriber plaque he made? That is what he makes; self-aggrandizing stuff. To each his own, but that is not my cup of tea....
Not boasting, just stating fact. Are we in some sort of competition or something where we can't just state were we are in the learning curve? or...
Here is a MIFCO center pivot tilting melter. It will take up to a #100 crucible, but I would not use a tilting furnace unless I was going up to a...
Here is another interesting tilting-furnace design. [MEDIA]
I would build a large tilting furnace about like this, but oil-fire it. I would just withdraw the two burner tubes prior to tilting the furnace....
Here is a nifty little tilt-and-pour induction furnace, and this is the arrangement I would use if I were building a tilting oil-fired iron...
The proverbial "ironsides throwdown challenge"...........LOL. I don't have the need for so much iron, but I could easily build the furnace, dual...
That was a real downer for sure. I must post photos. The backstory on the 70 lbs of solidified iron in a #30 crucible is as follows: 1. Built my...
Here is a comparison side-by-side of the cupolet arrangement I am use to seeing around these parts (on the left), and the tilting cupola design on...
I am still not seeing the logic in that cupola design. I watched it again, and he says "the slag comes out the back", but then at 2:25, you have...
I started to watch the mini-lathe video. I will finish it today. So far I can definitely relate to starting on project after another. That seems...
A Morgan size 4 furnace appears to be about 30" tall inside, and varies from about a 20" bore at the top to perhaps a 22" bore down lower. Seems...
I am not sure how long a 600-800 lb iron melt would take. Seems like I recall ironsides talking about someone doing that, and the time was in...
I was waiting on that too, but now I realize that it will never happen. As an engineer, I can work in any units, but the problem with metric (in...
And I think the point is, you can melt a whole lot of iron in a 24" diameter, 28" tall, dual-oil burner furnace. I don't need that kind of metal,...
LOL, just call me "Quick-Draw-McGraw". Yes, that is what I thought you intended. .
An A20 does not hold 551 lbs. .
A 24" diameter furnace would give you 4" clear on either side of a #200 bilge, at its widest point, and it would give you 3" clear on either side...
I think 3" clear all around would be sufficient for oil burners. That amount of clearance has always worked well in the past. .
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