Steering project completed. Used a piece of 3/16" aluminum plate to make the adapter. With the solid plate I was able to screw the spacer to it so...
Test fit. The new wedge fit the cap perfectly. Filed a rabbet by hand for the cap to sit on and accept a 6/32 screw. [ATTACH] I'm going to make...
Hot off the press. The little ring didn't fill. It was just above freezing when I put it in the sand so not enough mass to carry the heat I guess....
Don, the wedge was the topic of the post. (see first pics) I have version 3 ready to cast and after mock up, realized it needs a spacer for dash...
I had to throw a flask together to cast the bowl. The 1x6 was an old concrete mould, the 1x3 was an old furring strip that had a hole in the side....
I like pic 2's best...if it was wider. :-) Why are your drags so deep? All but one of mine are 2 1/2". Less sand, less weight.
John, It would have been nice to have that information in the first post. I don't think the porosity is coming from your furnace because there is...
Decided that ugly cap on the steering shaft had to go and looked around for a pattern to mould. Will it cast? [ATTACH] Hell yeah! [ATTACH]...
Hello John, That looks like steam pox to me. Probably generated from a wet mold. So, that brings up the question 'did the steam cause the...
You've done a fine job of casting those up. One of the drawbacks I see is they are only 'two finger' lifters. They would be okay for small flasks...
Still tweaking on it but pleased with the operation. [MEDIA]
One of the most time consuming tasks when moulding with PB is forcing it through a sieve for facing. Over the past 10 days I've been working on a...
Here's my first pouring cup. Made with epoxy bound sand which was really nasty on burn out and probably not the smartest thing to use. After the...
Did you pack it lightly in the gap? Stick a screw in there for a gagger.
I've never experienced the Satanite pulling loose from the wool. Now the weight of the mortar could pull the wool down so pinning the wool to the...
I've placed the cope on backwards before. Small registration marks contributed to the fault. I ended up painting one whole side of the flask to...
That's fine, do what you feel you must do. My understanding is that rigidizer is used to seal the wool if no other coating is used. Since you have...
I agree.
Let me re-iterate. Three coats minimum, four or five on the floor.
I stuck with the KISS principle. Aluminum angle 1/8" and 5/16" bolts with the head cut off and beveled. Countersunk both sides of the holes so the...
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