Hayes metals will sell a single ingot: https://hayesmetals.com.au/contact-us/australia/
Some random small percentage of Aussie made "Rover" brand mower bases were magnesium in amongst the usual aluminium....ask me how I know :eek:
Can you get a sample tested with an XRF gun at a scrap metal dealer somewhere?. I've noticed certain alloys like pewter and zamac (zinc...
I get the same effect casting in green sand with an oil fired furnace, if I let the aluminium get too hot in the furnace. I'd assumed it was...
My local airline: "Bush Pilots" operated a fleet of DC-3 up until 1988 and the sound of a Wright Cyclone or Wasp engine was part of the background...
It's likely been posted here before, but it's amazing to watch the ramming up and casting of a Wright Cyclone aluminium cylinder head at the 3:41...
There's an Ebay seller in Ukraine with a lot of obviously Soviet era scientific and engineering supplies for sale: They have tungsten-rhenium...
Beeswax is a lot more malleable when solid, I found candle wax was too brittle for masking off artwork where beeswax worked fine.
I had a similar problem due to actually pinching off the runner flow to nothing just before entering the casting. Carving the sand runner into the...
I'm in Australia and the only source I've found is the grey ciment fondu which is used for common construction purposes and is stocked by my local...
Hi Val, Tried the Backyard Metal Casting DIY refractory of fireclay, cement, perlite, silica sand etc.. Once heated above a certain temperature...
Hi Laekelu, welcome to the forum!, there's a lot of member's projects that can provide a wealth of data to help you with your project. Ideally...
They even polish graphite into the surface to make it look good until the first firing.
I've bought and used the same type of crucible bought direct from the manufacturer. They don't use as much graphite in the clay mix which also has...
Wouldn't that just be the cork in the pig's bum!. I'm keeping an eye on things here with a live feed: https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/
Dense castable refractories are more thermally conductive than low density fiber based insulation and have more mass to heat up. They are more...
There was a perfect storm of weather, chance and man made factors that contributed to this flood. Certainly the online weather service shows the...
The linings don't appear to have been used much and seem in pretty good condition, a gap in the lining that size will leak significant heat....
The media coverage was a bit surreal, a few days on the TV and then it was as if it never happened at all, minimal followup despite a massive...
Thanks Kelly, I'm in good spirits and getting on with recovery efforts. I'd thought I'd add my 2 cents to the "What have members been working on...
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