MakerGear who make very good 3d printers is going out of business. If you're close and looking for a cheap and solid 3d printer, this may be your...
I've been using one of these on my NG furnace and crawfish burner. It works a little better for me than lighting a piece of paper or rag....
Ran into this error earlier today. Apparently, HTTP causes this error if you were previously logged in using HTTPS. Changing the URL to be HTTPS...
Has this been posted? Its interesting for simplicity. Looks like it works for green sand. Would it work for petrobond? [MEDIA]...
I recently bought a couple Morgan Salamander Super crucibles from JETS on ebay. I had ordered from them before and was surprised to see that the...
Why is my furnace burning back into the tuyere? [IMG] The burner is made from exhaust pipe and is plumbed to a 0.75 ID natural gas line running...
Casting weather arrived this week so I fired up the furnace. The good news is that my furnace can hit 2000F+ on natural gas (3 inches of water)...
Any real world experience using lithium or boron copper to degas copper or nickel copper? I'm looking to maintain thermal conductivity in water...
https://www.porterwarner.com/ 12 warehouses across the southern US from west to east coast. They carry Green Diamond Sand in their Arlington...
Found this one googling mullers https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=17640&acctid=7896 Ends in 2 days and current bid is $150
Organo Clay or Bentone for use in making K-Bond Sand. Prices include USPS flat rate shipping in the US. The attached recipe calls for 6lbs of...
I'm resurrecting this 2016 thread from the AlloyAvenue Web Archive. See this thread if you want to do the same with other threads. I was only...
This is a Pish that was 3D scanned from a small sculpture. [IMG] It was 3d printed in Polysmooth and then molded using Smooth-on Rebound 25....
If you can handle the wiring, this guy has several kilns for sale that came out of schools. I was looking at the big one but I passed due to the...
I built one of these scanners recently and successfully scanned an old plaster mini sculpture. [IMG] I was very impressed by the detail that it...
As the saying goes, experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. This posts shows two failed attempts to cast a 3d printer...
I use the long weekend to dial-in my casting setup with mixed results and a few lessons learnt. Any advice is appreciated. About the casting,...
Not sure if this has been discussed, interesting reading in this paper from the 1960s on SS additives to promote better shakeout. I'd be...
I'm looking to cast a radio grill like the following using a lost PVB (Polycast) 3D print in aluminum. The problem is the cross section is 1/16"...
Tried out foam for the first time on some freezing block for an old GE monitor top refrigerator. Turned out better than expected. Some porosity...
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