We shall see what Kelly has to say, but I doubt he would get the same result with loose sand. With a horizontal pour like that I suspect the...
Yep, and one alternative to this was a new $1400 bell housing. This stock one was $400+ and luckily had the T5 bolt pattern so a simple draft...
Finished up the machining of the parallel surfaces and bore, then drilled the mounting holes and pockets for the cap screws that retain the nose...
Yes Kelly, very interesting engine. They had such a short run in the US it is difficult to get any information on them. I'm just learning about...
I plan to put a 215 cu in Buick in the Ruby and back it up with a 5 speed T5 transmission. I picked up an original stick bell housing, but the...
Fishbonz mentioned lost foam rammers in the flask hardware thread. This is how I made mine. I posted up in AA and its gone! It is a good first...
I cast the ears in my aluminum flasks, but before that I was using wood and made up this pattern and follower. I ram up a couple whenever I pour...
Well done Lee. I'm an A7 fan myself and have a '33 Ruby shell in the queue.
Yes, I was suprised that it lasted. Although I have only met one other caster here in Reno. My usual run is 400 miles round trip to Oakland.
The seller called it Jupiter sand, but it looked and felt like PetroBond. It was virgin sand, never used and the squeeze and break was nice and...
I spritz denatured alcohol into my heap if it gets dry. I have the iron oxide and oil additives to make PB, but seldom add them. Before I built my...
I'm trying to get a sense of the makeup of "Jupiter Sand" in a Craigslist ad. It looks like my J82 Petrobond clone from Pyro Minerals. I haven't...
My starting stock of cast iron was steam radiators. I wrecked some buildings in Oakland and recovered about a ton of them. I ran over them with...
Good job Mark. The need to cast stove parts is what got me started on my casting journey. I collected salesman sample cookstoves and always ended...
Make the core symmetrical in the plan view so you only need one core box. I use oil bonded cores and bake them on core plates so I have a dead...
If you make the core print symmetrical it only needs to be half of the internal thickness dimension. Make two core halves, scribe/ hollow them out...
Nice find David. I did a quick search and was led to believe 440 3 phase could be run on 220 3 phase, but with some loss of power. Is the motor...
Tops, my experience with casting and associated metal working is that I learn more from the mistakes than from having the first attempt turn out...
That Z was impressive Kelly. Even though it is what you designed I thought it was going to run off the rail.
The block, heads and water pump of the engine in my avatar were poured in cast iron using only propane for fuel in a Petrobond mold. I built the...
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