'49 Caddy Tail Light & Signal Buckets

Sounds like a plan.

Best,
Kelly

 

Could be. In some respects given it is the absolute furthest point from the in gate, where the pour has lost most all of its heat......but, I have seen quite a few pours that have that same characteristic flaw at the very end of the metal travel path in pours where I know there was sufficient heat.......classic fold flaw where two oxidized metal fronts converge. Seems even more prevalent where there is a void in the pattern or the mold is destabilized causing the same. With one-off parts of this complexity, you place your bets and take your chances. In similar situations, I have added a bob at the very bottom of the part, poured with the exact same conditions, filled the bob, and no fold flaw.

Best,
Kelly

 

Cast the third tail light bucket today. No issues.



My work here is done. Jack, they’re ready to come home.

Best,
Kelly

 

so whats next on the tail lights?? will they just be polished up or sent out for chrome??

 

Be sure to post a picture when you get them finished up

 

You recall correctly ESC. Hmmmm. All of my crucibles are Morgan Super Salamander Clay Graphite. No SiC. When I left them in the furnace, the residual metal stuck and was more oxidized. Sometimes the adhesion was so bad it would pull the glaze off the crucible if I tried to remove it. Now I just sit them on a fire brick and ever since I stopped leaving them in the hot furnace I can easily pull the skin and small heal in a single piece leaving the crucible clean as a whistle. Here's the last skin/heal I pulled.



Best,
Kelly

 

That's Jack's handy work fellas. I just poured molten metal on his foam patterns for him. He does have a nice project going though, that's for sure.

Best,
Kelly

 

Couple of more pieces for the Caddy. A couple of mirror stands and four back up sensor housings.



Took the most direct approach to spruing the mirror stands. I tree’d up the sensor housings and added some contact area. The barrels on the sensor housings are only about 1/8” thick so I may need to reach into my bag of tricks for them.



Coated and ready to go.



Jack must have confidence in me because he sends me patterns for the exact number of pieces he needs.

Best,
Kelly

 

I poured Jack’s parts today. -Nothing fancy.

I did use vacuum assist on the back up sensor housings since they were thin and a bit dainty. On those it was either going to be total success or total failure. Here’s the prep for the vacuum assisted pour.



Here’s a short video of the pour.



Here’s the aftermath.




….and here they are de-gated and cleaned up. They came out just fine.



-Coming back at ya Jack.

Best,
Kelly