Thanks Kelly - good advice as usual. To clarify, when I spoke of waste heat recovery, I wasn't thinking about heating the shop but instead using...
I'm looking at building a new shop for my machine tools and I've been thinking about including a lean-to style shed with a sand floor for some...
I wasn't going to post anything online, lest I find myself competing for old pianos :p but - at least in my neck of the woods - one can almost...
I've got a bunch of scrap from remodeling and I'm wondering if any is worth keeping for recasting or if I should prioritize higher quality scrap...
Thanks for all the welcomes! Denis, did you start any threads detailing your setup / furnace build? I've found some great writeups from Kelly on...
Being a novice in the world of foundry work, I'm no qualified to offer an opinion on what is within the reach of a hobbyist but the 10EE is...
Thanks guys! Yes, primarily interested in casting iron (eventually - anyway). I've been reading through some of Melterskelter's posts. Very much...
Thanks Rocketman - sounds like it's not a completely crazy idea, then.
I've done some searching on the forum but only turned up one post related to re-using old commercially available burners. I often see used Carlin...
Hello from NH! I've got a diverse background as a machinist, engineer, and physicist. One of my passions is restoring old machine tools and my...
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