Oh, I'd suspect there are far better overall forms to use. First off, these baking pans are good for Aluminum, but try copper, bronze, or brass...
So... I came across some brass bits and bobs cheap at an estate sale (lots of smaller plumbing connectors, plus a a piece of ugly wall decor...)....
I have been using the "piece of cardboard" method and it's made it where my crucibles don't stick to the firebrick on the bottom. There were no...
In the case of this crucible, it was stored for around a week after it's initial dry run on a metal shelf in my garage. And it's been a normal...
So I've been tinkering and playing around with this hobby for a while now. Prior to today it was all aluminum. Today I was going to do my first...
A little wrap up update on this one... I sanded down the inside of the molds where the aluminum had stuck to the steel. Then decided to test...
OK, odd story. I got ahold of an old exterior light fixture that was being tossed out. I immediately saw what looked like an aluminum shade...
As an example of #2 above today I did my first sandcasting. Took one of the polished ones, applied some adhesive foam numbers to make this......
Thanks for the heads up Mach! I'll give them a shout. Now , I tried using this super fine sand (which literally poured straight through my...
Wow Mark, that resin bound sand stuff looks like it could be a solution for something I want to make. Are those turntable molds reusable? (I...
Well, the point of the Skull muffins has been that they've given me interesting starting points to learn a few things. I'm all of around a month...
Hello all, I've only recently gotten into this whole melting/casting thing. I've been focusing on doing Aluminum melts, and about to do my...
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