Okay, I've been super busy so there was a delay but the second and third pours went perfectly! Thanks for everyone's advice. I got rid of the...
Thanks for all of the feedback everyone! Lots of great stuff to digest and incorporate into my next pour. I'm away next weekend so I've got two...
Thanks! I had read varied advice on preheating the crucible. Some people said they never preheated it and it was fine, someone else said put it...
Proof of concept! I was hoping to pour last weekend but my crucible gave me a quick lesson in thermal shock (fortunately before I had the brass...
I know that the outer shell was throwing off my calculations somewhat but not by enough I'm afraid. I'm using water displacement to estimate the...
You have done the world a great service!
Houston, we have a problem. Looks like I've dropped from 9.9lb/ft3 to 6.6lb/ft3 between my first and my fifth complete hammer. Time to see if 2...
Oh, you guys do not want to see a picture of my furnace. As my research continued I learned, too late, that real casters *hate* the Devil's Forge...
Thanks for the feed back guys. I'll try calculating the density tonight. (Math! Thank god for online calculators and conversion tools!)...
Hey folks. 'New to the forums so I thought I'd pop in and introduce myself. I'm Cliff and I live in New Hampshire. I'm a bit of a generalist as...
I saw some folks wondering about the possibility of using silicone molds to create EPS patterns in an older thread. I'm not sure if anyone ever...
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