Tobho Mott's Recent Activity

  1. Tobho Mott liked Allen's post in the thread Hello from NW Arkansas.

    Hello I am Allen Newberry from over in NW Arkansas. I mostly make knives so some of my casting is related to that. My largest casting...

    Jun 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
  2. Tobho Mott liked Al2O3's post in the thread More Boss 429 Intake Manifolds.

    Always seems I get a bunch of patterns made and then the weather doesn't cooperate, but had a few weather windows and managed to get...

    3 B429 Castings.jpg Jun 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
  3. Tobho Mott liked Al2O3's post in the thread Sandblaster Performance Upgrade.

    I have a front/top load suction media blasting cabinet. It's ok but if you've ever used a pressure fed commercial unit you'd be...

    Ejector.JPG Jun 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
  4. Tobho Mott liked metallab's post in the thread NEVER use cheap crucibles for cast iron !!!.

    I tried to cast iron, I still had an old crucible somewhat worn out from earlier melts of cast iron, so this should be its last use. I...

    Jun 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
  5. Tobho Mott liked hatta's post in the thread Motorbike Prototype Zylinder.

    Last week a present showed up at my door :cool: The foundry sent me the first prototype of my cylinder. So now I have to find a...

    20250614_175254.jpg 20250614_175258.jpg 20250614_175305.jpg 20250614_175313.jpg 20250614_175324.jpg Jun 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
  6. Tobho Mott liked Rob Hall's post in the thread Multi-use Ribbon Burner questions.

    Well shoot, I didn't snap a pic, but I did pull the walls off the refractory last night. About Half of the refractory had hardened, but...

    Jun 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
  7. Tobho Mott liked Troye_Welch's post in the thread GOOGLE MAP of casters.

    Sorry guys, I just saw this. I’m more active in the facebook groups, but I’ll try to spend some more time here and get my profile...

    Jun 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
  8. Tobho Mott liked FishbonzWV's post in the thread What Projects are People Working On/Wanting to Work On?.

    Didn't get to use them yet. The guy that wants the logs hasn't shown up. I was going to let them rot. I have no intention of trying a...

    IMG_5752.jpg IMG_5757.jpg Jun 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
  9. Tobho Mott replied to the thread Cast iron?.

    Thanks Rob. The heat wasn't as bad as the bright, I sure was glad Bill Jurgenson set me up with the dark shaded face shields along with...

    Jun 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
  10. Tobho Mott liked Rob Hall's post in the thread Multi-use Ribbon Burner questions.

    Bought three 55gal drums to turn into other projects (muller, deer hide soaking/tanning vessels, etc) Cut the top and bottom off one so...

    20250606_191841.jpg 20250606_201340.jpg 20250608_135212.jpg 20250608_135220.jpg 20250608_135907.jpg 20250608_141128.jpg 20250608_175207.jpg 20250608_180636.jpg 20250608_180830.jpg 20250608_181133.jpg Jun 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
  11. Tobho Mott replied to the thread Cast iron?.

    :) I weighed the iron I poured. For what it's worth, I didn't lose half of it, actually more like a quarter. But by volume at the time...

    Jun 9, 2025
  12. Tobho Mott liked Tops's post in the thread Cast iron?.

    Nicely done! I hope to follow in your intrepid footsteps with homespun cast iron. Been there done that with wardrobe...

    upload_2025-6-9_19-19-45.png Jun 9, 2025