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 his hard...
:) 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 it seemed...
o_O Wow, I'd never have come up with that. "Outside the box", but so simple! Thanks Pete. Jeff
I've been working on getting cast iron into my tool box for a few months now. Here's where, if interested, you can find the background info that...
Yes, the lights are in the base. Mostly under the central + shaped window shining upward between the columns, and also some just inside the lower...
David sent me some pictures from the Oeno gallery's sculpture garden. ( https://oenogallery.com/ ). Surreal... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Off it goes to the Oeno Gallery in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Gantry crane and a genie lift made loading the stones and base into his minivan...
I just make whole molds out of petrobond and put ALL the sand in the muller after to refresh it with a squirt or 3 of SAE 30W non detergent motor...
Good tip, I never thought of that way to slowly heat up a crucible. I needed to make sure the oil line and needle valve etc. for my Moya burner...
More info on bentonites here: https://foundrysupplysource.com/foundry-supplies/bentonites/ Jeff
What sort of muller did you build? Was the bentonite in powder form? How long did you run the muller after adding water? Pictures might help...
David took some pictures of the jaws of the heavy crucible tongs I got from Bill Jurgenson a few years back through an offer in his intro post...
Back at David's place yesterday to wrap up the assembly of his sculpture. Each stone block is drilled for a few epoxied in anchor pins with...
Mine is a cement mixer conversion, very similar to HT1's or this guy's: [MEDIA] I went out and got a couple pics of mine for you: [ATTACH]...
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