I don't know anything about the science of these materials, but being young and impressionable in the 1970's, I would really like a t-shirt with...
Mark, thanks for the cylinder casting pics, I need to do this job on my build too. PS I will be using the concrete forming tubes, probably...
:D That thread shows the more mundane parts of making oil sand (to save money and solve sourcing issues for ingredients) and does not really...
I got to put my K-Bond to the test with cast iron at the Hoosier Pattern Iron Pour (in conjunction with the Decatur, IN sculpture walk) earlier...
Bentone 34 or VG-69, broken and taped up bags are just fine :D Here is the stuff we are making, formulas and observations in the thread:...
Andrew, welcome. You will do fine here... To clarify, those of us of the oil-sand bent are looking for the clays that gel with oil, bentone,...
Logged in w/ Chrome at work and worked the post and edit functions, no issues so far.
I met Kelly the organizer from Down on the Farm this last weekend (along with a good cross section of the 'iron tribe' of the Midwest) at the...
Here is some spitballing. Keep in mind I am not a real engineer, I just play one at work :) [ATTACH]
@nobodyspecial Would one suspend the fumed silica in another medium to apply to ceramic fiber insulation? I use it in fiber glass work as a...
Hi Ray, Welcome to the forum, it is great place. Sounds like you have a bevy of gifted materials to start with, nice! Mizzou is considered a...
Mapping raster files to z-axis depth is not new. That said, the software in the video looked pretty nice, especially the cut and paste into an...
Wondering if a basic 2:1 no blush clear epoxy would work to coat the Styrofoam (EPS) originals to make them less porous and a tiny bit more rigid...
It's only 2 hours for me driving one way, closer than any other regional event. Last time I was going to one of these pours I made a pattern for a...
I once got a Craftsman table saw used for very little money at a secondhand-junk-antique store that the motor did not work. One or two loose wires...
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