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Matus replied to the thread Casting request exploratory....

Oh jeez after all that I forgot to say the metal. Aluminum. The dimensions in the drawing are the final dimensions after casting &...

Jammer replied to the thread Casting request exploratory....

What type of metal? Does the dimensions include shrink allowance?

BattyZ liked Matus's post in the thread Hello, hobby casting from Seattle area for a recumbent motorcycle project.

Hello casters! I did my first casting quite a few years ago now. I do lost foam casting and make parts for a recumbent motorcycle...

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Casting request exploratory...

I've been doing lost foam casting for a while to avoid paying the massive expense of getting a custom part fabricated by CNC machining...

Forum: Request casting service

Tops liked Matus's post in the thread Hello, hobby casting from Seattle area for a recumbent motorcycle project.

Thanks for the welcome! Just browsing around for a few minutes and I'm shocked at the complexity of things people are casting with lost...

Matus replied to the thread Hello, hobby casting from Seattle area for a recumbent motorcycle project.

Thanks for the welcome! Just browsing around for a few minutes and I'm shocked at the complexity of things people are casting with lost...

Tops liked Kirk brown's post in the thread Hello gang!.

They call me Crafty B in the hot rod word and thanks for letting me join! I did sand casting in high school and revisited it almost 15...

Tops replied to the thread Hello from Ireland..

Welcome Mike!

Tops replied to the thread Hello, hobby casting from Seattle area for a recumbent motorcycle project.

That looks like one 'bad Moto Guzzi'...or is it? I am filled with chagrin as my 'good' motorcycle sitting in pieces in the garage....

Tops liked Matus's post in the thread Hello, hobby casting from Seattle area for a recumbent motorcycle project.

Hello casters! I did my first casting quite a few years ago now. I do lost foam casting and make parts for a recumbent motorcycle...

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Hello, hobby casting from Seattle area for a recumbent motorcycle project

Hello casters! I did my first casting quite a few years ago now. I do lost foam casting and make parts for a recumbent motorcycle...

Forum: New member introductions

HT1 liked Tops's post in the thread Methods for casting (or building) matchplates.

Thanks HT1 . Gating improved on above pattern here:...

HT1 liked rocco's post in the thread Methods for casting (or building) matchplates.

That's why I mentioned being extra careful to make sure the holes are perpendicular to the parting line. When I made my first...

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Thanks HT1 . Gating improved on above pattern here:...

Tops liked Chazza's post in the thread Methods for casting (or building) matchplates.

I do the same as Rocco; the method works very well. On my latest plate, I need to remove the patterns to fill the voids in the mould,...