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  1. Tops replied to the thread What kind of clay do I have?.

    Could it be some sort of phenolic resin/binder? I have no experience using any of those.

    Feb 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
  2. HT1 replied to the thread What kind of clay do I have?.

    OK i took Known Petrobond clay, about two spoon fulls in the bottom of a solo cup. added about an equal amount of non-detergent oil ,...

    Feb 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
  3. Tops replied to the thread What kind of clay do I have?.

    It's odd that it does not mix with oil or water or solvent.

    Feb 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
  4. Mark's castings replied to the thread What kind of clay do I have?.

    It might be the treated bentone suitable for oil rather than water suitable bentonite. That's hard to get hold of. Super hybond plus is...

    Feb 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
  5. bhowden posted a new thread.

    What kind of clay do I have?

    A few years ago Capalano College in Vancouver closed their casting program and sold off their equipment. A friend bought their muller...

    Forum: Sand Casting

    Feb 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
  6. Tops posted a new thread.

    PYHO Cast Iron Pour Madison, WI 15-Feb-2025

    More info, video, etc. at https://www.felionstudios.com/pyho EVENT INFO The PYHO (Pour’n Yer Heart Out™) community iron casting event...

    Forum: General foundry chat

    Feb 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
  7. Ironpoorer replied to the thread Greetings from SE Wisconsin.

    We have a new Foundry Engineer at work who is a recent graduate of UNI Metal Casting technologies program. She describes her first...

    Feb 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
  8. Ironpoorer replied to the thread Paddle Wheel Muller or Lugged Wheel Muller.

    Wow...amazing ingenuity.

    Feb 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
  9. Ironpoorer liked Mark's castings's post in the thread Paddle Wheel Muller or Lugged Wheel Muller.

    There's a video of a small Korean foundry where the sand was prepared with a rototiller and a snowblower, I wonder if that would be...

    Feb 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
  10. Tops liked woolstar's post in the thread Greetings from SE Wisconsin.

    Greetings, currently in Iowa new John Deere and other metal manufacturing like Viking Pump. Walk by the UNI Metal Casting from time to...

    Feb 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
  11. Ironpoorer liked Tops's post in the thread Greetings from SE Wisconsin.

    Welcome to the forum IP. My last foundry project was a simple permanent mold in aluminum via lost foam to make a set of 3 pounds (1.3kg)...

    Feb 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
  12. Ironpoorer liked woolstar's post in the thread Greetings from SE Wisconsin.

    Greetings, currently in Iowa new John Deere and other metal manufacturing like Viking Pump. Walk by the UNI Metal Casting from time to...

    Feb 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
  13. woolstar replied to the thread Arc melting: why don't steel electrones not sustain arc ?.

    I have some solid tungsten 1/4" in diameter, and some tungsten iron bars 1" in diameter. You'd have t shield them from the air, but the...

    Feb 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
  14. woolstar replied to the thread Greetings from SE Wisconsin.

    Greetings, currently in Iowa new John Deere and other metal manufacturing like Viking Pump. Walk by the UNI Metal Casting from time to...

    Feb 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
  15. Mark's castings replied to the thread Paddle Wheel Muller or Lugged Wheel Muller.

    There's a video of a small Korean foundry where the sand was prepared with a rototiller and a snowblower, I wonder if that would be...

    Feb 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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