I've gotten a lot of invaluable advice from this forum over the last few years, and thought I should pop in and say hello and give an update. My...
Had a guy come by the shop yesterday who started talking about his experience in a bronze foundry from years ago. He's an old guy who freely...
Since it looks like I'm converting to shell, I've got a bunch of leftover Rancast (in the 44lb cartons) I need to get rid of. I'm located in...
After too much time and wasted material working with block, I decided to give shell a try. A big part of my inspiration was the "boiling out wax"...
Just noodling on something... I put a fair amount of effort into cleaning my sprues and scraps before remelting. This material starts life as...
I'm running a 0.75GPH Monarch nozzle setup on my burner. Just had a bad session, where I couldn't get the thing to run correctly. It's like it...
I'm getting a result that I don't understand. Curious if anyone has any insights. Because of downstream CNC processes, it is important that my...
Despite my success in reducing the melt time, last night's pour was a failure. I'm using Everdur for all this. I had a fair amount of this on...
This is mostly a point of curiosity. What sort of melt times do you get? I'm running 50/50 waste oil and Diesel through a 0.75 GPH Monarch...
Thought I'd start a new thread on this, rather than adding it to my "I'm back" thread. The vibrating base for the vacuum chamber is set to go....
Hung around here last year, and got some great info. Things moved slowly for a while (too many other projects going on), but they are heating up...
Things continue to move along. I've about got my wax mold making process sorted. Time to figure out what I'm going to do regarding a vacuum...
I need to get setup for wax melting. What do you guys do? I'm thinking of just a small crock pot + temperature controller like this:...
My ongoing project of starting investment casting continues... Today's question: I've got a line on a great kiln for cheap. Big enough for me,...
Hello everyone! First real post here. Hope I'm in the correct sub-forum! I want to put together a process to make parts like this: [IMG] Been...
Hello! I've been experimenting with sand casting aluminum and bronze for a couple of years now. My current project is to work out a vacuum...
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