This came out of an idle - perhaps Addled is more accurate - reply to another thread some time ago - regarding lathes and other matters, if my...
Found a good'un, here: https://archive.org/details/foundryworkpract01stim Does one of the better jobs of explaining things I've seen, thus far....
I have a small (roughly 14 inch across) charcoal Weber kettle, bought years ago. It is currently gathering dust. Could this thing be turned into...
Legend - lmine.com - has these. https://www.lmine.com/classifiers-sifter-screens-c-11_120_121/ If one looks, however, the same items might be...
How does this one look? (Other than expensive-seeming.)...
Anyone ever heard of bronze (generically speaking) being used for, say, a (small) griddle? If so, what kind (of bronze), and was it tinned...
Pattern making, and general foundry work, is the biggest reason I got mine. Anyone else get shavings onto them?
I have bricks on the brain, it seems. I hope to build a Gingery-style lifting-body furnace (zinc, aluminum, perhaps occasionally cuprous alloys)...
I purchased an H-F router speed controller some time ago, and retrofitted it with a Large cast aluminum heat sink, in anticipation of giving it a...
Do people here use commercial parting compound(s)? Is green sand different from Petrobond as far as what works best? I have read of or used the...
I've been following builds and researching as I - slowly!- gather the parts, tools, and ideas needed to make one of these...
Is it better to use stainless "exhaust tubing" to convey the air from the blower to the furnace, or is it not? E.g. the inlet to a "woefully...
Oh, My. This one's interesting. https://www.dykast.com Check out the degassing stuff!
Here's a good'un: https://www.amazon.com/Dental-Extraction-Screw-Elevator-Artman/dp/B084D3FTSM Looks like a top-hole draw spike. It costs...
I've heard of/read about certain woods being used for patterns, and used some as well. I've heard of mahogany, white pine, cherry, poplar, hard...
Some time ago, I secured a 9 gallon pressure container. I have been planning to converting it into a slightly-pressurized (~ 2-5 psi, regulated)...
I did these about twenty years ago (in school.) They came out awful. I've no idea why, and no one else in class - instructor included - did...
[ATTACH] I'm have an A4/#4 and an A6/#6, both Salamanders. Bought a few months ago at Legend. As I have yet to build my own furnace - hopefully,...
Need to keep progressing in Foundry, a piece at a time. Dennis Oh, signed up for a year, too. No banner, etc, *please.* Just want to help out...
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