One of the most time consuming tasks when moulding with PB is forcing it through a sieve for facing. Over the past 10 days I've been working on a...
Hope all you US peeps get your belly full. Here's a bowl game today that you've probably never heard of. Admission is a can of food for the local...
The reason to get the sand tuned up was to cast a grave marker for a home boy. Big Ed, the last born of 16 kids. His sister Betty, the first born...
I've got some casting to do and with the cooler weather the PB looses it's stickiness. I was going to build a new heater with parts from the...
I'm getting things lined up to re-power my 1959 Feather Craft SkiBo. One of the upgrades will be a rotary steering system. The old cable steering...
Look what I spotted in Rural King today. Twenty dollar bucks for 8 lbs. When I get back to firing up the furnace I think I'll go get a bucket and...
Since Zap's using typar and Jason a load handler, here's my project using both. I've got an area that constantly stays wet. I thought it was just...
Cleaning out stuff I figure I'll never use. Habitat/Restore won't take electronics and it pains me to take this to the scrappers. Some are new,...
I need to cast a few more bullet cleats . [ATTACH] Because... I got a new old boat. 1946 Feather Craft 11' 6" Only one other '46 is known to...
I've got a problem. We've got an old buffalo style food chopper and the kitchen help lost the fluted knob that holds the blades on. It's a left...
This year has been filled with project after project. Long term and short term so no time for casting (I should have 40 pieces in the shop by now...
Thought we needed a thread where anyone can throw in random stuff that doesn't warrant a thread of it's own.
Thought I'd show you guys the inner workings of a Roots blower. This is from our sewage treatment plant. Probably the original blower from 1975...
Finally upgraded my welder. Foundry work paid for it. Yay! [ATTACH]
I've got a bad habit of not being able to throw stuff out unless I take it apart and see what goodies I can scavenge out of it. I keep a plastic...
My pile of rims is getting quite large and I would rather melt them in a controllable, less messy fashion. I have a burner from a commercial oven...
Found this old can in the back of one of our storage buildings at the business. The spout is only 1/4". The only thing I can think of would be for...
I've been getting a lot of shop time in. Here's some of the castings. [ATTACH] About 10 minutes into todays burn, the Aerobed blower started...
The title says it all. What do you do that makes life easier/better in the foundry?
Here's a couple of followers I worked on yesterday. These are patterns for a split windshield center bracket. The mounting piece was giving me...
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