I have a beginner question. Are laminations from small motors and transformers good stock for iron casting?
P.S. I am going to use 2in. kaowool with satanite. Should it hold up under this kind of burner? Does the burner work?
I was reacting to your 'wish' and thinking be careful of what you wish for. Installing a permanent power source feed for an adequate induction...
Have you talked with Steven Maxx of Maxx casting in Kalona, Iowa? He uses an induction furnace mostly for bronze and occasionally for iron. His...
Okay, I got the welding bench done. On to the next project. [ATTACH] ... like, maybe learning how to weld. [ATTACH]
I recently bought a new WEN 6"x4" bandsaw and would like to saw it's great but I can't. The blade comes 1/8" shy of cutting through anything; the...
The question is did you measure the fuel to both heat up the aluminium and to melt it? Heating things up includes furnace insulation and crucible...
The spring activity is to remove the rear wheel from the '87 magna and replace the tire. Sell the bike. I want $4,000 but no one will pay...
I sold all the bikes except the '87 Magna. They all went to good hands. One guy bought the two BSA bikes and the Norton. He took the Norton to...
whoo, I thought it was too many beers, couldn't make out a thing.
Well, let's see if I can get motivated by a pile of rusting steel in my yard covered with snow and overgrown with weeds in the spring. I think...
That sure is an elegant design. Nice buy.
I'll be using a TIG welder starting with the steel for the bench. Would a 1/4" top be too flimsy? I don't anticipate more than 200 lbs. objects...
Seems I'm getting ready to start building benches. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is the before pictures of the mess I want to clean up. I want to...
I'm using a Lionel. Don't bother with a drain hole. As designed, any melt down the drain hole tends to freeze between the bottom plate and the...
are you saying the central shaft moves up and raises the wheels? No, you said one wheel raises. Are there springs that may have gotten weak?
Nice set of molds.
and also brass
You can't have this one but in a year or two you can have one of the ones I'll be making. Remember the design with the hole in the middle? I'm...
[ATTACH] The final resting place for the muller. [ATTACH] Tested out the foundary. Four wonderful casting failures. The shop definitely needs...
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