Hi Chris, That is exactly how I drew the dome in fusion with regards to drawing the boiler in. The complicated part was the fact that I was...
7.25" gauge I believe it is 1.5" scale.
Thanks! I get the finish by using layers of 2-in-1 filler primer spray paint and bondo spot putty. Its very time consuming as I typically wait a...
Just realized I never followed up on here with pictures of the casting. Here it is right after cleaning up with files and sandpaper: [IMG] Part...
I am currently storing my sand in 5 gallon home depot buckets, the seals seem to hold moisture pretty decently.
Not sure why? Maybe try the main page for the site? http://www.foundry.ray-vin.com/
If you build it slowly piece-by-piece maybe she wont notice!
Anyone build a molding bench from the free Ray-Vin plans? It can be made with three sheets of 3/4" plywood:...
For anyone who is curious here are some pics from the net of how this will look on the engine once it is machined and fully finished: [ATTACH]...
Casting is cleaning up nicely. Normally I would have handed it over to the customer as a "rough casting" and let them do all of the finish work...
This time I had two BBQ tanks hooked up together and one of them was in a water bath. I also had more metal in the crucible so I as able to get a...
Managed to get a good pour on my second try the other day! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next to the original casting that needed to be scaled up in size:...
In the video the kaowool furnace does look a bit more "used" than the one with the refractory cement.
Interesting video from bigstackD Casting on Youtube this week, he compares 4 furnaces all running propane: [MEDIA] It appears that the ceramic...
Yeah I think I am just going to stick with buying ingots from suppliers or clean scrap off ebay. I don't have time to deal with craigslist...
I will look into this, overall I am looking for specific alloys that I can count on, especially when doing work for other people. However the...
How does everyone go about finding brass, bronze, and copper to melt? I called a local scrap yard telling them I would like to BUY not sell and...
Wow that looks awesome!
I am trying to make yellow brass, I weighed out copper and zinc to get what I thought would be the appropriate alloy ratio. It is a decorative...
Thank you all for the advice, I purchased the adjustable 0-40 PSI regulator off amazon and gave it another try. Still wasn't getting the heat I...
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