I really want to try some sand/lost foam casting.. my old place had a bunch of bricks in the alley between the houses, so we fashioned them into a charcoal pit, hooked that to a squirrel cage fan I had from a laser project (150cfm) and wound up melting a bunch of aluminum I had kicking around, didnt have anything to mold really as we were just messing around, I think we made corn shaped ingots from an iron pan... a bit more focus and I couldve cast some pretty cool stuff.
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April 15, 2010 8:50 a.m. Tetzuoe Reader
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April 15, 2010 9:06 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
im working on some good stuff - i want to try a lost foam blank for machining lightweight accessory pulleys. Iv ebeen reading up on how to refine quality and grain structure when casting billets for machine grade alloy. Ive gotten some raw minerals for adding to the scrap aluminum Ive got. I will start a thread once I have soemthing to show for all my efforts.
Im also working on reaching bronze melting temps for decorative castings. Its addicting!
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April 15, 2010 9:14 a.m. Tetzuoe Reader
Great. now Ive lost all focus.
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April 15, 2010 9:34 a.m. Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
Awesome day, 76F already in Mi with clear blue sky, just made an 'office trip' to Starbucks for my free coffee, even better I'm there often enough they gave me a free Americano instead of reg coff :)
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April 15, 2010 11:32 a.m. porksboy Dork
Yeah, but when you are laid off and have time for projects, do you have the $$'s ?
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April 15, 2010 1:15 p.m. pete240z Dork
porksboy wrote:
Yeah, but when you are laid off and have time for projects, do you have the $$'s ?
shoot, I work full-time with two kids and never have $$$ for a lot of projects.
oh yeah; here are my projects: Lumina needs brakes and struts......whooo hooooo
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April 15, 2010 1:51 p.m. joey48442 SuperDork
I'm in the office. If by "office" you mean "using the can". Then yes. That's where I am.
Joey
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April 15, 2010 8:28 p.m. porksboy Dork
pete240z wrote:
porksboy wrote:
Yeah, but when you are laid off and have time for projects, do you have the $$'s ?
shoot, I work full-time with two kids and never have $$$ for a lot of projects.
oh yeah; here are my projects: Lumina needs brakes and struts......whooo hooooo
I'm with you there. My "new" project is my wifes grocery getter Altima with a rough idle and possibly bad vehicle speed sensor. Yippie
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April 15, 2010 8:54 p.m. z31maniac Dork
I didn't want to be at work today either.
But how else will I get mod money?
