Melting steel in a house foundry, yard metalcasting, steel casting
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Waste oil burner evolution | Chop saw project | George Vontorne’s sand muller plans | Aluminum flasks | Melting iron | Brass/bronze casting | Mini iron melting cupola | Coffee can furnace | Frequently Asked Questions | General metal projects
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Hefty Harriette
It was time to “crank it up just a few levels” actually and figuratively and construct a giant furnace able to withstanding repeated iron melts. Harriette was born of this want and she or he’s fairly a looker!
Coffee can furnace
Even a big espresso can is appropriate for constructing a easy gasoline fired furnace.
The “2 bucks” furnace
Sadly “2 bucks” is not the price of constructing the furnace! It refers back to the design primarily based on 2 buckets. It burns propane and scrounger can construct it for underneath 10 bucks!
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Flowerpot crucible furnace
Soften steel in a clay flower pot! Does it get any simpler??! (A booklet for learners).
Dirt and brick furnace
A seek for an excellent easier furnace?
Chimney pipe furnace
I used this furnace for over a yr. The inner chamber was made out of a clay chimney flue pipe. So if folks say that it will not work (as I’ve learn on “rec.crafts.metalworking”) inform them to shut up with their theories as a result of it really works and works properly!
Breaking metal in a barbecue
No a barbecue grill just isn’t a furnace however with regards to breaking apart/down giant items of aluminum it is shut sufficient.
Aluminum flask building
Most hobbyists construct their flasks from wooden. I crank it up just a few levels and make mine from aluminum.
Homemade aluminum pulleys
It feels nice to have an basically limitless provide of pulleys.
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Homemade refractories
Get the thin on home made furnace refractories.
Building steel crucibles
I do know that not everybody has entry to a welder so not everybody will have the ability to make their very own crucibles like this. However hey…its nonetheless attention-grabbing to have a look at.
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My early foundry setup (circa 1999)
If any of them from these art-metal newsgroups attempt to say that you simply should use graphite or different unique crucibles and that costly industrial tools is the solely approach to go then ship ’em right here!
Molding table
I used to be bored with making my molds on the ground so I constructed this fundamental molding desk.
Melting Iron
Melting iron is not the area of industial enterprises. A person can construct a blast furnace and soften it of their yard. I’ve executed it! Go to ironcasting half; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
Mini iron melting cupola
Watch me soften iron with my home made blast furnace!
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Waste oil burners
Used cooking oil and used motor oil make incredible gasoline in the event that they’re in waste oil burner. Waste oil burner experimentation has been ongoing right here and the expertise is steadily bettering. Go to oilburners half; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, cooking oil Vs. motor oil, more…
Waste oil Vs. Propane
The “finest foundry gasoline” matchups proceed, final time in 2002 it was charcoal Vs. propane. Now it is propane Vs. waste oil. Propane lands a stinging left… waste oil counters with a heavy proper hand blow…
Abrasive cutoff saw project
Check out my progress as I design and construct a whole heavy responsibility abrasive cutoff noticed (a.okay.a. chop noticed) with 14″ blade from scratch.
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Building a metal lathe
Yep, I am constructing it. And also you higher imagine I am going to do some heavy bragging after I’m executed…
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Destroying a large metal lathe
When you’ve ever felt like actually breaking one thing you may like this. Get your self a machine and clobber it!
Fun with a plasma cutter
I lastly purchased a plasma cutter and I am tremendous pleased with it. Test it out chopping forged iron engine blocks!
The depository is a “mini homepage” itemizing a bunch of my pastime tasks that both don’t relate to metalcasting or use solely minimal metalcasting. Under are simply a few of my favorites, the entire record is on the depository page.
E-mail responses I admire the e-mails I obtain from guests to this web site. I learn all of them (until I mistake the e-mail title as junkmail or “spam”) however I solely reply to about 30% of them. It is often nothing private in opposition to the sender, I simply generally do not feel like answering all these e-mails! So for questions I’ve put collectively this Frequently Asked Questions web page. Hopefully it’s going to reply your query(s) without having to e-mail them to me. Additionally the metalcasting message board is a “occurring spot” and good for getting solutions to questions.
Mapp® gas burner
I rigged up a burner which will be fueled by disposable Mapp gasoline or propane cannisters. Even a barbeque grill kind tank with LOW stress regulator!
“Forced air” burners
An experiment utilizing air blowers on gasoline burners.
Rigging a propane system
After 3 years of utilizing a charcoal fired furnace I’ve lastly superior to propane. This is how I attached the rig.
Homebuilt propane burners!
Charcoal has been actually good to me, however I needed to transfer on to propane. From frequent plumbing components you may construct burners to soften any steel from result in iron.
Propane Vs. Charcoal
I made a non-biased comparability between the 2 furnace fuels to see which is best.
Sheet metal flares
If you wish to use your burner outdoors the furnace you may most likely want a flare. Make them cheaply and simply.
Casting brass and bronze
Right here is the place I get critical about casting brass and bronze. If these metals curiosity you then these pages also needs to.
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How-to mix molding sand
This web page exhibits the steps I take to combine my very own greensand.
Ingot casting
Only a web page exhibiting a stack of ingots I made, a pair pics of steel being poured and many others…
Casting defects
Face it, issues can go incorrect with a casting, however we are able to attempt to forestall it.
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Take a look at Bruce Metzger’s homemade horizontal milling machine! of Gingery design!
Tim Williams’ carbon arc welder constructed from a microwave oven transformer!
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Metalworking galleries
The galleries are not restricted to foundry stuff! View photos of different metalworker’s tasks. You will get yours included.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get the solutions to a number of the questions I usually obtain in e-mails. Hopefully it’s going to save all of us a while. New questions and solutions are added as wanted.
Links to other websites
Hyperlinks to different metalcasting and basic metalworking and suppliers web sites.
Furnace building kit
Construct your personal foundry furnace the straightforward manner with one in every of these kits! When full you may have a furnace to be happy with!
Metalworking bookstore
Worthwhile metalworking books from Amazon.com! Please assist the Lab and purchase some (we’re broke round right here!).
Booklets
Brief “how-to” booklets printed by BackyardMetalcasting.com. They get you going rapidly!
Have you ever seen metalcasting in a film or TV present? This place is about melting steel at residence!
CAUTION! Metalworking will be harmful, particularly when correct security precautions are usually not taken. Due to the variations in supplies, workmanship and different variables there aren’t any ensures on the knowledge in/on this website. This info is just what I’ve been profitable with in my very own experiments and nothing extra. I’m not and won’t ever be chargeable for any damage, loss, or injury regardless of how critical/main or minor that will outcome from anybody except for myself following the directions, diagrams, recommendation, plans and/or basic info on this web site. There are at all times risks in metalworking and associated actions and I try and level them out however it’s neither the aim nor accountability of me nor this web site to say all or any recognized or unknown risks. Watch out dag-gone-it!
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