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Glad it helped !!! If you try to get parts from them they will ask you for a recipt or proof of purchase for parts . Once they get that, they will ship parts out right away .

Man that will be a fun build :) keep me posted come spring time

I use the poly styren ( white packing type found with tv sets and kitchen aid machines , ect ) for tge spru going in the the pink High dencity for the part . I run the alu about 100 deg hotter so it flows good . Yes the HD foam taks longer to burn out . Keep in mind the HD foam is the sheets that you find at home depot . Usualy pink or blue . Some guys are trying mono foam and it doesnt work properly ! Also i have more videos as well . Plus kelly cofield has a bunch as well for inspiration amd knoledge :)

@Wrighmachining thanks maybe I need a thermometer to check the temperature before pouring, because it goes halfway then it stops even if I feel the reservoir.so it's either I'm doing it initially with not enough heat on the molten aluminum or the sand is fully compacted as you said it may collapse

​@@huryburly6025 bothe are reapy good hypothisis . I also use a larger resiour as well and make sure the patterns are as vertical as possible . This is different than the horisontal sand casting style

Yes I seen a guy do that I think he was from Europe or something

Funny you say that, the first shop i started in used that as well . Then the next shop didnt have any and its almost like i forgot about it. Thank you Jim might buy a can and give it a shot again .

Sorry about that , it was an earlier video where was experimenting the sound, glad you like the idea :)

Yes , sorry mark for the delay . Early last year i desided to focus on the boys (young teens now ) this summer and put the shop stuff away for a bit. Also i was getting a little burnt out juggling the camera and machining at the same time . Now that i took a break i am back to enjoying it again and will be posting consistantly in the new year :)

@Wrighmachining Understandable. I was just a bit confused on why I couldn't remember this project.

With all the machines swapping over each machine to vfd would be pricey and labour intencive , there are phase converters that you can get the electricaly cpnvert the power to 3 phase as well but you aparently lose hp or efficency .. this is what i was told . The price for rotary for me was cheap comparativly and the transformers where cheap as well secpnd hand . Just had to research how to check them to see if they where still good

Thanks for responding so quick Ryan. I understand, too bad about the cost issues, I put VFD's on my lathe and mill and absolutely love them, variable speed control, adjustable braking etc and they physically take up minimal space (my shop if pretty tight as well)👍👍

Cool idea, i just researched about anodizing steel and want tp try it now :) I just took a quick look at my gerber and at a first glance it looks to be rivited ( definatly give it a double check ) if you open all the blades and screwdrivers out it is under there. Mine is dirt and im out of the shop. Perhaps you may get lucky and have an allen wrench fit in there :)

@ right? mine are full of scratches. just wanna make it look new without having to buy a new one. but sadly can’t i guess. unless they’re selling the rivet then ill probably do the anodizing. its not worth dipping everything in the solution just to find out the plastic break into pieces😆. if you got the chance to anodize it with the plastic on, and successful, please let me know. im keen to know the result. thanks anyways. cheers 🍻

Your welcome

Im glad it helped . I dont know , i would imagine you can if you called them , but cant speak for sure to that .

Glad it helped .:-)

Im glad you enjoyed the video . Remember , research research research before you do it and wear ppe. Also !. Kelly cofield on YT has a bunch of awsome videos as well . His earlier ones are more my style before he got into high end products but realy amazing stuff .

Wd40 ! Yup your right . Dont have any though :) . It was kibda fitting it up by eye and then trial and error on a testor peice .

Yes it can take a bit to get up to speed . I have a mechanical advantage on mine . I had never done anything with the resistors . Can you tell me more about this or a link to read up on it ?

@@Wrighmachining I'm not a machinist like you are, so you got an advantage on this. But I am an electronics engineer! and I can read schematics. the schematic shows these VR1,2,3 (VR= variable resistor). I did not have a treadmill. I got the controller from a friend who tore apart the treadmill before I could look at the top control panel. If there was a poteniometer up there it might have been used to connect to these 3 positions. The other mystery is there are two of these connection points on the PCB both with the same labeling.... so they could be electrically connected, or just labelled the same. I have not investigated this yet. I think I read on one of those Arduino sites you had posted someone's opinion on the variable pot would not work to control the motor. I guess I will just need to experiment. If i get it working using this method I will post the results here...

Awsome !!! Wish i had you as a neibour when i started work on this . Thank you amd we look forward to yoir imput !

@@Wrighmachining Ha! yeah many years ago I was a controls engineer for a company where we designed CNC controlled grinding machines! Fun job. Yesterday I tested the idea of using a poteniometer connected to the VR1, VR2, VR3 pins on the board. There are two sets of these named the same. But neither one worked for me :( The schematic is not clear on what these are used for. So I think the next step is for me to come up with some kind of encoder. A rotory encoder won't work because it needs the signal interpreted by a processor. Meaning the pulses are detected by the rising and falling edges of the square wave pulses. Looking at the schematic, I can see the UP and DWN circuits have pull up resistors, and by shorting these to GND, creates a 1 or 0 effect. I may need to create my own circuit board with a flip-flop and a couple of buttons, which will create the 1 and 0 pulses as long as the button is pressed. Stand by more testing to follow.....

final UPDATE: I installed a square wave pulser circuit and a momentary SPST (on-off-on) switch. By holding the switch one way or the other, the pulses tell the controller to speed up or slow down the motor. It works, but the motor circuitry puts out a ton of EMI noise on the 5 Vdc line, which sometimes interferes with the pulses. Which causes it to skip pulses or not detect them. I put in some bypass filter caps across the power supply line. It helped some. I will also put a ferrite donut on the motor wires to see if I can filter some more noise. Bottom line, it works. So if someone with the knowledge wanted to do use this method. It is possible!

Thanks merc , glad you liked it . Curebtly planning 2025's shop fun :) look forward to the crank truing station machining video mid dec :)

Thanks ed ! Should have the stand machining video coming soon ( 2 weeks )

Glad this helped . You will need to know the length amd width . If memory serves me just measure the base of the peice you take out and then measure how deep the groove where it was the gap in between the windows and add some thickness for the seal . Could be a small trial and error . Failing that a place that sells and repairs house windows could help as well figuring out what supplies to buy :)

@Wrighmachining thanks 😊

Glad you enjoyed watching . Research research research is my best advice . American rotary is pretty cool to years ago i called them with a different install and they where alot of help with everything from sizing to sugestioms :)

Does this work ( external ) www.scribd.com/document/416444173/ACME-Thread-General-Purpose-Size

Thanks chris , definatly will . Workibg on another as we speak and should ve done by mid dec :) slow going currently juggling life , family and getting out tp the shop :) fk just spent all last week cleaning up again , it feels good to walk around in there again :)

@ I hear ya, man. I wish I could work in my wood shop all day but I can’t. Nobody in America wants to pay good money for well built furniture. I like the aluminum casting process you do. Can you also do that with steel?

yes its done with anything hotter than alum . I wish my foy dry was hotter . I have so many ideas to build steel projects but not enough heat or time :)

@@Wrighmachining can’t wait to see what your next projects are. 💪🏻

That is correct

Great question . Knurling is a metal forming operation . This means metal is molded like you would clay . Just at higher pressures . The first step to it working is to have a closet size diameter . Since its forming the metal its a wider tollerence that you can have and usualy is not a problem, usually the wrong size diameter means the wrong amount of teeth and not overlapping. Once you start the tool into the work it creates a path , it has to have a good pressure on it so its deep. As it does a full rotation the last tooth of the knurling tool will hopfuly pick up on the first groove formed either mold that very first tooth wide or a little short . Then it molds the next tooth with less error and so on . By the time it has gon around a couple of times it would have evened out like it nexer happened . In saying that there are times when it just will not seem to work . Thats because the hight of the tool is wrong , dull or rarely the diameter is not correct .

Thank you so much for explanation. I will read it and think it few times to try and get the idea lolll..

Thanks pat , good point i will experiment a bit with that . Glad you enjoyed

Yeah totally I im staying with the gear head stuff for sure i was planning to do another one or two of these and thats it . but they will be far and few between . This one has been sitting around for quite a while and I wanted to get it out for people. Originaly i was gonna start a second channel but its not my passion and I wasn't having as much fun doing that aspect . Now I'm gonna get back to finishing some of the casting machining and doing some of the other fun stuff. As alway thanks for the feedback

Absolutly !!! I had to step back last year and re look at it all , almost burnt out chasing the algarithem . Now im getting back and making sure its fun and not worried about algarithems and other imputs .

I can see how you would be frustrated with that . My current goal is to make sure im having fun and doing the things i enjoy doing . Its been good so far it has drawn in a ton of creative people to my circle and been able to share and absorb new ideas .

@Wrighmachining That's a good reason and should be #1.

Lol , so long as it doesnt burn my shop down :)

Good points , thank you :)

Im not sure about you spacific situation but a good quality metal drill bit will drill through both steel amd aluminium no problem . Just note that when you drill through the material as the drill bit comes through the other aide it will have a tendancy to grab and twist the drill in your hand or brake . Not usualy a big deal :) just eaz up on the pressure a bit as it come through the other side .

Thanks so much for the tips!!

Hahaha , can you imagin the carnage that would follow ,..... i would buy a ticket :)

Good idea , i will look into that .

Ypu bet !!!!

Thank you , glad you enjoyed rusty

Ya its so cheap if you have some tools and a mower ( comparative to mini sprints or what have you .) Good excuse to hang in the shop with you buddys to :)

I dont think they would :(

Yes going into gear is tuff at times . I usualy put it inbetween amd pec the clutch and then it moves the gears enough to get it in . Total back saver for sure . Good thing to as i am pouring my own retaining wall next year .

Thank you for your impute . I have started puting a little oil on the paper so it sticks and feeding it in while its running . This keeps the fingers away and me safer ;)

Hsm , yes im waiting for the paper copy to show up !! Glad you liked it . No i have not made any more parts . Been busy with other projects latly :( doing that work thing . Big plans for spring though when things slow down.

Thanks mason !!

Glad to hear . The tool is such a great tool . They where pretty tight for me . They wanted pictures and receipt. However once they got there info they sent out the exact parts right away :)

I got it at princessauto

Super 78 ? Thank you i will look more into that thank you

Induction heater would be a cool way to start the process . This friction welding/ stir welding i have only actualy used for one job where the shaft broke clean and with a spline on on end . I think it was for a table saw . Worked awsome !!

Thanks buddy ! Love that place but so dangerouse, walk in there with one project and qalk out wanting to build ten more :)

Nooooo !!!! That sucks . Touch probe to the rescue i guess :)

I like this meathod as well , i just recently have been trying with the oil on sigarett paper as well . The oil holds the paper on the side of the work and keeps my fingers out of the mix . Then feed it while running into tge work and poof . As soon as you are with in the thickness of the paper it pulls it off the side of the work and you zero your dro . Love the imput thank you

@ thats cool never thought of that but would oil add thickness or space between the paper and material surface? Probably not much but you know how machinists are lol

Glad you enjoyed ! Come spring time i will be nack at it again and shpuld have more casting videos