Aluminum casting of a boat cleat

[@garygerard4290]

turned out great - I would not let something like that leave the shop without my initials hammered into it

[@natancaldas9557]

excellent job. With the help of you I am able to set up my foundation, my own business ... I am very grateful to make available so much free of knowledge ... thank you very much

[@ahdefga]

Its beautiful! As always, enjoy your videos very much, they are very informative and interesting to watch. Keep up the good work!

[@Flamingfurnace]

Thank you very much for your kind comment ;-)

[@yanivakkerman1665]

if there is a oment in casting I love - is when the aluminum popps and looks like a scene from Terminator :)
All jokes aside - another great video, am actually thinking of casting one of those for my fishing boat.
Thanks!

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi thank you very much for your comment it really motivates me to create more videos. The aluminum boat cleat can be fully functional if mounted to a fishing boat indeed, thanks again for your comment ;-)

[@eoinmurphy7544]

Great show, my engineering teacher should teach how to do it if I was in school.

[@Flamingfurnace]

Same here, I wish my teacher would teach this when I was in school, more interesting then math ;-)

[@pixiesmate]

A nice job on the mould making and casting. all you need now is the rest of the boat

[@Flamingfurnace]

True. true one day when I win the lotto....;-)

[@jonathanwebb9862]

Thanks for your very clear video. May I ask what grade of aluminium you used for the cleat? (or what item the aluminium was sourced from). Many thanks

[@hibiscusflower5911]

Wow that was soo cool! I'm going to be casting something soon, I haven't decided what yet though.

[@Flamingfurnace]

Thank you for your comment, I hope you had some good castings ;-)

[@abudabisas]

would it be possible cast whole boat hull, instead of welding...????

[@jaxv94]

+abudabisas anything is possible with a fat wallet.

[@OitaOscar]

You need screw holes in a boat cleat. How do you cast something with holes in it? You might want to explain that in your next video.

[@citocinax]

野口仁志 I guess it is much easier to drill the holes after all than trying to create them during the casting. It's aluminium, not that hard to drill.

[@Flamingfurnace]

True, with a threading set is very simple to create the bolt connection after the casting.

[@Flamingfurnace]

In this video I will demonstrate how I made an aluminum casting of a boat cleat using my homemade foundry and recycled aluminum.

[@pickleme101]

Nice

[@SidneiMV]

amazing

[@Flamingfurnace]

Thank you for your comment.

[@tholaalw8647]

Can I use baby powder instead of parting(?) powder?

[@mylesbishop1240]

Yes

[@shastakennmpx17]

Woodprix Blueprints has some very useful blueprints with all the details you need.