I wanted to take something nice for him. He is a great guy and truly authentic. I would describe him as a "what you see is what you get" machinist. Regards, Mark
Beautiful and thoughtful piece Preso, I am sure Michel will be tickled to receive it, and I look forward to his comments on it. Lots of work, but the effort will be greatly appreciated, Thanks for the video and cheers!
That is a really cool gift Mark, I'm sure Michel will be over the moon. I like watching you do the sand ramming. Like the oldfoundryman you make it look so easy. I hope you had a great trip.
I think portable belt sanders are most underrated. The old Makita is almost unkillable. Mine has to be over 25 years old and still going strong. Regards, Mark
Very nice! I keep thinking I want to try aluminum casting, but I don't need another rabbit hole to climb down into just yet, still learning basic machining.
Thanks, usually I have to make at least two attempts to get a good result with long flat castings like that but this was a genuine one good pour. I did get a shoe full of hot greensand when the bottom fell out of the mould though. Merde! Regards, Mark
Hi Preso ! A nice vid that shows the difficulties of molding and casting. Greetings ! PS: after your infos about "Rustico" I've watched some of his vids. Very nice and I've subscribed. Thx for showing !
I am glad you have found another good channel to watch. He is both a humble and genuine home shop machinist with a bone dry but unique sense of humour. Regards, Mark
Hi Mark. Thank you for showing how you made such a wonderful name plate for Michel. I am looking forward to seeing you present it to him on your forthcoming trip. I hope you have a safe journey. 👏👏👍😀
Spot on Mark. Ironically I think I'll be in UK while you're visiting Michael in Belgium. I'll be there from 7th to 22nd of October. Please say high to Michael on my behalf (the Canadian banana belt). I watch his channel any chance I get. He certainly is an artist. Did you see the metal rose he made for rememberance day a few years back. Absolutely beautiful. I'm sure your sign will end up on the "cheap door" as he refers to it but also maybe a place of honour elsewhere in his home. Safe travels, good weather, and a safe return to your home. Regards from Canada's banana belt. 🤞🇨🇦🍌🥋🇺🇦🕊️🇦🇺🐨🇩🇪🦁👍
We were hoping to go to the UK on this trip but the cost of airfares out of Australia are insane or they were when we booked. It turned out that we could only afford a one destination trip this time. I should tell you that I am apparently only one of two people that knows what is behind the cheap (sheep) door and I ain't telling. Regards, Mark
Emergency waffles? Looked like you two had a fun time👍 I blame my love of shed time on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang🤣 Don't rember much of the movie but I loved the idea of being older and just pottering in a shed 😁🍺
sounds like a grand trip, hope you enjoyed! Question, what is the "spray putty" you use, here in the USA all I can find is "filler primer" and it always leaves micro chunks on the surface which require lots of sanding to get back flat (but it fills in gaps quite well)
Yes, it's the same thing. You do need to put it on thick and then sand it back. I generally start with 120 grit and go up to 400 sanding dry. Finish with red Scotchbrite or steel wool. Regards, Mark
Have you got the right oil and catalyst to maintain your K-bond sand? I don't know if you've already tried this, but you might try mulling a tiny bit of catalyst into it before you add oil, sometimes that's all it'll need, and it doesn't take much. If your sand has been sitting unused for a while or stored in colder conditions, just a trip through the muller might make a difference. Your greensand must be pretty good, mine was never as strong as my oil bonded sand. it looked like the pattern tilted a little bit while you were drawing it out, but the thin piece of sand that broke off the first time stayed put. Good job, the finished plaque looks great!
Unfortunately, I spilled the container of catalyst that I was sent by a viewer when I was mixing the K Bond and I only had just enough to make up about 20kg of sand. I add some non detergent oil and denatured alcohol when it gets a bit dry. I just neglected to do it on this job because the muller was full of greensand. The greensand I did use the second time around was a new batch I had just made. I bought about 30kg of "play sand" from the hardware store, dried it and then sieved it to remove all the organic material and I bought some new bentonite clay and ran it through a blender to make it really fine. It took ages but it is way better than my old greensand which was made from beach sand. Regards, Mark
You can do that but sometimes, depending on the cutter geometry, the powder coat can chip. I find that powder coat followed by sanding is a more gentle way of cleaning up the surface. Regards, Mark
The casting came out great Presso. What is the idea of dusting the feeder with parting powder? I saw this done at Blyst Hill working meusem and asked the reason. They said as it was dark in the foundry it indicated where to pour the metal but it's not an issue in a home foundry.
It was something that I had seen Martin West doing. He said it helped lubricate the flow of metal into the sprue. It sort of acted as a boundary layer so that grains of sand weren't carried into the runner and gate system. I am not sure it has a big benefit but it cannot hurt. Regards, Mark
Fantastic job Mark, not an easy font to cast with all those sharp corners, I think you did incredibly well to make it in 2 attempts. Very generous gift for a very deserving man! Well done. Cheers, Jon
Getting a decent draft angle is key when doing deep recesses on that type of font. I generally use about 12 to 15 degrees but most CAD programmes crash when trying to do taper angles like that. Autodesk Inventor seems to have resolved a lot of the issues it used to have. Applying draft can be tricky but just extruding below the workplane at a flattish angle seems to work. Michel is a genuine sort of guy. What you see is what you get. A nice bloke. Regards, Mark
So Mark what are you doing next August? You could come to Milwaukee WI and see the old Kearney Trecker factories, Allis chalmers, Allen Bradley, and Joy Global (P&H). And you know what? August? That just happens to be my birthday! See you in August...
We had planned a trip to the USA but our Aussie dollar is pretty pathetic against the US dollar at the moment and airfares out of Australia are eye wateringly high. We had to rationalise and just make one flight to one destination. Mind you, the cost of Euro's are just as scary. Maybe next year.... Regards, Mark
G'day Mark. I saw Rusty's video when you were visiting him, which I thought went down well. After watching the Making of the Rustinox Plaque, it shows the amount of involvement from Start to Finish & what is involved into the stage of Presentation. Wow, what a lot of work, with Excellent Results. Well done, keep up your good work
Yes, making the plaques is a lot of work but it's really rewarding seeing the end result. I made one for my sister when she and her husband bought a new/old house recently. She was really thrilled with it and showed her friend and I immediately got a request to make another. The friend offered to pay but that's where it all goes pear shaped. Nobody realised how many hours go into it and I just have to respectfully decline. If you do it for the price they are willing to pay, you don't even pay for your material and fuel costs. If you charge what it's worth in time and labour alone the recipient gets resentful or refuses to pay. It's a no win situation. Making the plaques for friends or family is fine but I don't think you can make money out of it. Regards, Mark
I agree with what your reply is. The only way to it sort of commercially, would be a solid alloy rectangle then CNC, but then what is the fun in that 😆 (joking) Either way you have produced a Master Piece which will outlast both of us 😆
We have a week to go. In Bruges at the moment, then Antwerp, Cologne and Mainz before flying back from where we started in Frankfurt. The weather has been sensational. Regards, Mark
@Preso58 Hi Mark, looks like you brought the sun along from the sunshine state, we're very lucky with the weather! Sounds like you're having a good holiday, a lot of nice places to visit. If Maastricht would have been on your itinerary I could have invited you over for tea 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your holidays and have a save flight back home!
I have no idea. I am guessing you would need to do some sort of calculation based on total heat rise over a period of time. Mathematics was never my strong suit. Regards, Mark
Sadly i didn´t know that you were in my hometown. I would have set up a nice city-tour for you. I worked several years in the Historical Museum Frankfurt as a Museumstechnician. Would have loved to meet you guys.@@Preso58
You might want to try facing sand. A former employer made optic mounts and always used a really finely mulled sand to face, and back-filled with regular mesh sand.
I don't have a supply of facing sand. I did watch a series of videos on how to make it though. Martin West (Olfoundryman) showed a device he made which ground regular sand to a finer consistency but I worried about silicosis or inhaling the fine silica particles. I did meet a very talented model engineer who used zirconia sand for fine detail but he omitted to tell me where he sourced it. Regards, Mark
👍 nothing short of Awesome.
Very nice gift. He will be very proud.
Thanks for sharing.
That was beautiful work. I am sure Michelle loved it.
I wanted to take something nice for him. He is a great guy and truly authentic. I would describe him as a "what you see is what you get" machinist.
Regards,
Mark
What goes round comes round. Well done Mark. I know your efforts will be appreciated.
Well that was a stunning presentation of casting. Brilliant. You ought to change your name to the Gadget Man. You have so much gear. Take care.
Steve.
Thanks Stevie. He who dies with the most tools wins! 😁
Beautiful and thoughtful piece Preso, I am sure Michel will be tickled to receive it, and I look forward to his comments on it. Lots of work, but the effort will be greatly appreciated, Thanks for the video and cheers!
Superb in every way! Thanks for sharing 👍 🇬🇧
Thanks, Michel is a great bloke and we had a fun afternoon hanging out and making videos!
Regards,
Mark
It pays to be OCD .....sometimes. Mark that is top craftsmanship.
Great work Mark nice to watch well done 👍
That is a really cool gift Mark, I'm sure Michel will be over the moon. I like watching you do the sand ramming. Like the oldfoundryman you make it look so easy. I hope you had a great trip.
Thanks Jon. It's always nice to meet up with those who share the same passions.
Regards,
Mark
A lot of craftsmanship in this one, Preso. And it shows in the result. Thank you very much.
Yes cannot wait to see it up on the wall.
Steve.
It was a pleasure to make it for you Michel. The cheap (sheep) door now has some competition!
Regards,
Mark
What a beautiful gift!
Awesome video, awesome gift for an awesome person.
Now I'm wishing I didn't give away my lovely old ELU belt sander! Lovely
I think portable belt sanders are most underrated. The old Makita is almost unkillable. Mine has to be over 25 years old and still going strong.
Regards,
Mark
Very nice! I keep thinking I want to try aluminum casting, but I don't need another rabbit hole to climb down into just yet, still learning basic machining.
It is one of the deepest rabbit holes to go down but, oh so satisfying when it works out.
Regards,
Mark
Good Show Mate: As per normal. I really enjoy watching you prepare and pour and then hold our breath.
Thanks, usually I have to make at least two attempts to get a good result with long flat castings like that but this was a genuine one good pour. I did get a shoe full of hot greensand when the bottom fell out of the mould though. Merde!
Regards,
Mark
Nice one Mark. It will be a great gift! I liked the use of the belt sander, I'll get a bit more out of mine nòw!😊
Thanks. Those old Makita belt sanders are like the Toyota Hilux. Un-killable.
Regards,
Mark
Hi Preso !
A nice vid that shows the difficulties of molding and casting.
Greetings !
PS: after your infos about "Rustico" I've watched some of his vids. Very nice and I've subscribed.
Thx for showing !
I am glad you have found another good channel to watch. He is both a humble and genuine home shop machinist with a bone dry but unique sense of humour.
Regards,
Mark
Mark,
A really GREAT gift…. a gift of your TIME, and your SKILL 👏👏👏
I’m sure that Rustinox will be overwhelmed.
I tips me ‘at to you sir..
Robert
Thanks. We had a nice visit last night. He will do the follow up video shortly.
Regards,
Mark
That is beautiful!!
A premium present from Preso. Priceless!
Nice work Mark you've really got the Preso foundry dialed in, furnace works a treat. Great gift and have a good trip.
Hi Mark. Thank you for showing how you made such a wonderful name plate for Michel. I am looking forward to seeing you present it to him on your forthcoming trip. I hope you have a safe journey. 👏👏👍😀
Well done Mark ! Enjoy the vacation and the time with Rusty !
Thanks Dean. Michel's the real deal. What you see is what you get. He has a bone dry sense of humour but I like that.
Regards,
Mark
Very nice gift, I watch all of rustys videos. Great guy...great video, keep'um coming..
Just found your channel from Michelle's.
Great find!
Thanks. Michel and I had a good time hanging out in his workshop. He is one of the "authentic" home shop machinists.
Regards,
Mark
Very nice gift! Wonderful community!
Spot on Mark. Ironically I think I'll be in UK while you're visiting Michael in Belgium. I'll be there from 7th to 22nd of October. Please say high to Michael on my behalf (the Canadian banana belt). I watch his channel any chance I get. He certainly is an artist. Did you see the metal rose he made for rememberance day a few years back. Absolutely beautiful. I'm sure your sign will end up on the "cheap door" as he refers to it but also maybe a place of honour elsewhere in his home.
Safe travels, good weather, and a safe return to your home.
Regards from Canada's banana belt.
🤞🇨🇦🍌🥋🇺🇦🕊️🇦🇺🐨🇩🇪🦁👍
We were hoping to go to the UK on this trip but the cost of airfares out of Australia are insane or they were when we booked. It turned out that we could only afford a one destination trip this time. I should tell you that I am apparently only one of two people that knows what is behind the cheap (sheep) door and I ain't telling.
Regards,
Mark
Great job agree Rustinox is a craftsman like you..
Nice one Presso👍 gunna look great on the sheep door. 🍺
Apparently I am only one of two people that know what is behind that door! Not telling either.
Regards,
Mark
Emergency waffles? Looked like you two had a fun time👍 I blame my love of shed time on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang🤣 Don't rember much of the movie but I loved the idea of being older and just pottering in a shed 😁🍺
Another great video! And on your recommendation I will checkout Rustinox channel. I hope that you have a great trip!
Very nicely done. Great gift idea.
Nice job!!
for a second I thought you were smuggling a Koala out ...
No, but some Vegemite did leave the country.
Regards,
Mark
Grandios!
WOW!
What a nice bloke you are
sounds like a grand trip, hope you enjoyed!
Question, what is the "spray putty" you use, here in the USA all I can find is "filler primer" and it always leaves micro chunks on the surface which require lots of sanding to get back flat (but it fills in gaps quite well)
Yes, it's the same thing. You do need to put it on thick and then sand it back. I generally start with 120 grit and go up to 400 sanding dry. Finish with red Scotchbrite or steel wool.
Regards,
Mark
A bit of wax on your flap disc does wonders for grinding aluminium.
I will try that.
Regards,
Mark
Have you got the right oil and catalyst to maintain your K-bond sand? I don't know if you've already tried this, but you might try mulling a tiny bit of catalyst into it before you add oil, sometimes that's all it'll need, and it doesn't take much. If your sand has been sitting unused for a while or stored in colder conditions, just a trip through the muller might make a difference.
Your greensand must be pretty good, mine was never as strong as my oil bonded sand. it looked like the pattern tilted a little bit while you were drawing it out, but the thin piece of sand that broke off the first time stayed put. Good job, the finished plaque looks great!
Unfortunately, I spilled the container of catalyst that I was sent by a viewer when I was mixing the K Bond and I only had just enough to make up about 20kg of sand. I add some non detergent oil and denatured alcohol when it gets a bit dry. I just neglected to do it on this job because the muller was full of greensand. The greensand I did use the second time around was a new batch I had just made. I bought about 30kg of "play sand" from the hardware store, dried it and then sieved it to remove all the organic material and I bought some new bentonite clay and ran it through a blender to make it really fine. It took ages but it is way better than my old greensand which was made from beach sand.
Regards,
Mark
I would have done the powder coat/sandblast before the milling operation. No?
You can do that but sometimes, depending on the cutter geometry, the powder coat can chip. I find that powder coat followed by sanding is a more gentle way of cleaning up the surface.
Regards,
Mark
makes total sense @@Preso58
A+ ! Thanks for the look and your time. Enjoy your vacation!
Very nice and a good gift for a nice person.
The casting came out great Presso. What is the idea of dusting the feeder with parting powder?
I saw this done at Blyst Hill working meusem and asked the reason. They said as it was dark in the foundry it indicated where to pour the metal but it's not an issue in a home foundry.
It was something that I had seen Martin West doing. He said it helped lubricate the flow of metal into the sprue. It sort of acted as a boundary layer so that grains of sand weren't carried into the runner and gate system. I am not sure it has a big benefit but it cannot hurt.
Regards,
Mark
Awesome build/video/gift
Thanks Chuck. We had a few laughs and a nice workshop tour last night. He managed the Vegemite Challenge with ease!
Regards,
Mark
Beautiful gift mate
Thanks Matty. Michel and I were discussing your work and your health. He's a big fan.
Regards,
Mark
I can only imagine how thrilled he was when he saw the beautiful gift.
That was an incredible present that you made and I am sure he will treasure it
Great gift..Happy traveling..Cheers..
Fantastic job Mark, not an easy font to cast with all those sharp corners, I think you did incredibly well to make it in 2 attempts. Very generous gift for a very deserving man! Well done. Cheers, Jon
Getting a decent draft angle is key when doing deep recesses on that type of font. I generally use about 12 to 15 degrees but most CAD programmes crash when trying to do taper angles like that. Autodesk Inventor seems to have resolved a lot of the issues it used to have. Applying draft can be tricky but just extruding below the workplane at a flattish angle seems to work.
Michel is a genuine sort of guy. What you see is what you get. A nice bloke.
Regards,
Mark
So Mark what are you doing next August? You could come to Milwaukee WI and see the old Kearney Trecker factories, Allis chalmers, Allen Bradley, and Joy Global (P&H). And you know what? August? That just happens to be my birthday! See you in August...
We had planned a trip to the USA but our Aussie dollar is pretty pathetic against the US dollar at the moment and airfares out of Australia are eye wateringly high. We had to rationalise and just make one flight to one destination. Mind you, the cost of Euro's are just as scary. Maybe next year....
Regards,
Mark
Very nice. You guys have taught me allot. Thanks
Brilliant, Mark. Very nice gift.
Very nice. Safe travels.
Nice work Mark, I think that maybe a fly cutter would be a great project for the channel!
I have one, or at least I bought one. I still find the multitooth insert cutter does as good a job and it's faster.
Regards,
Mark
A very nice gift! Very “Presso”. He will treasure it.
And if he doesn’t, you’re more than welcome to be my friend instead! 😂
Nice. Really, really nice. 👍
Darn nice gift for him.
That's a great Gift! 👍
G'day Mark. I saw Rusty's video when you were visiting him, which I thought went down well.
After watching the Making of the Rustinox Plaque, it shows the amount of involvement from Start to Finish & what is involved into the stage of Presentation. Wow, what a lot of work, with Excellent Results.
Well done, keep up your good work
Yes, making the plaques is a lot of work but it's really rewarding seeing the end result. I made one for my sister when she and her husband bought a new/old house recently. She was really thrilled with it and showed her friend and I immediately got a request to make another. The friend offered to pay but that's where it all goes pear shaped. Nobody realised how many hours go into it and I just have to respectfully decline. If you do it for the price they are willing to pay, you don't even pay for your material and fuel costs. If you charge what it's worth in time and labour alone the recipient gets resentful or refuses to pay. It's a no win situation. Making the plaques for friends or family is fine but I don't think you can make money out of it.
Regards,
Mark
I agree with what your reply is. The only way to it sort of commercially, would be a solid alloy rectangle then CNC, but then what is the fun in that 😆 (joking)
Either way you have produced a Master Piece which will outlast both of us 😆
Great video again, as always! Are you still in Europe or back home again? Hope you enjoyed your holidays!
We have a week to go. In Bruges at the moment, then Antwerp, Cologne and Mainz before flying back from where we started in Frankfurt. The weather has been sensational.
Regards,
Mark
@Preso58 Hi Mark, looks like you brought the sun along from the sunshine state, we're very lucky with the weather! Sounds like you're having a good holiday, a lot of nice places to visit. If Maastricht would have been on your itinerary I could have invited you over for tea 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your holidays and have a save flight back home!
Careful of the Waffles and Chocolate and enjoy the trip 😄
And beer. I had a Saxo beer in Dinant that was 8.8%. It was like rocket fuel.
Regards,
Mark
Very nice.
What is the approximate power of the melting furnace translated to electrical KW?
I have no idea. I am guessing you would need to do some sort of calculation based on total heat rise over a period of time. Mathematics was never my strong suit.
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58
The amount of fuel (calories) burned over a known time period.
Can be done, but not easy.
Hope, yer have a great time in Europe. Best regards from Frankfurt/ Germany.👍
Ha, we were in Frankfurt for three days. Nice museums! Autobahns are scary!
Regards,
Mark
Sadly i didn´t know that you were in my hometown. I would have set up a nice city-tour for you. I worked several years in the Historical Museum Frankfurt as a Museumstechnician. Would have loved to meet you guys.@@Preso58
That's awesome.
Thanks, Michel is a nice bloke and his sense of humour is bone dry but priceless.
Regards,
Mark
Awesome gift Mark! I'm sure Michel will love it!
What a truly wonderful birthday present ❤
You might want to try facing sand. A former employer made optic mounts and always used a really finely mulled sand to face, and back-filled with regular mesh sand.
I don't have a supply of facing sand. I did watch a series of videos on how to make it though. Martin West (Olfoundryman) showed a device he made which ground regular sand to a finer consistency but I worried about silicosis or inhaling the fine silica particles. I did meet a very talented model engineer who used zirconia sand for fine detail but he omitted to tell me where he sourced it.
Regards,
Mark
So this is the video you told me about! I will study it and keep on my own plaque casting endeavors. //Roso9509
That's it. And, we managed to carry it halfway around the world without losing it.
Regards,
Mark