Double Fire Ant Mound Aluminum Casting
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- One more time! Were headed back out to the City of New Brockton to cast fire ant hills from the front yard of the city armory. With permission from Mayor Kathy Holley, we arrived in the field pleasantly surprised by eight new fire ant mounds.Due to a lack of aluminum, as well as a lack of daylight, we were only able to cast two of the fire ant hills. Never fear!! After presenting Mayor Holley with the casting, we solidified the use of land whenever my aluminum supply is replenished. Enjoy this double casting and stay tuned for more.
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That would be so cool of you did a dual casting and got two ant colonies connected by a tunnel. I'm sure that would be quite difficult as you would require two foundries and a lot of aluminum, probably around 20-30 pounds of aluminum for something like that?
Either way I find this endlessly fascinating, it's so simple and yet it's so complex. Keep it up guys!
Thank you! We plan on continuing for certain.
+556Raven can you try to cast a engine block sized cube of aluminium
Lease do more
+Marth There's a video by Australian Ant Art where they pour and dig up a 114lb Giant Brown Bull Ant nest.
+Marth Ants dont do that.... a good way to kill ants is to take some from one mound and put them in another they will fight to the death.
I can't wait to try this myself. love the videos, and the drone shots are a cool touch.
Thank you! Good luck with yours.
Your castings are awesome! I never knew this kind of thing existed but I'm glad I stumbled on your videos. Please keep them coming. As a wife myself, I love seeing a married couple working together. And thank you from the bottom of my heart for serving in the military. Its because of people like you that keep me and my family safe. May God bless you and your family. Thank you again.
Thank you for the wonderful comment. I'm glad you enjoy Denise and my "work"
I can't believe the outcry over a bunch of dead ants. Good job +556Raven.
there's a creepy vibe to the music and the dude's voice
+MWYANT19 Creepy? Yes, Cool? Also yes, like a spanish/italian elite hitman.
+MWYANT19 Haha, agreed. The vibe is very weird... Neat though.
+MrFantocan yep it is lol your good with music :)
+MWYANT19 Vaguely "Breaking Bad."
You'll be laying in bed one night and hear that music slowly creep up and see a drone outside your window, right before this guy pours molten aluminum down your chimney and casts your house. Sleep tight.
Man I bet those ants shit themselves when they see liquid death rolling in towards em.
Probably. ;-)
You should totally put that 2nd casting in a museum. Amazing! I chanced upon this this stuff by accident, but now am totally addicted! Love it! great stuff. Kudos.
Bury the mayor, and you could make a really nice statue for the city.
She may object to that plan. :-)
Lmfao
+556Raven You should paint some of these, and put it up for display. Or keep them as they are.
Nice touch with the drone footage
Thank you.
+556Raven creepy music and voice need to go
If they ever make a noir movie about a retired Italian mobster-turned-old, tired, bitter Federal agent hunting for a kidnapped 12 year old daughter of a politician and the the whole thing is narrated by the main character, the narrator from this video deserves the part.
I can totally hear thus guy saying "I can't do this anymore Jim. Tracking down kidnappers is a young man's game. But dammit this is my old crew responsible and they need to be brought to justice. I'm on the job but one way or another we both know this is my last job [ominous foreshadowing of the detective's heroic death at the end of the movie]"
I like that sticker on your back window, Vets helping Vets. We gotta stick together. Great videos by the way. Keep em coming, Brother. Namaste..............................................
lmao i love how you split the workload :)))
;-). Thanx
WOWZA!!! This is just soooo cool!!!! Love the final product!! 🙌😍
+Lindsay Xo Thank you!
Thank you. 😎
Beautiful work!
Thank you
i wonder what the ants were thinking "wow its getting hot in here, and its(insert drowning noises).'"
Lol
this is an amazing way to show how beautiful and smart nature can be. It's also a great sculpture too. One of a kind. Great job!!
One of those really pleasant videos that you're not expecting to find. Awesome work.
Thank you very much.
It's too bad you couldn't kill more ants that day.
There's always tomorrow. ;-)
Don't know why I'm so mesmerized by these videos I honestly want to see a copper cast.
Dude you are flat out cruel.... Do it again! LOL
All your ant hills are masterpieces.
doing service for the city AND making art piece, thats a good hobby
Thank you.
Your videos are interesting and strangely relaxing. Thank you!
These molten aluminum castings look like pretty chill contemporary art pieces.
Thank you. That’s kinda what I’m going for.
Nice Drone flight. Looks like one of the new models that does circles, Probably a P3.
It had to have been on a wire. You should be able to tell because it wasn't wobbling.
Always a pleasure to watch you cast anthills man. great vid, and a shout out to the mayor for letting you do this.
Thank you.
Can you narrate my life?
+DrDeathGaming Great idea
Stripes make trucks faster
Life changing
Amazing presentation, narration and cinematography. Bravo!!
+Aleatha Vogel thank you.
The footage from the drone makes it really nice. The editing is great also. Keep these vids coming.
Thank you. There's more on the way.
what creativity....... i'm sure the mayor loves it
Thank you. She does. ;-)
Great choice of music. Great castings.
Thank you.
Very interesting. Those are beautiful! Great video.
Thank you
With this music it seems like this is just a story, you know like a narrative
Nice Work, Next Time Lot Of Aluminum & Lot Of Friends To Finish More Than 2 Anthills
I love your ant hill work, I love them
+Carol Pat Sleffel thank you very much
dude nice drone work!!!! very cinematic and also awesome casting!!!
Thank you very much.
An Ants version of Pompeii.
+Rich Giroux That's offensive....
+DraTech how?
Travis Senart It was a joke to how everyone takes offence to everything nowadays.
+DraTech that is true. i say that my favorite color is black and 20 people say "thats racist" kinda stupid.
Travis Senart Yeah :/ I'm only 14 and i'm saying this already :P
Where do you get all the cans anyways? Im sure you cannot drink that much over such a short period of time haha.
I'm a veteran in a motorcycle association. We make lots of cans every weekend. Lol
oh, cool!
♻
+556Raven lol you can tell by your tats, clothes, music etc.
I'm happy you do this idk why everyone's getting mad
This is so cool. I wonder how long until someone comes to your house and pours molten aluminum in your front door to see the interesting pattern the inside of your house makes.
The aerial shots are amazing. You don't see them in too many UA-cam videos, even though drones are so readily available.
Thank you. I love my drone.
Keep up the good work. Love these videos!
Great video !! I do the same thing in W Texas. I found the easiest way to clean them is I have a kiddie pool and I put them in to soak overnight, makes it easy to get the compacted dirt in the middle off better. Need two forges and go to all the local bars for their beer cans :)
Yoko uno! Eat your heart out! Real modern art! I Digg it!
wow that's neat to know what the inside looks like! thanks!
Thank you and your welcome.
Nice, spanish guitar music is very relaxing
Casting looks awesome. There is an aluminum cleaner (liquid) called Aluma-brite. It is an acid base that is diluted by water and cleaned simply by running water over the aluminum. This produce truly brightens the aluminum up with out harsh abrashine. I cost about $20 comes in gallon concentrate.
I'll have to look into getting some. Thank you.
Next time you visit that field, you should bring a stack of pre-smelted ingots, so you don't run out~ :) Nice castings though; kudos!
Love it, thanks for posting 🐜
The aerial camera angles were pretty cool. So was that side tunnel thing, it will be cool if you can get enough aluminum and luck to get a full double casting someday!
+EternaMidnight Thank you!
very interesting.. I like your background music.. very well done
Thank you.
That looks AWESOME
Never fails to make my skin crawl seeing the end results.
The music and voice. Quiet, calm, relaxing as I watch ants die.
Thank you. I aim to please.
Another great video.Thanks.Ken
Thank you!
Great work!!!
Great DRONE shots!
Thank you
These videos are addicting
Nice truck!!!
Pretty neat video. Nice truck, by the way.
Thank you. A lot.
I thought that white smoke were the souls of billions of ants.
AWESOME man!!
Thank you
Greetings from Ontario, Canada. I must tell you, I really enjoy your videos! Your soft rich voice narrating the action and the great music accompanying the video is so nice and relaxing. It's a fantastic change from the screaming or loud voices, foul language (nothing against swearing, I do my share when necessary) and general chaos of many of the other UA-cam submissions. I love the final results - a thing of beauty from an insect that is killing off the native species. Keep up the great work; I look forward to more productions.
Get a room will ya????
loved the music!
Thank you.
You know, as much as I hate Fire Ants, they really are artists when it comes to building their nests.
Exciting video!
Thank you.
LOL. BEAUTIFULL TRUCK AND GREAT VIDEO...GB
Thank you for both complements.
All those Ant Souls now trapped in that prison of Aluminum LOL. Hope you don't get haunted by the Ant Ghost lol.
i guess they literally became "fire" ants ..
I once thought that so many people would make anthill casts that they would run out of anthills. Now I know that that could never, ever remotely happen. Even if they got all eight nests in this ONE yard, in a few months there would be several new ones again.
He needs to narrate some movies with that voice.
+Perseids Gaming Coming soon to a theater near you, one man, one job.... hehehehehe Thank you.
Somber music for the dead ants ☺☺☺
May they rest in aluminum.
you should consider going to your local recycle center for aluminum wire. much easier to work with and its almost 100 percent pure. I use it all the time.
True art....
+JCD4114 thank you.
Part of me really wants to try doing this, the other half of me hats ants and would rather not look at the inside of an ant hill everyday. haha
You should give it a try and sell your casting. ;-)
nice video and well done well done
Thank you.
Could you use a power washer to wash the dirt off?
I Love That Drones, Just Like When I Was In Bandung On September 12, 2015
I love this!
Thank you.
what's the name is the song playing in the background
doing gods work man.
Thank you.
Were the ants okay? I hope you gave them enough time to relocate.
Of course not, they all got vaporized
I enjoy your work. I keep coming back to these videos. Could you do frogs?
+Armand Laul I don't think frogs make a hole...
FOR THE ROYALTY!!!!!
No animals were harmed in the filming of this.
Except all the ants.
+556Raven A moment is silence for the ants. **takes off cap and bows head**
+556Raven lol
Ikr
Nice sculptures!
The only thing that sucks is that the ants die...
But what the hey, there only ants.
Thank you.
i wonder how well this would work in a stump full of carpenter ants after casting burn the stump to remove the aluminum from the wood or would the fire be to hot from a wood fire and remelt that aluminum
No ants were hurt in the making of project , these ants were already on fire apparently 🤔
I mean technically they vaporized
stop hating, great video that's art
Nice Truck
Thank you.
I wonder if it’s easier to have the hive soak in water before spraying with the hose
The castings look like "spin metal" from the game Destiny
Drone shots are a little weird and unexpected, but i like it.
No one expects the drone. ;-)
nice truck
Thank you.
I would love if this guy read me a story. his voice is so relaxing
Thank you. What story did you have in mind.
+556Raven how bout green eggs and ham
Sure thing Sam I am. Look for it in the next video. 😎
Hey there, I love the shape you get out of an anthill, so I´m always impressed by each vid I see from you. But if you have this many anthills in one place and each close to another maybe you cold try running 2 foundries simultaneously to get enough metal to pour it in right after each other...
Also if you know you need lots of aluminium, why not check your local recycling centre beforehand to get enough metal? Sure you´d have tp pay some $ but you still get profit from selling those sculptures...
SWEET !!!!!
The best stuff to use is old grills , lawnmowers ,pots & pans .These have been cast once before and there will be much less dross resulting in more usable melts from less fule . ( Myfordboy home foundry ) shows the best kind to melt an tells why.
Steve
Thank you. I'll keep that in mind and see what I can find.
that's a hell of a way to die. poor Lil ants
dont feel bad for em they will invade the the building next to it and take over
At least they die fast unlike if they got poisoned from bug spray which takes longer