Gday Cam, this was really interesting, the casting photos at the end of the carby’s were great, there’s been a few different setups over the years mate, it’ll be interesting to see how the liner holds up, thanks for sharing, cheers
Thanks Matty, off to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of weeks so will post the next Video when I get back. Only finished with work yesterday, was rosterd on over the Christmas/New Tear period (never doing that again). Just a heads up I took the furnace up to around 1200 deg C, on cooling down and looking the lining has absolutely no cracks. Certainly not what I was expecting to see, anyway we'll see how it goes over time. Cam
Looks like i will be picking your brains when it comes time to build a heat treatment oven ! Those looked to be some nice castings from your earlier days . 👍
G'Day Max, yep we did some really interesting work for blokes restoring Vintage Machinery, Cars, Bikes, Model Engineers, Edwardian Home Renovators etc. Won't be back to that level but will just dabble at home. Cam
G’day Cam. That furnace is an excellent score. I’ve always wanted to play around with one but have never had the opportunity. Looking forward to seeing the finished product mate. Cheers 🍻 Aaron
Thanks Aaron, off to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of weeks so will post the next Video when I get back. Only finished with work yesterday, was rosterd on over the Christmas/New Tear period (never doing that again). Just a heads up I took the furnace up to around 1200 deg C, on cooling down and looking the lining has absolutely no cracks. Certainly not what I was expecting to see, anyway we'll see how it goes over time. Cam
G'Day Rob, off to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of weeks so will post the next Video when I get back. Only finished with work yesterday, was rosterd on over the Christmas/New Tear period (never doing that again). Just a heads up I took the furnace up to around 1200 deg C, on cooling down and looking, the lining has absolutely no cracks. Certainly not what I was expecting to see, anyway we'll see how it goes over time. Cam
Hi Cam, Happy New Year to you and family. Been looking forward to this series. Will be interesting to see how the Black Patch performs/lasts. I like the idea of the 'neighbourhood friendly' burner. My burner's abit on the noisey side. Did you ever have a plan for its design? Regards Kevin
G'day Kevin, I'm of to Sydney for a couple of weeks so won't have time to get the follow up video out till I get back. I had the furnace up to around 1200 c and when I looked the the following day the Black Patch was in perfect condition. I was expecting to see mass cracking but it was good. Yes l do have drawings of the burner. I'll email them to you. Cam
In the process of buildings furnace for the shop, so the tips you presented are a great bit of information. By the way, is there any chance I can get a set of plans for the 40 position tool holder as I managed to score a free tool post and was hoping I can make my own tool holders. I’ve scored the E-Series. Thank you in advance. Cheers, Bill.
You can only see the email address on a PC. There's lots of UA-cam information you can't access on phones including email addresses. battlerengineering@gmail.com
G'Day DDB, there are no more foundry schools left in Australia. There where three specific foundry schools in the world setup to teach Pattern Making, Molding and Casting. One in America, one in England and the one in Australia Melbourne. Students would travel once a year from all parts of the country and do their Block Release Trade School training. All three of the schools where closed down and the training became "Industry Based". Years into this Industry Based Training both England and America realized the skills in the trade where diminishing as the wrong practices and techniques where creeping in and over time where then becoming the norm with poor outcomes. Both England and America re-employed the Foundry Trade Teachers (some into their 80's) to come back and re-build the training program to get this skill back on an even keel. Australia is the only country who couldn't see the value in this. I remember paying a visit years latter to see what became of the facility. It had been turned into an open art studio and I can remember seeing those beautiful Pattern Making Tools covered in plaster and a couple had been modified to hack into plaster sculptures. The shadow boards where all those beautiful tools hung was no where to be seen. Very sad to see. Cam
@@camatbattler2233 Wow that is sad. I'm guessing you did a foundry apprenticeship or went through this school ? I'd be interested to watch a video on the topic if you're thinking of talking more about it. I do recall in the (mid to late?) 90's it was possible to do an 8 week CAE course on model engineering that took place at RMIT. It's a shame even something basic like that is not possible anymore. Casting is something I've been wanting to try for a long time.
It's good to see you continue playing with fire. Don't stop. Go for it.
G'Day Rusty, yep kind looking forward to dabbling back in the casting world again.
Cam
Gday Cam, this was really interesting, the casting photos at the end of the carby’s were great, there’s been a few different setups over the years mate, it’ll be interesting to see how the liner holds up, thanks for sharing, cheers
Thanks Matty, off to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of weeks so will post the next Video when I get back. Only finished with work yesterday, was rosterd on over the Christmas/New Tear period (never doing that again). Just a heads up I took the furnace up to around 1200 deg C, on cooling down and looking the lining has absolutely no cracks. Certainly not what I was expecting to see, anyway we'll see how it goes over time.
Cam
Very fancy Cam. That has some ingenious engineering tricks.
Thanks Dan, Kinda looking forward to dabbling back in the casting world. Been over ten years since I our last pour at the foundry.
Cam
Looks like i will be picking your brains when it comes time to build a heat treatment oven ! Those looked to be some nice castings from your earlier days . 👍
G'Day Max, yep we did some really interesting work for blokes restoring Vintage Machinery, Cars, Bikes, Model Engineers, Edwardian Home Renovators etc. Won't be back to that level but will just dabble at home.
Cam
G’day Cam. That furnace is an excellent score. I’ve always wanted to play around with one but have never had the opportunity. Looking forward to seeing the finished product mate. Cheers 🍻 Aaron
Thanks Aaron, off to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of weeks so will post the next Video when I get back. Only finished with work yesterday, was rosterd on over the Christmas/New Tear period (never doing that again). Just a heads up I took the furnace up to around 1200 deg C, on cooling down and looking the lining has absolutely no cracks. Certainly not what I was expecting to see, anyway we'll see how it goes over time.
Cam
A very interesting melt furnace, I'd like to see more content using this furnace!
G'day CA, hopefully when my foundry building is complete I can get back to using the furnace and post some videos.
Cam
@@camatbattler2233 are there any shareable drawings of the melt furnace and lift system?
G'day CA, the drawings I have are stick layouts to confirm the action of the lift. No real drawings unfortunately.
Cam
Fascinating….. the stories you can tell seem endless. Happy New Year 🎉
Thankyou Joel, I was thinking I was going to bore everyone.
Cam
Hi Cam. I will be interested to see how this stuff goes. Worth a try. Interesting video. Cheers Rob
G'Day Rob, off to Sydney tomorrow for a couple of weeks so will post the next Video when I get back. Only finished with work yesterday, was rosterd on over the Christmas/New Tear period (never doing that again). Just a heads up I took the furnace up to around 1200 deg C, on cooling down and looking, the lining has absolutely no cracks. Certainly not what I was expecting to see, anyway we'll see how it goes over time.
Cam
@@camatbattler2233 Sounds really interesting Cam. I wonder how it would go mixed with some sand as a liner and to make it go further ? Cheers Rob
Hey Cam this is great but the audio is variable in volume between the live content and the narrated pics. Thanks for the content.
G'Day Bad, I'll need to try and keep that in mind. Still learning how to drive when talking through photo's. Thanks for the Heads up.
Cam
Might pay to get some grinding gear cam
Hi Cam,
Happy New Year to you and family.
Been looking forward to this series. Will be interesting to see how the Black Patch performs/lasts.
I like the idea of the 'neighbourhood friendly' burner. My burner's abit on the noisey side. Did you ever have a plan for its design?
Regards
Kevin
G'day Kevin, I'm of to Sydney for a couple of weeks so won't have time to get the follow up video out till I get back. I had the furnace up to around 1200 c and when I looked the the following day the Black Patch was in perfect condition. I was expecting to see mass cracking but it was good. Yes l do have drawings of the burner. I'll email them to you.
Cam
Hey cam! Nice work. Hey question, the Victoria mill you have, what taper does the vertical head have?
G'day Jake, both the horizontal arbour and the vertical head are iso 40.
Cam
In the process of buildings furnace for the shop, so the tips you presented are a great bit of information.
By the way, is there any chance I can get a set of plans for the 40 position tool holder as I managed to score a free tool post and was hoping I can make my own tool holders. I’ve scored the E-Series.
Thank you in advance. Cheers, Bill.
Gday Bill, flick me your email address and I'll forward the drawings on.
Cam
That’s greatly appreciated, thank you. Can’t seem to locate your email in order to send you mine. Couldn’t find it in your profile page.
You can only see the email address on a PC. There's lots of UA-cam information you can't access on phones including email addresses.
battlerengineering@gmail.com
Very interesting. Are there any foundry schools or departments left in Australia ? I'm assuming that one at RMIT doesnt exist anymore does it ?
G'Day DDB, there are no more foundry schools left in Australia. There where three specific foundry schools in the world setup to teach Pattern Making, Molding and Casting. One in America, one in England and the one in Australia Melbourne. Students would travel once a year from all parts of the country and do their Block Release Trade School training. All three of the schools where closed down and the training became "Industry Based". Years into this Industry Based Training both England and America realized the skills in the trade where diminishing as the wrong practices and techniques where creeping in and over time where then becoming the norm with poor outcomes. Both England and America re-employed the Foundry Trade Teachers (some into their 80's) to come back and re-build the training program to get this skill back on an even keel. Australia is the only country who couldn't see the value in this. I remember paying a visit years latter to see what became of the facility. It had been turned into an open art studio and I can remember seeing those beautiful Pattern Making Tools covered in plaster and a couple had been modified to hack into plaster sculptures. The shadow boards where all those beautiful tools hung was no where to be seen. Very sad to see.
Cam
@@camatbattler2233 Wow that is sad. I'm guessing you did a foundry apprenticeship or went through this school ? I'd be interested to watch a video on the topic if you're thinking of talking more about it. I do recall in the (mid to late?) 90's it was possible to do an 8 week CAE course on model engineering that took place at RMIT. It's a shame even something basic like that is not possible anymore. Casting is something I've been wanting to try for a long time.