I took a summer after coming back home to be a stay-at-home dad and watched a 15 y/o melt aluminum cans inside of stacked bricks, charcoal and his mom's hairdryer. i was determined to equal or better that. seven versions of stacked bricks with sand and a square house fan directed into a large furnace by means of a weighted blanket. i could melt 80lbs in a two-gallon cast iron big belly pot and pour 8-10 lb ingots in big bread pans, i also pour over 11-16 mm orbeez and 32-36 mm orbeez. beautiful coral looking stuff. enjoyed the show. great work
I was dumbfounded that you poured that with relatively small crucibles in many steps, for such large casting, I would have thought that you needed to pour that all at once. I thought as you pour one iot solidifies and then you pour another on top, solidifies again etc, but is that not the case then, when you pour one load, does it stays liquid for a enough time for you to get your next pour?
Thanks a bunch. I pour silver in the one to18 ozt range. I really liked this and picked up a couple tips seeing this. What was in the spray you used 1/2 way through the pour ?
As noted in a reply to mr.smileyken6364, "They are heater plate components for plastic pipe welding equipment." How they exactly work is unknown, but I’m guessing the pipe is rather large diameter.
Love the huge pour! So many questions....How long did you have the torches on the sprues? Was that green sand or oil based? Did you heat the molds to harden them or simply to remove moisture? What was the liquid you sprayed on the mold? Finally, what was the part for? Thanks for you time.
The torches were on the risers for about 2 hours, until the metal level stopped dropping. I used a green sand. I didn't heat the molds, I was just burning off the solvent in the mold spray. The mold spray is called Top Bond B, it hardens the top layer of sand so it doesn't wash around in the mold. They are heater plate components for plastic pipe welding equipment.
@@collinsurbert212 thanks for covering all my questions! That will help me if future casting as I have attempted pouring a brass bell and have 2/6 successes so far.
they heat the holes to keep aluminum in that column molten, it accounts for the casting shrinkage, you can also see them supplying the molten aluminum by pouring more in.
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I took a summer after coming back home to be a stay-at-home dad and watched a 15 y/o melt aluminum cans inside of stacked bricks, charcoal and his mom's hairdryer. i was determined to equal or better that. seven versions of stacked bricks with sand and a square house fan directed into a large furnace by means of a weighted blanket. i could melt 80lbs in a two-gallon cast iron big belly pot and pour 8-10 lb ingots in big bread pans, i also pour over 11-16 mm orbeez and 32-36 mm orbeez. beautiful coral looking stuff. enjoyed the show. great work
Interesting pouring technique.
Wow I'm very impressed
I was dumbfounded that you poured that with relatively small crucibles in many steps, for such large casting, I would have thought that you needed to pour that all at once. I thought as you pour one iot solidifies and then you pour another on top, solidifies again etc, but is that not the case then, when you pour one load, does it stays liquid for a enough time for you to get your next pour?
Pretty good I think for a small set up like that.l love metal of all kinds by the way ❤.
Thanks a bunch. I pour silver in the one to18 ozt range. I really liked this and picked up a couple tips seeing this. What was in the spray you used 1/2 way through the pour ?
Graphite based paint
@@timochenko4279 Thanks
Hmm I would think a pour like that wouldn't turn out good
...it would be great for my understanding when you can tell me the use of the casted part. Thx !!
As noted in a reply to mr.smileyken6364, "They are heater plate components for plastic pipe welding equipment." How they exactly work is unknown, but I’m guessing the pipe is rather large diameter.
What is Top Bond B comprised of? Is it purchased or made in house?
Love the huge pour! So many questions....How long did you have the torches on the sprues? Was that green sand or oil based? Did you heat the molds to harden them or simply to remove moisture? What was the liquid you sprayed on the mold? Finally, what was the part for? Thanks for you time.
The torches were on the risers for about 2 hours, until the metal level stopped dropping. I used a green sand. I didn't heat the molds, I was just burning off the solvent in the mold spray. The mold spray is called Top Bond B, it hardens the top layer of sand so it doesn't wash around in the mold. They are heater plate components for plastic pipe welding equipment.
@@collinsurbert212 thanks for covering all my questions! That will help me if future casting as I have attempted pouring a brass bell and have 2/6 successes so far.
How cool it would be just to hang with you guys for a day😂
nice work, can you tell us why you heat the holes?
I'll refer you to the narrated version of this video. I believe the answer is there. ua-cam.com/video/HLmjmUPlqfo/v-deo.html
they heat the holes to keep aluminum in that column molten, it accounts for the casting shrinkage, you can also see them supplying the molten aluminum by pouring more in.
Wow!
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