Graphite casting help please

feeds@yuku.com (rwelch) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:17:12 GMT

I tried Eric's graphite casting in my blast furnace . Maybe someone will know from these pictures how I messed it up .

Here's my air supply

And here is the furnace running .It sounds a bit like a jet engine .

Crucible

feeds@yuku.com (misfitxnet) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:44:09 GMT

Does anyone know of any tutorials on making a simple crucible?

large copper billet casting

feeds@yuku.com (Rocks in Head) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:06:31 GMT

I have been interested in casting a copper billet about 18 to 20 pounds about 2 to 3 inches across to use for spalling larger rock. It does need to be copper. brass is too hard, aluminum is too light but copper is just right. Is there any way to make a crucible for that amount of copper? And do you think I could make a temporary furnace from fire bricks and possibly use my propane weed burner as a heat source? There seems to be not a lot of info on casting copper other than that...

Can I melt copper in this?

feeds@yuku.com (wolfsire) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:06:56 GMT

I picked up these little bowl at a thirft shop for $0.99. They look like stainless steel, but there are no markings on them. I had read online that even thin stainless steel can be used as one shot crucibles. Might they be womething else. I would guess that these are between 1/16" and 1/32".

Think it'll work? Any guidance as to relative volume for something this thin? I'll be melting copper wire Ive been gathering after I get a forge together, hopfully with...

The "Gingery Furnace"

feeds@yuku.com (Phoenix 1967) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:28:08 GMT

The "Gingery Furnace" in my own fashion. I decided to make a gingery lathe some time ago, and set about the oddesy of the "Beercan Lathe"

Now beercanium is a difficult item to find, so I set about to create my own.

Here's the trashcan furnace. It is an old military trashcan (steel) with clay/sand dug up outta the back yard (5 gallon bucket's worth) mixed with a 20 lb bag of thinset mortar mix (for tile.. it's what I had) the furnace has...

Casting in Graphite Tutorial

feeds@yuku.com (Knifesmith) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:41:24 GMT

Okay folks, this is just the way I do it. I am in no way a professional foundry guy, or even a jewelery maker. Disclaimers aside, it's a really easy way to make easily machined simple molds that you can cast in, and don't even have to do a pour (melt directly into the mold). I bought my graphite as scrap from some guy selling blocks of it on eBay. The pieces are about 6"x6"x1" or so, and I got about 6 of them for somewhere around $25 or so total a few years back....

Casting

feeds@yuku.com (Bowman AKA THE HUNTER) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:13:48 GMT

Hi everybody!
Haven't been here in a while since my old forge broke down and I have to find a new place for metal working, but I wanted to try my hands at casting. Particularly pommels and cross guards on swords and such but also rings. I know how to do the lost wax method but I was wondering about a couple of things such as:

1.) How hot must I get brass or copper in order to liquidize it? steel?

2.) Can it be done with a forge? If so what type of set up do I...

Casting

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