http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne
wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.

Excellent teamwork. I take it this is not the first time yall have done
this?

Well done!

Gunner

"Lenin called them "useful idiots," those people living in
liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support
to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that
would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked
passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us
today. Now the useful idiots can be found in the chorus of appeasement,
reflexive anti-Americanism, and sentimental idealism trying to inhibit
the necessary responses to another freedom-hating ideology, radical Islam"

Bruce C. Thornton, a professor of Classics at American University of Cal State Fresno

Ray Spinhirne wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.

That is way cool!

Are you going to do a video on the process of making the sand molds? I
always wondered how that was done!

Carla
If you love someone, set them free. If they don't come back, call them
up later when you're drunk.

--Niiice! I like the way you preheat the crucible on top of the
furnace. Got totally sidetracked and spent half an hour watching other
pours, too.
Looks like you've got an interesting backyard; where you at?

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : Politics is a sinkhole for
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : people without hobbies...
www.nmpproducts.com
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

This was in San Antonio at a local art location named "Sculptors Dominion".

It was actually my second time assisting with a pour. The women shown is
an art instructor and the real expert. If you noticed after the
first pour we did not have the sequence perfect as we poured the excess
back in the furnace before plugging the pour hole. The video was taken by

some bystander. I did not have any part in the editing.

We used resin bonded sand molds and spent considerable amount of time
getting the molds created. The open top one is going to be a lathe
faceplate.
I have started the maching on it and it looks like its going to be pretty
nice.

For the raw material I used mainly brake drums and rotors and the result
looks good so far. Perhaps someday I need to prepare an article on
"building machine tools from scrap auto parts".

Hey Ray,

Neat !!! Looks like fun.

At NAMES 2009 in April, Rick Chownyk, the President of the Metro
Detroit Metalworking Club is into somewhat smaller furnaces and pours,
but he is going to do a demo on

"BUILD A BACKYARD FOUNDRY"
(Plans & Tips, Discussion)

followed immediately by

"ALUMINUM CASTING"
(Demonstration Melt/Pour, Different Pattern Materials)

Hope I get time to actually watch it!!

Take care. Thanks for the video.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXX


On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne
wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne
wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.

I have been to a number of pours put on by the Iron Guild associated
with Mass. College of Art. Here are some links to photos and video
clips:

http://neme-s.org/Iron_Guild_Hallowe...iron_guild.htm

http://neme-s.org/Saugus_Iron_Works_...onal_histo.htm

http://neme-s.org/Iron_Guild_2006/iron_guild.htm

Also here are photos from Mystic River Foundry who poured some pieces
for me. The photos show the whole sequence of making the molds and
pouring the AL.

http://neme-s.org/images/Mystic%20Ri...ndry/MRF_1.htm

I too am looking forward to the demonstration pours at NAMES.

Errol Groff

Ray Spinhirne wrote:
This was in San Antonio at a local art location named "Sculptors
Dominion".

It was actually my second time assisting with a pour. The women
shown is an art instructor and the real expert. If you noticed after
the
first pour we did not have the sequence perfect as we poured the
excess back in the furnace before plugging the pour hole. The video
was taken by

some bystander. I did not have any part in the editing.

We used resin bonded sand molds and spent considerable amount of time
getting the molds created. The open top one is going to be a lathe
faceplate.
I have started the maching on it and it looks like its going to be
pretty nice.

For the raw material I used mainly brake drums and rotors and the
result looks good so far. Perhaps someday I need to prepare an
article on "building machine tools from scrap auto parts".

You need to join the yahoo group "castinghobby" . We got a guy in Luther
Ok. that's built a tilting furnace , and is using resin-bonded sand to pour
CI parts for a scale railroad .
I'm a beginner , and have only done a couple of lost-foam castings - plus
thirty-some ingots all from scrap aluminum . It's a very addictive hobby !!
--
Snag
every answer
leads to another
question

Nice work. Reminds me of the trip our club took
to Stanford University and did the like task in Bronze.

I have my object milled out in the shop. Pictures
are in fact on our Kodak view screen in the living room.


Thanks for the memories - I have to get my bronze furnace
up and running!

Martin

Ray Spinhirne wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne wrote
(in message ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.



it is exciting to pour and very satisfying to see what comes out of the sand!
I am happy to see all the safety gear. I worked for a very short time at a
foundry here many years ago. We'd do ten 5-ton heats every night, and our
only safety gear was a hard hat and a pair of #12 half-lenses we could flip
down over our safety glasses. We had gloves, too. I quit after 40 days... got
tired of running from leaking ladles and trying to stop flasks from leaking.
lost most of my sense of smell there, too. Spent about 25 years pouring
thermite rail welds, when I wasn't doing other track welding. The thing is,
it is really satisfying to pour this stuff, and am a bit envious of you who
have your own pouring setup.
tom k.

--
I will find a way or make one.

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne wrote
(in message ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.



very satisfying to see what comes out of the hot sand... I worked for a short
time in a foundry, helping pour ten 5 ton heats a night. We did not have any
of the safety gear shown in this great video of yours. In 1972 all we had was
heavy gloves, #12 shade half lenses to flip down over our regular safety
glasses, and a hard hat. Lost most of my sense of smell from overexposure to
the slag fumes (I was the junior guy on the ladle crew and had to roll the
ladles over when we were done pouring - no masks available) I then spent over
20 years as a track welder and some of my work was to pour thermite rail
welds... always satisfying to see what came out of the molds (unless there
was a blowout)

very nice video

tom koehler


--
I will find a way or make one.

"tom koehler" wrote in
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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne wrote
(in message ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.



very satisfying to see what comes out of the hot sand... I worked for a
short
time in a foundry, helping pour ten 5 ton heats a night. We did not have
any
of the safety gear shown in this great video of yours. In 1972 all we had
was
heavy gloves, #12 shade half lenses to flip down over our regular safety
glasses, and a hard hat. Lost most of my sense of smell from overexposure
to
the slag fumes (I was the junior guy on the ladle crew and had to roll the
ladles over when we were done pouring - no masks available) I then spent
over
20 years as a track welder and some of my work was to pour thermite rail
welds... always satisfying to see what came out of the molds (unless there
was a blowout)



In reality their safety gear far beyond what's actually needed.

Elliot G wrote:
"tom koehler" wrote in
message net.net...
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne wrote
(in message ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.



very satisfying to see what comes out of the hot sand... I worked
for a short
time in a foundry, helping pour ten 5 ton heats a night. We did not
have any
of the safety gear shown in this great video of yours. In 1972 all
we had was
heavy gloves, #12 shade half lenses to flip down over our regular
safety glasses, and a hard hat. Lost most of my sense of smell from
overexposure to
the slag fumes (I was the junior guy on the ladle crew and had to
roll the ladles over when we were done pouring - no masks available)
I then spent over
20 years as a track welder and some of my work was to pour thermite
rail welds... always satisfying to see what came out of the molds
(unless there was a blowout)



In reality their safety gear far beyond what's actually needed.

Spoken like someone who's never poured molten metal .
--
Snag
every answer
leads to another
question

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:12:15 -0600, Ray Spinhirne
wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3M85ViM3GM

I'm the guy with the grey beard.

Lots of fun.

Fan-damn-tastic! All too often I find posted video to be ho-hum. I
watched this one the whole way through. Looked to be very well
choreographed; everyone knew what they were doing (well, mostly...
:-))

That video has given me a new appreciation for iron casting. All I've
done is aluminum and pot metal... and I think I'll stick with those
for a little while...

Best -- Terry