SOHC Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 time for a group buy? casting party 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 casting party OK, so.... today i found my home made forge is rubbish, much like the junkheap finds i made it from and the lid collapsed from the heat. Do you still do casting? i can bring my half melted cans over and use your door parts to cast the ones i need in alloy if that's ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 OK, so.... today i found my home made forge is rubbish, much like the junkheap finds i made it from and the lid collapsed from the heat. Do you still do casting? i can bring my half melted cans over and use your door parts to cast the ones i need in alloy if that's ok ? I still do casting, they wouldn't last long in alloy, we could try to do them in bronze, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I still do casting, they wouldn't last long in alloy, we could try to do them in bronze, i don't have any bronze but that would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SOHC Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Are you firing your furnace with charcoal? I see you made it from a watering can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SOHC Posted May 1, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2015 I have bronze, I modeled thees 2 doves from wax and cast them in bronze late last year. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 One day i want to be that good. i have money to fund LPG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Are you firing your furnace with charcoal? I see you made it from a watering can. Yes, that's my ghetto rig that loses heat, the top cracked upon first firing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yes, that's my ghetto rig that loses heat, the top cracked upon first firing. What did you line it with? I found nothing lasted apart from the proper refractory cement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 What did you line it with? Plaster mixed with beach sand. It's not hard wearing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yeah, you'd almost definitely want furnace refractory material. Even fire bricks probably wouldn't do the trick. If you were local rusti, I could scavenge from furnace brick work seconds for you to try but it's probably not cost beneficial to send bricks to you from south to north. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Kaowool is the best for a cheep lpg fire, line an old steel bucket with it, it needs to be round and the burner offset to get the flames to spin round your crucible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Refractory cement is over $100 for a 20 KG bag, and it takes weeks and weeks to set. but is nearly indestructible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Ceramic blanket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Just popping in to say those doves are fucking awesome. That's all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Kaowool is the best for a cheep lpg fire, line an old steel bucket with it, it needs to be round and the burner offset to get the flames to spin round your crucible Is kaowool actually heat resistant enough? Iv thought for years it was just glass fiber! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Is kaowool actually heat resistant enough? Iv thought for years it was just glass fiber! Its good for up to 2000 degrees C, its not fiber glass its spun ceramic fiber, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I used Kaowool in my gas forge. I don't use it a lot, but it is still OK after a number of years. I did coat it with some of the ITC-100 stuff. http://www.anvilfire.com/prod-docs/index.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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