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ALU melting
backofanenvelope:
Apologies for unleashing such an un-madmodding vid, I did wonder at the quality of content but then my noob knowledge of such things got the better of me.. I also have a very healthy regard and respect of body parts and the potential damage to them by casting and other modding activities so shan't be carrying out my casting in such a cavalier method. Will go a sit at the back of the class with dunce hat on for a bit :doh: :D
vtsteam:
Hey BOE, don't sweat it!!!! What else would we have such a good time grousing about? :beer:
vtsteam:
--- Quote from: DavidA on February 15, 2015, 11:35:36 AM ---
....I don't know anyone who cuts wood on a bandsaw that uses metal gauntlets, either....
This is a very dangerous thing to do. Ok with a band knife but never with any blade that has teeth that can grab a chain mail glove.
At the chicken factory I worked years back an operative lost part of his hand when he pushed some meat into s pair of serrated rollers while wearing such a glove.He shouldn't have been able to do it, but he over rode the safety on the gate that would have prevented his hand getting near the rollers.
Dave.
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I meant real metal gauntlets:
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: backofanenvelope on February 15, 2015, 01:13:32 PM ---Apologies for unleashing such an un-madmodding vid, I did wonder at the quality of content but then my noob knowledge of such things got the better of me.. I also have a very healthy regard and respect of body parts and the potential damage to them by casting and other modding activities so shan't be carrying out my casting in such a cavalier method. Will go a sit at the back of the class with dunce hat on for a bit :doh: :D
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Yeah don't worry about it. It's why those sorts of videos annoy me, they could fool anyone who didn't know any better.
Will_D:
Now apart from the 'Elf'n'Safety issues of the above video what about the castable refractory he was using?
50/50 Silica sand and plaster of Paris seems a very simple to get mix.
There is NO support for amateur foundry stuff in Ireland.
So the idea of getting 25 kgs of castable refractory material from the UK is a bit of a non starter. To say nothing about green sand.
Do you think his refractory is up to the job?
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