The story of My foundry

[framey]

Hi framey

Shout up if you or anyone  need something cast , i will give it my best shot ,,,,,,,,,,, i could do with more things to cast 

Cheers Rob

awesome i'll get some photos for you so you can get an idea

[Rob.Wilson]

Hi framey

Shout up if you or anyone  need something cast , i will give it my best shot ,,,,,,,,,,, i could do with more things to cast 

Cheers Rob

awesome i'll get some photos for you so you can get an idea

You have my attention 


Rob

[Rob.Wilson]

Forgot I added a chimney 




Found a few photos from back in the day , when I was a lad just getting into casting , first furnace , coke fired melting Iron








Happy days 


Rob

[vtsteam]

Wow, fantastic thread, beautiful job of everything! Very inspiring. 

That firebrick furnace looks like a first class version of the one Terry Aspin shows in his metal casting books, and the chimney is great to see -- nice job there, too.

Terry Aspin also had an outdoor furnace built against the brick wall of a shed -- I have two of his books -- great drawings and text for such small paperbacks.

Thanks for all your fine workmanship!

[Rob.Wilson]

Thanks Steve


It is the furnace from Aspin's  Foundry work for the amateur , the book that kick started my foundry adventures .And as you say a cracking book 


Rob

[SwarfnStuff]

Wow, Thanks Rob for another great post. Easy to read and follow with exelent pics too.   

[Rob.Wilson]

Thanks SwarfnStuff 


If anyone out there is interested in building there own furnace blower I can recommend the "how to design and build centrifugal fans for the home shop "   by David J Gingery , Great book with all the info you need to build a good blower .

I used it to build my furnace blower .



Rob

[Fredbare]

Great write up, a truly talanted craftsman, I enjoy all write ups, thank you.

John

[Brass_Machine]

Missed the last part of this. Now I am inspired to try this... Nice job Rob.

I will pick up those books to start reading.

[Mayhem]

Hi Rob - I note that you said that you used 10 bags of refractory and I'm curious as to the size of those bags.  I spoke to one of the foundry suppliers and was told that a 25Kg bag of 1600*C refractory was just under $100.00.  I asked how far a 25Kg bag goes and was told that he didn't know!

So I am hoping that you are going to tell me they only had 2.5Kg bags and that is why you needed 10.  Otherwise, I may have to use some home made stuff to do the bulk and then maybe use the real stuff for a hard face.

I've read numerous recipes for home made stuff and there are so many variables - each with an equal number of people saying it is the best, the worse or it simply wont work...

[Rob.Wilson]

Hi Darren

Yes that was 10 25kg bags , not cheap gear , its about £60 a bag here in the UK .

cant say much about home brewed linings as i have never had ago at making my own

Rob

[Mayhem]

  that would be my beer money gone for a while

[John Rudd]

that would be my beer money gone for a while

Haahahaha...thats just a night out in Newcastle for Rob......

I'm intrigued by the blower that you made Rob....Do you think it could be turned round and used in a cyclone? I need something to create a negative pressure in my blasting cabinet to clear out all the 'smoke' (dust) as I cant see a damn thing when I'm grit blasting...

[Rob.Wilson]

Hi John

Yes is would work fine  , try getting hold of the book i mentioned


Rob

[Ashlyn Katarzyna]

Ive been reading a lot on furnace making and seeing the different designs, this looks like it would serve me well given my limitations to handling heavy weight not to mention it being hot.