Today the plan was to turn the nice red patterns into bronze
I have been looking forward to this all week
Yesterday i baked the cores and rammed up the moulds
These were carefully assembled ready to cast today
Extended risers were used to make sure the mould would fill completly

Rob Wilson called in to oversee the pour

Cylinder we cast last time ready to melt
Fired up the furnace soon had a nice crucible of liquid bronze
The pour went ok but i seemed to be short on metal
The pattern is biger than last time

Not looking to bad

Not enough metal
On closer inspection the core had collapsed

Rob examined the miserable looking casting his verdict
The damp casting sand had softend the core ccausing it to break up during the pour
Wont be making up any more moulds the night before
Going to cast it in aluminium tomorrow nite just to make sure the crucible holds enough metal
If it was easy every one would be doing it