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| ironman:
Hi everyone For a change I melted some aluminuim and made a molding box. This video would interest beginners about how I made the parting line without trimming any sand. |
| vtsteam:
Ironman, that's a first rate flask. Modular -- so simple, and conservative of materials and molding technique compared to other aluminum versions I've seen. I got a little confused at 5:20 by what you were removing (the handles) since it looked like you had already removed the loose piece. But finally figured out that the loose piece was actually in 2 parts, one of them (I'd missed) was transparent (a handle pattern), and that part had been left in the mold when you removed the wooden part (a greensand core pattern). Wonderfully simple and straightforward and versatile all around. What I think of as elegant in design and construction. :thumbup: :bow: |
| ironman:
I had a quite a few people asking about the very same thing when they saw the video. I think some that look at the video havn't had much experience making sand molds and missed that the handle is a pattern and has to be removed from the mold. |
| Mayhem:
Thanks for posting that Ironman |
| vtsteam:
This has been on the to do list for awhile. I finally have the time to start on some new flasks. The pattern so far. Need to make the loose pieces yet. |
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