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Lost Foam Casting: a Crankcase in Zinc Alloy
mattinker:
Al would be great for casting Zn and Zn alloys.
Regards, Matthew
vtsteam:
Feral as in not being part of the social conventional but also not apart from it in a way that uses what that society discards to support something creative.
Yes I was thinking of aluminum as one possibility for a material. Though I am sure that industry has probably already tried it somewhere early along the line of die casting technology, and moved on. Still, they didn't leave notes. So, maybe I'll just go ahead and repeat their early mistakes....
I have about ten experiments I'd like to perform today. Too bad I'm not ten people! :bang:
My big problem is I can already smell winter coming, and I shouldn't be doing any of this. I should be figuring out how to make an accessible heated shop in winter, or all this will stop for 8 months as it did last year. Time is slipping by.
Joules:
Figure a way to burn snow :thumbup:
vtsteam:
Had another go at zinc today. Altered the pattern, and it went well. This time I've got good fidelity -- the texture of the foam is plainly visible. Even the little blob of hot glue attaching the sprue got cast as zinc.
mattinker:
That looks satisfying!
Regards, Matthew
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