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| vtsteam:
I'm getting alumin(i)um envy! :drool: |
| ausdier:
Hey David, I hope I don't run out, just depends on the size and quantity I try and do. So always on the lookout for more scrap Don't get to envious Steve, it would be better in a cast form of a nice V8 engine. By the way how have you gone in casting Cast Iron? |
| awemawson:
I ended up with a huge pile of aluminium alloy, copper and brass ingots at my last place before I moved. It was going to be a pain to pack - several more pallets to add to my already hard enough machinery move. Realising it would be ages before I got the foundry back together (still haven't) I took it to the scrap merchant and walked away with a tidy sum. My logic was that when I'm back up and running I'll buy known material rather as NormanV has been doing for his milling machine |
| ausdier:
I am waiting until I get some real crucibles before I melt my copper and brass/bronze. I am doing all my ally in a homemade steel pot at the moment, it holds about 12kg of ally. |
| vtsteam:
ausdier, I'm sure you'll do that block when you're ready. :dremel: I haven't cast iron this summer (yet) -- haven't had the need so far. I've been exploring the other end of the spectrum -- zinc alloy. Maybe I'll get in one more iron project before cold weather. |
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