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Title: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Gadget on December 03, 2011, 03:51:02 PM

I cast a pulley for my Gingery mill project today and recorded the operation of my oil fired furnace. Have a look, it's noisy so be warned.

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: saw on December 03, 2011, 03:54:43 PM

Nice done, will be fun to follow this projet  :thumbup:

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Bernd on December 03, 2011, 04:34:41 PM

Nice furnace you got there. I've got a propane one. Haven't done anything with it in years. Was going to build the Gingery lathe and mill. Now I'm thinking I'd like to do the shaper.

BTW, that pulley turned out very nice.

Bernd

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Gadget on December 03, 2011, 04:37:24 PM

Thanks guys. I skipped the shaper to do the mill but will probably do the shaper too. It's just too cool a machine.

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Rob.Wilson on December 03, 2011, 04:42:39 PM

 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Nicely done Gadget  :thumbup:

I always enjoy seeing casting videos  :D


Rob

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: doubleboost on December 03, 2011, 05:05:08 PM

Nicely done :thumbup: :thumbup:
Your furnace is running well on oil
Be much cheaper than my propane eater
John

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Gadget on December 03, 2011, 05:40:41 PM

Doubleboost,
All it costs me is the electricity to run the blower and air compressor. That's why I switched from propane to waste oil. It's a whole lot faster than propane too.

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: PatJ on December 03, 2011, 06:05:47 PM

I use a Hybrid Burners foundry burner built by Rex Price, in the US, and it is reported to use maybe half the propane of other burners, since it seems to be optimized for maximum fuel efficiency.

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: DaveH on December 04, 2011, 07:37:41 PM

Gadget,

Nicely done :clap: :clap: :clap:
 :beer:
DaveH

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: buffalow bill on December 06, 2011, 03:58:20 PM

Gadget,

That’s a nice furnace you have.  :clap: :clap: :clap: Could you post some info on it.

Hope you are doing a log on the build!  :beer: :beer: :beer:

Bill

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Doc on December 06, 2011, 08:23:25 PM

Looks like a nice poor!
I've always wanted to give that a try but have not.
Looks like you have a pretty nice set up.

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Gadget on December 07, 2011, 07:25:55 PM

Quote from: buffalow bill on December 06, 2011, 03:58:20 PM

Gadget,

That’s a nice furnace you have.  :clap: :clap: :clap: Could you post some info on it.

Hope you are doing a log on the build!  :beer: :beer: :beer:

Bill

Bill I'm using a Nudge burner. You can find the instructions on it here;  http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?2895-How-to-Build-a-Nudge-Burner&highlight=burner

No build post on the furnace since it's been evolving for the last 20 years.  I've been posting a build log here on the mill.

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: Bernd on December 08, 2011, 09:03:21 AM

That's a pretty neat nozzel build.

Thanks for the link.

Bernd

Title: Re: Casting pulley for my Gingery mill project
Post by: buffalow bill on December 08, 2011, 11:08:39 AM

Thanks for the link, getting my shopping list for one.

Have just started a furnace build, the problem was the burner.  Thanks again Gadget.  :headbang:

Bill