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6th September 2008, 10:21 AM #1
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G'day from the Tweed .
Hello All ,
I'm Peter .I'm a long time wood worker and occasional metal worker .Some experience of bronze casting and patternmaking ,I have a small foundry and do the odd pour .I weld when needed .
Wood wise ,I'm a carpenter who occasionally does shop work .The current hobby is building a sawn frame 34 foot cutter ....which is not getting worked on as much at the moment as it should .Another few months before I can get back to it .
The other fascination at the moment is biodiesel .I'm in the process of building a small shed and a processor to make the stuff .Preferably of good quality .
I live in the Tweed , about 140 km South of Brisbane ,up in the green hills .
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6th September 2008, 11:22 AM #2
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welcome Peter
good to have another NSW nth coaster, nice part of the world you're at
looking forward to picking your brain about bronze pours,
might as well start now,
did you build your own furnace? and what type of casting?, sand, lost wax?
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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6th September 2008, 06:07 PM #3
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Yep ,built the furnace ,I can post a few photos if you'd like .Mainly manganese bronze and greensand .I'm happy to have my brain picked about it .....is this the right part of the forum for this kind of stuff or should I go down to the hot metal guys ?
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6th September 2008, 07:47 PM #4
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Hi Peter, welcome.
Sounds interesting what you are doing.
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6th September 2008, 11:41 PM #5
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Hi Peter...and welcome!
The cutter sounds neat...how 'bout a pic of it?
Cheers,
Ed
Cheers,
Ed
Do something that is stupid and fun today, then run like hell !!!
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6th September 2008, 11:45 PM #6
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G'day, Peter, and welcome aboard.
My backyard foundry is another of my Works-In-(non)Progress. By all means, post the good stuff (with pictures, please) in the Metal Work forum.
(Might be in the boating section already, Ed.)
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Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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7th September 2008, 10:11 AM #7
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Here's a photo of the boat
Not recent but it gives an idea .I'll post down in Boats later .
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