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24th August 2014, 04:17 PM #1
Source of Aluminium ingots
Hi guys,
Does anyone have a source for aluminium ingots?
I have someone local making me a furnace (he normally makes gas forges) and need to feed it.....
Cheers,
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Hi Ueee,
Have you considered buying aluminum engine parts from a wreckers ? You should be able to obtain aluminum cylinder heads and engine blocks at scrap metal prices. Unless you need a specific alloy, in which case you'd probably be back to having to buy the much more expensive ingots, if you can find a supplier who will sell you less that a whole semi-trailer load of ingots. When I needed to buy aluminum ingots for a project a few years ago, I found it impossible to buy small quantities retail.
Back in 2008, I had some replacement Aluminum castings made as part of restoring an old marine engine. The bloke who did the casting for me used an old Magna Cylinder Head that I'd got from the wreckers. I think I paid about $20.00 for the cracked and warped cylinder head. When I bought it, the wreckers had already stripped the head of all non-alloy parts and cleaned it, ready for recycling, so apart from cutting up into bite sized bits, it was ready to be fed to the furnace.
Just a suggestion,
Regards,
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29th August 2014, 01:33 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Ew as Roy said. I have a deal with a few local mechanics and they keep anything alloy for me, and at Christmas I give them a carton. The only thing to be carefull of is that a lot of auto part sourced alloy can have steel dowels and seats embedded in the alloy. When I do my pour I run it through a kitchen sieve to catch the impurities.
rgds,
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29th August 2014, 11:45 PM #5
Thanks guys,
I'll talk to some of the wreckers and see what i can come up with.
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