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If casting is your thing then this one is for you. weather it's lost-wax, plaster or sand casting, iron, bronze, precious metals or anything else. This is the forum for you,

  1. Scrap Ali for Casting

    Started by wheelinround, 9th June 2014 02:40 PM
    ali, casting, fellows, scrap, sydney
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 2,542
    wheelinround
    13th June 2014, 09:27 AM Go to last post

  2. how can you melt aluminum without a furnace

    Started by welder, 20th September 2011 10:27 PM
    aluminium, aluminum, cast, cylinder, cylinders, extrusion, furnace, furncance, gas, helium, ingots, melt, pile, size, wondering
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 16,781
    Ueee
    2nd October 2012, 07:34 PM Go to last post

  3. Moulding machinist wax in sand issue

    Started by variant22, 6th April 2013 07:28 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    bit, box, building, chance, clump, foundry, green, hope, ideas, issue, machinist, moulding, moved, paraffin, pattern, people, pouring, quiet, sand, seeping, shape, spent, square, stop, straight, thread, time, wax, waxy, wood 9 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 3,984
    Ueee
    15th August 2014, 11:59 PM Go to last post

  4. Any petrobond sand suppliers in Tasmania?

    Started by variant22, 2nd April 2013 02:43 PM
    casting, hunt, ideas, petrobond, sand, suppliers, tasmania, tassie
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,972
    variant22
    8th April 2013, 11:06 AM Go to last post

  5. Source of Aluminium ingots

    Started by Ueee, 24th August 2014 04:17 PM
    aluminium, ingots, source
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,235
    eskimo
    5th September 2014, 05:28 PM Go to last post

  6. Suitable Oil/Diesel Burner?

    Started by Ueee, 11th June 2013 09:06 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    alloy, ally, boiler, burner, chance, cheers, copper, fine, found, manual, melting, oil or diesel, oil/diesel, online, output, picked, selectos, suitable 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 3,912
    Ueee
    20th July 2013, 07:20 PM Go to last post

  7. Furnace build

    Started by Ueee, 29th August 2014 11:53 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    build, furnace 15 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
    • Views: 6,601
    wheelinround
    9th April 2015, 12:20 PM Go to last post

  8. castable refractory

    Started by texx, 22nd September 2013 04:37 PM
    adjustable, aswell, avenue, blanket, bought, built, burner, castable, found, heat, hold, hooked, johno, listed, lpg, mind, nicely, outer, petrobond, refractory, reg, roars, searched, sells, shell, short, superwool, supply, welding, yeah
    • Replies: 3
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    texx
    25th February 2014, 12:44 PM Go to last post

  9. re ceramic blanket

    Started by texx, 2nd September 2013 01:27 PM
    1/4, 145, blanket, bucks, buy, ceramic, cut, found, furnace, insulation, johno, realy, roll, sections, sell, seller, wondering 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,601
    fxst
    5th September 2013, 10:47 PM Go to last post

  10. Small crucible

    Started by surfdabbler, 21st April 2014 10:28 PM
    aluminium, amounts, bit, brass, cheap, cheapest, crucible, crucibles, custom, ebay, forming, future, gas, gold/silver, hobbyist, machining, melt, melting, melts, metal, possibly, prep, prior, quartz, silica, small, suitable, torch, true, warm
    • Replies: 0
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    surfdabbler
    21st April 2014, 10:28 PM Go to last post

  11. Calcium Aluminate Cement

    Started by Stustoys, 16th June 2013 10:00 PM
    aluminate, aluminium, calcium, cement, crucible, picked, refractory, steel, stuart, wash
    • Replies: 3
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    festy_
    18th July 2013, 08:03 PM Go to last post

  12. Furnace Build(likely to be very slow)

    Started by Stustoys, 22nd June 2013 04:04 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    14-10sp, 1600c, 20g, 300mm, 80mm, bhn, blanket, block, bottom, buildlikely, burners, ceramic, diameter, fibers, furnace, happen, info, isolite, isowool, oil, ray, reread, rigidiezer, sdn, sealer, slow, stuart, thick, threads, waiting 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 43
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    Stustoys
    15th July 2013, 04:18 PM Go to last post

  13. Any good books since David Gingery #1

    Started by steamingbill, 6th September 2013 12:32 PM
    bentonite, bill, blades, book, books, couple, dam, david, drill, floors, food, gingery, gingerys, glorified, good, grind, mix, pellets, powder, press, processing, putting, read, sand, sealing, sort, times, websites, wondering, written
    • Replies: 1
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    Big Shed
    6th September 2013, 12:39 PM Go to last post

  14. Nice bit of lateral thinking

    Started by steamingbill, 8th September 2013 06:37 PM
    belt, bill, bit, burn, casting, chap, chaps, clever, cos, epoxies, epoxy, granite, hot, keen, lateral, learn, metal, method, nice, post, pulley, relevant, started, thinking, thread, timing
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,400
    clear out
    9th September 2013, 10:47 PM Go to last post

  15. Making a foundry for a one off pour?

    Started by simonl, 27th May 2013 08:03 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    achieve, beads, blank, blower, bronze, burner, casting, correct, difficult, foundry, gear, heat, making, material, melt, mould, obtain, people, phosphor, pot, pour, pouring, proper, questions, replacement, scrap, simple, temps, terms, time 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 15
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    johnc
    30th May 2013, 11:25 PM Go to last post

  16. The Charcoal Foundry

    Started by silentC, 11th April 2007 04:59 PM
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5
    aluminium, assumed, black, book, bottom, called, charcoal, charcoal-fuelled, david, describes, fire, foundry, furnace, gingery, left, lumpy, melting, simple, stuff
    • Replies: 63
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    hughie
    5th September 2009, 10:44 PM Go to last post

  17. Aluminium course :-) INFO

    Started by SawDustSniffer, 27th February 2013 11:38 PM
    3000, alloys, aluminium, days, home, info, lol, page, pages, papers, reading, talat, worth, writon
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,820
    fxst
    2nd March 2013, 01:42 PM Go to last post

  18. Aluminium Foam

    Started by SawDustSniffer, 18th November 2012 02:27 PM
    ,heat, 0723081758.htm, 10%, absorption, adding, additive, adjusting, aluminium, bubbles, calcium, carbonate, chemical, energy, foam, hand, happen, hollow, larger, melt, page, pool, powder, properties, readily, shield, size, sound, steel, weight, _mjom_1603.pdf
    • Replies: 3
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    jatt
    20th November 2012, 09:20 PM Go to last post

  19. Diesel Powered FURNACE build

    Started by SawDustSniffer, 28th September 2012 09:38 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    234617234616234615, 30mm, 50mm, build, burn, cast, cnc, crucible, diesel, fire, fuel, furnace, head, hole, hot, hour, inside, metal, misting, object, polyurethane, powered, pressure, rated, section, size, speckle, surface, temp, tube 31 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 28
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    eskimo
    24th October 2012, 02:36 PM Go to last post

  20. Casting Tools Part 5 - Casting a part

    Started by RayG, 5th January 2012 12:48 AM
    avoids, bit, bits, casting, clumps, completely, continued, core, covered, drag, exceed, flip, light, nice, pack, pattern, petrobond, pictures, powder, proper, rammer, riddle, screed, sheet, shovel, simple, split, step, tight, tools
    • Replies: 4
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    RayG
    5th January 2012, 01:43 PM Go to last post

  21. Melbourne Foundry Suppliers

    Started by RayG, 9th July 2009 08:42 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 4
    $80, 1425, 3175, alloy, aluminium, bags, bronze, cast, cerachem, ceramic, crucible, crucibles, dandenong, fluxes, foundry, ingots, melbourne, metal, pint, pouring, powder, roll, scrap, sell, silicon, street, stuff, suppliers, tablets, temperature
    • Replies: 55
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    epineh
    28th April 2012, 11:41 PM Go to last post

  22. Casting Tools Part 1

    Started by RayG, 3rd November 2011 01:37 PM
    bronze, cast, casting, critical, crucible, crucibles, determined, dimensions, flat, furnace, gloves, handling, iron, lifting, liquid, metal, nice, plate, pour, pouring, radiation, shield, skimming, suggest, suit, time, titanium, tongs, tools, wearing
    • Replies: 2
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    matthew_g
    3rd November 2011, 04:15 PM Go to last post

  23. Casting Tools Part 2 - Burners

    Started by RayG, 3rd November 2011 04:58 PM
    air, aspirated, blower, blue, burner, burners, cast, casting, cone, fine, flame, flare, forced, gas, hot, inlet, iron, jet, mixture, over-engineered, section, sliding, speed, temperatures, tinge, tools, tub, tubing, variac, velocity
    • Replies: 12
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    19brendan81
    12th December 2011, 10:07 AM Go to last post

  24. Casting Tools Part 4 - Sand Casting Tools

    Started by RayG, 10th November 2011 09:06 PM
    bonded, book, bottom, called, casting, compound, connections, cope, covers, cutting, drag, fine, flask, flasks, home, oil, overview, pattern, patterns, powder, quick, recommend, sand, snap, talcum, time, told, tools, top, trowell
    • Replies: 8
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    19brendan81
    9th December 2011, 12:03 PM Go to last post

  25. Casting Tools Part 3 - Furnace Design and Construction

    Started by RayG, 6th November 2011 07:11 PM
    blanket, bottom, cast, casting, ceramic, construction, crucible, design, fibre, furnace, hole, inside, iron, layer, lid, lift, melted, melting, metal, picture, plinth, pure, pyrocrete, rotate, steel, stop, temperature, temperatures, tools, wires
    • Replies: 10
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    matthew_g
    7th November 2011, 01:27 PM Go to last post

  26. Forced Air LPG Burner Mk2

    Started by RayG, 26th May 2011 11:15 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    addition, air, block, blower, burner, ceramic, cleaner, complicated, develop, flare, flared, forced, free, furnace, hope, inside, interim, lpg, mk2, mounting, planning, pressure, ray, running, spa, temporary, testing, tuning, vacuum, variac
    • Replies: 26
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    Stustoys
    6th June 2011, 12:50 AM Go to last post

  27. Foundry Myths

    Started by RayG, 26th October 2012 02:27 PM
    channel, experiments, found, foundry, gippsland, guy, informative, keen, luckygen1001's, myths, ray, repeat, video, videos, youtube
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,926
    clear out
    7th March 2013, 11:14 PM Go to last post

  28. Newcastle Furnace Material Suppliers

    Started by pippin88, 15th September 2014 05:07 PM
    furnace, material, newcastle, suppliers
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,286
    pippin88
    10th April 2015, 09:03 PM Go to last post

  29. Oil burner

    Started by phaser, 22nd August 2015 05:52 PM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,716
    DSEL74
    26th August 2015, 11:55 AM Go to last post

  30. Identifying Aluminium

    Started by Oldneweng, 3rd August 2013 05:01 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    aluminium, bits, casting, collect, dean, egt, found, identify, identifying, method, unsure
    • Replies: 23
    • Views: 3,752
    Oldneweng
    18th August 2013, 10:33 AM Go to last post
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