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I had some kaowool but had to buy the zircon paint. It was $150. To buy all the parts needed it would cost about $250, you could make many furnaces from whats left over.

Thankyou for watching the video. Before the internet was around there were many hobby casters in my area. With youtube and forums I now realize there are so many more Australia wide.

If anyone has access to coke or char then a novel way to melt cast iron is using a cupola. This was the way iron foundries melted their cast iron before induction furnaces took over. My cupola...

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The drum dia. is 600mm height is 150mm the rest can be adapted to what you can get hold of.

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Follwing my last post about homemade sand I thought you all maybe interested in my sand mixer as it saves a lot of work mixing the sand and breaking up the lumps after casting. Have a...

If anyone is interested in making their own green sand this recipe is for sand used for cast iron. It can also be used for aluminium or brass/bronze, just leave out the coal dust addition. Have a...

Nick

I've had similar problems with petrobond. I mull it and then one hour later it has a dry feel to it, adding oil to it helps a bit. The sand feels really good after a casting session...

When melting aluminium it would last a long time, but melting cast iron expect less. Crucibles are the same deal they will not last as long melting cast iron but with aluminium they will last a long...

Thank you for looking at the video.

I was pouring cast iron in the video.

Kaowool can be found in the yellow pages under insulation/refractories.

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If anyone is interested in melting cast iron I have made a video about how to make a small furnace that will run on propane and takes about 30 minutes to melt the...