Sand Casting Basics, Step by Step S2-E58

[@bostonpaulmakes6927]

Thanks Bob- another great video. You strike a great balance between enough detail to give depth and spark interest without going too deep for folks who prefer to go to West Marine for their metalwork outfitting.

[@AcornToArabella]

Your shop, man. THE ORGANIZATION.

[@lacleman9394]

Bob, truly impressive. A fantastic video. Clear, precise, logical and expertly filmed and explained. Bravo!

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

AWESOME!! Let's go watch it all again! I've sent been waiting patiently for this!

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Thanks Dwayne! I'm glad you liked it. Cheers, Bob

[@4englishlies875]

Thank you Bob for the good old memories of high school, my school had a foundry and machine shop in it . I remember setting a aluminum pheasant and pouring that thing like 15 times to get it prefect for a fathers day gift. Had no thought of those times in a long time. Thanks again.

[@scottgorman7166]

That is very interesting. Thnk you for sharing the process, your skills and knowledge.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

My pleasure!

[@edwardbarker2506]

Bob, A great tutorial. Thanks so much. You are able to break a seemingly difficult process into very doable task.

[@the-selfish-meme7585]

That was lush! Thank You.

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Glad to have you back Bob. Building boats is a pretty intense project and adding video editing more than doubles the stress and complexity so take the time you need to spend with your family and recharge your batteries. Excellent presentation of the general process of casting. Thank you and have a good week ahead.

[@mkbman45]

Bob's back and all is right in my world!🙂

[@TrapShooter68]

Glad to see you back in 2022. Also glad to see that you don't have to step over any hot equipment with your new setup!

[@plakor6133]

Is it Superbowl Sunday? No! It's a new Bob video, much better! I learned how to properly light my little propane forge from the last one.

[@davidc6510]

Such precision and skill that you make it look so easy Bob! Thanks for sharing!

[@lennysheldon7685]

thanks for all the useful info and instruction!

[@mickfisch96]

Hi Bob thank you for your great video. I learnt so much not just technically but observing you deliberate calm approach showed me patience in a process.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Hi Michael, So happy you liked it and found it useful. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Bob

[@steveschwartz6138]

Casting has always been a mystery to me. Your video made it simple to understand. Thanks.

[@campbellmj9405]

Excellent as usual. Glad you are back and recharged.

[@stanmoderate4460]

I'll never be doing a casting but the knowledge is priceless and enjoyable to watch.

[@ulie1960]

Happy New Year and a big Thank You for your detailed showing of the casting prozess. Recently in my house I found a wooden box with a lot of those spoon and/or trowel like tools together with some brushes with very fine hair and even a needle like the welding rod you used for the small vents. I was told by my mother in law that this is the box my father in law had when he was learning the profession of a "Former", that was the german word for the mold builder back in the early 1950s. (It was a profession you could learn from 1935 to 1997 in Germany. Before and after this part was included in other job descriptions.) Later he advanced to the manager of the foundry in my home town, so I could meet his daughter in the 1980s. Even if I got to see the foundry on a open day, I never got a insight into the trade this detailed. And now I can at least imagine how those tools in the box were used. Thank You again for your informative and great videos.

[@richardsiddon610]

A slightly belated happy new year! Best wishes for 2022…

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Outstanding video Bob, glad to see you back again. One thing I take from these videos is as much as you think you need to hurry when casting you really can take your time and do things smoothly and safely. Those cleats look great even in the raw.

[@dp7661]

Super video Bob. Teacher, artist, boat builder. A+ in all categories!

[@franklied5090]

Vielen Dank, super erklärt, klasse gefilmt und geniales Motto ("When you make it...)

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Danke schön

[@robgosse9923]

Really informative! Nice work

[@thomasarussellsr]

Beautifully and masterfully done. Also very well explained with a great vocabulary lesson. You, sir, are a teacher as well as an accomplished artist. I love this channel. Other channels may be building bigger boats over much longer periods of time, but you teach us more detailed lessons. It is the combination of channels that is furthering my education, for sure. "Tips from a Shipwtight", "Acorn to Arabella", "Tally-Ho", "Salt and Tar", and you, sir, are the main channels I watch, but there are others on building and sailing, as well as timber framing, welding, and automotive that I watch that encourage me to believe that if I am ever in the financial situation to take on such a task, that I too could tackle a boat of my own. Thanks for the inspiration and lessons.

[@rogerogrant]

I’ve been watching your videos for at least an hour straight and cannot get enough! One of the best channels on youtube. 😊 You mention that your cleat mold is to final dimension, but I’ve read that molds are usually oversize due to shrinkage. Have you found that not to be the case?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Yes, bronze does shrink about 2.5%. If one was making a part where tolerances are tight shrinkage should be a consideration. In the case of the bronze parts for the boat it really doesn't matter.

[@millo8186]

excellent as usual.. have a wonderful 2022..

[@ecaan]

Glad to see how importance you give in following good practices in installing your process equipment. I’m referring to the proper distance your exhaust duct goes above ceiling line and thus allowing dust fumes to be properly dispersed In the environmental.

[@henrikstenlund5385]

Thank you Sir, this was an excellent presentation

[@glencrandall7051]

I remember doing some casting in metal shop in Jr Hi. They were much simpler pieces though. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day

[@mjmdiver1137]

I wonder if we all did that in HS back in the way-back machine. We did aluminum, which is a much easier metal to use (cheaper, too) but it was realy enjoyable to learn the process.

[@acraftman2823]

Very enjoyable series ,Thanks for taking the time and effort sharing your knowledge Dottore.

[@dion9146]

Best Saturday morning of the new year! Nice job as usual Bob

[@victorroios]

Fantastic video! Thanks for the class

[@davidmoore5021]

Thanks for sharing

[@jamesdabney9479]

Great Video

[@johnlastname2397]

totally fascinating thanks for the time and effort

[@Rsama60]

Welcome back amd Happy New Year. The organization of the foundry area are much better now, no more stepping over gas hoses and tools. And btw. Thanks you for the very detailed explanations.

[@horatiohornblower868]

Very informative as always! You're a born teacher!

[@billmeldrum2509]

Fascinating. Thanks. 🇨🇦

[@MCsCreations]

Happy new year, Bob! 😊 Really beautiful work! And thanks a lot for all the theory and tips! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@bake162]

Thanks, that was informative

[@ChathamJackTar]

Superb. Grateful.

[@MrKubaitis]

Super!!! Thank you Professor!!!!

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Glad you liked it!

[@petterandersson7429]

Very nice overview.

[@garyfroeschner2523]

good stuff

[@ecaan]

Glad to see how you do pay attention to details and good practices in installing your process equipment. I’m referring to how height u

[@charles.neuman18]

Interesting process. A couple questions: When you scrape off the dross and put it on the floor, what happens to it after? Do you end up splattering bronze on the floor that would solidify and stay on the floor? In the case of the studio at the university, after scraping off the dross you bang the tool on the steel grate. Isn't there a build-up of solidified bronze and dross on the tools, on the grate, and below the grate? Also, when you scrape the crucible at the end, what happens to the bronze that you can't scrape out? Once it cools off, it's stuck there.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Hi Charles, The dross is just junk and is discarded. Scraping carefully there is very little bronze. If there is it tends to solidify on the steel scraper. So no to bronze on the floor and yes on the tool, which can be easily removed in the next pouring by heating the scraper. The scraping of the crucible is to remove bronze from it. Not good for the crucible to have large deposits of bronze in it as it cools. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching! Bob

[@wayneledford5131]

Bob, have you considered getting a PAPR like the 3M Versaflo? The constant breeze across the inside of the hood really helps with heat not to mention the fantastic filtration!

[@hawazz1]

Thanks for the video, Bob! I have never cast anything but I feel I got the essentials now. Just an idea: you could add two vertical guides and some small pieces to the bottom of the venting splitted tube so the wood could fit and get rit of the clamps. 😁

[@jamesbain2791]

Bob, are you sure you need to build a boat? I believe that you can walk on water! Great tutorial. I look forward to the next video.

[@thomasnewton9818]

Thanks for the excellent video and additional information. Check out forced air burners. You can use a cheap bounce house blower.

[@gumbykevbo]

Hey Bob, it sounds like the manifold connection may solve your propane bottle chilling issues, but here are a couple other ideas if it isn’t a 100% solution. Both involve safe ways to warm the bottles, and can be used in combination with the manifold. The first way is just to aim a decent fan at the bottles, warming them with room temperature air. People tend to think of fans as cooling devices, so have trouble seeing how this works. Moving air really increases heat transfer, hence the concept of wind chill, or convection (poorly named) ovens. Another thing you can do is place the bottles in a tub of water. It needn’t be hot, but starting out lukewarm is helpful. The evaporation of the propane is then trying to freeze the water, so the water is transferring it’s latent heat of crystallization to the propane. Again this confuses people, because you are using freezing water as a heat source. This will keep the bottles at 32F where propane still has decent vapor pressure of 50-60 psi. You may need to occasionally scrape the ice off the bottles with a spatula. Finally, you said you have a 150 btu burner, which just can’t be right. 150 btu/hr. Is a largish pilot light. 150btu/minute is still too small to ice a 20lb bottle. Seeing that burner in the background, it looks similar to 80,000 btu/hr, units I have seen for sale. If it is 150,000 btu/hr, then no wonder your bottles are icing!

[@drop_dtuned6167]

While you were prepping the casting flask, I could hear the furnace in the background. How long does it take to melt the bronze?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

I believe I mention it in the video. It takes around 1 hour and 20 minuets. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Bob

[@bitengoleg2653]

Познавательно и доступно для начинающих! Скажите а какое соотношение песка и глины бентонитовой ? Используете ли флюс на основе фосфористой меди? С баллонами я поступаю проще нагреваю их в процессе плавки электронагревателем

[@Crispkingguy]

What do you think about Leo pouring the lead ballast Keel for Tally Ho?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Waiting and watching.

[@kathysarmcandy1992]

Just catching up here via Acorn-, does the math work the same for the passages if a different metal is used, say aluminum. I thinking differing surface tensions.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

This process I learned from fellow casters that use aluminum. So, yes it works the same for bronze. Thanks for watching!

[@billbriggs2309]

I greatly enjoy your very well done videos, Bob. For the propane you mentioned 130 Btu. I am somewhat familiar with small temporary heaters,. The ones I have run from 19,000 Btu up to 250,000. Did you mean 130K? Or not.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Hi Bill, Yes, you’re correct, I meant to say 130,000 btu’s Thanks for watching! Cheers, Bob

[@mjmdiver1137]

Great video Bob... I wonder about the vent solution... wow well did it work? The reason I ask is that it is quite long/high and has a couple 90-degree elbows (I think 4?) so that I could imagine that it won't draft well until it heats up substantially, which could be a long time. I am wondering if you may benefit from putting a larger reducing adapter (or a second larger one) to ensure more of the hot gasses go up the flue rather then go around the flue into the space or if you might need to put a small fan on it to ensure that you aren't getting a cold stack impact on the exhaust flue effectiveness.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Thanks for your comment. It is working well. The furnace heats the flue up quite quickly. So much so that within just a few minutes it to hot to touch with out a welding glove on. The idea of a fan has occurred to me, I when as far as pricing one. My thought was that I'd see how it did as is. I'm very pleased with its performance. Still might add a fan if I switch to natural gas. Thanks again for your thoughtful comment and watch! Cheers, Bob

[@mjmdiver1137]

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Bob, I've really enjoyed watching your boat building and tool making videos for the last few years. Always worth the time to sit and watch. After this boat, can I suggest a dragon-class racer? Now that is a boat that I would especially love to build myself...

[@grandmajosephine383]

Bob, appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I have the same problem with a 20lb propane tank freezing up in the winter while running my forge. Do you think wrapping an electric heating blanket around the tank would be effective (and safe)?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

I'm very happy with my manifold set up. I've done several more firings since the video. I can report that the tanks did not freeze in the over one hour melt time. I consulted a propane expert near me and followed his recommendations. He did not mention heating the tank. I have hear of folks doing that. However, if I where you find and expert and get their recommendation.

[@grandmajosephine383]

@@TheArtofBoatBuilding ok, thanks. Will do.

[@gumbykevbo]

@@grandmajosephine383 I offered a couple of suggestions for SAFE ways to warm propane tanks in another comment to this video.

[@grandmajosephine383]

@@gumbykevbo Thanks Mr. Kevbo, I just read your suggestions. The fans won't work for me because I am in an unheated and uninsulated shop so my room temperature is pretty much outdoor temp. Also quite a distance from a water source. The water container did seem to work when I was forging from the insulated, nonheated garage attached to the house in the olden days.

[@cellacostanza1943]

What is the ratio of sand to bentonite?

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

I did not mix my own sand. I purchased it as the sand is much finer that play sand that most use. www.greendiamondpm.com/foundry-products Thanks for watching!

[@MaShcode]

Similar to glass crafting you never know whether its a keeper until it cools down.

[@rossfudd256]

Surprised you didn't mention sodium silicate additive and CO2 curing for hard setting sand. But maybe you'll touch on it in a later vid.

[@TheArtofBoatBuilding]

Hi Ross, I don't see a need for a core as of yet, according to the plans. If I do make a core it will be as you suggested using. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Bob