Casting a Magnet Chainsaw Vise

Recycled some scrap hard drives into a magnet vise for sharpening chainsaws.
Lost foam Casting
Melting metal is dangerous and should be down at your own risk. Lots of people get hurt. Your skin may heal but your eyes wont. Wear PPE.

[@ericrhetta8412]

Love the project! I think I might need to make one for my saw! Great video too.

[@stevesrt8]

Thanks man. Do you do any casting? It’s pretty sweet. Worth making one for sure. Cheers

[@AliMackMechanical]

Thats awesome Steve I like it buddy Clever the best way to recycle the old hard drive's to 😊

[@stevesrt8]

Thanks man. Works great. Super handy. Cheers

[@Mr-Mojo92]

That is a cool idea 💡 I like that idea a chainsaw holder made from aluminum hard drives awesome 👍

[@stevesrt8]

hard drives were perfect lol. even came with the magnets i needed. cheers

[@ralphmourik]

Brilliant! Great stuff 👍👊

[@stevesrt8]

Thanks Ralph. Works really good. Cheerd

[@Mr-Mojo92]

Okay now it makes a lot more sense at the end That's a video it's for sharpening a chainsaw and to make sure it doesn't move around That's a good idea 💡

[@stevesrt8]

Super handy. works really well. cheers

[@ChatterontheWire]

Good use for those old HDs, both for the magnets and the alum!

[@stevesrt8]

Really convenient lol. Cheerd buddy

[@ThatsRightRecycling]

Awesome job Stevesrt8

[@stevesrt8]

Cheers buddy.

[@kisoia]

Nice pour, no flame or smoke :)

[@stevesrt8]

Yeah man! Beauty for sure. Cheers

[@numbskullskills]

Sweet bud, every tailgate is steel. Glad to see yeah, hiws the oil burner commin.

[@stevesrt8]

Works great on our chipper! Haven’t played with the oil burner. I have some ideas but need to source some materials. Project for the fall when it cools down

[@numbskullskills]

@@stevesrt8 looks great, it's probably one of those million dollar inventions.

[@stevesrt8]

@@numbskullskills lol. I’m sure people in China are making them now as we speak lmao

[@ScorpionMetals]

Love the idea! Well done. Only question I have is how to get those magnetics off the metal so they can be used on something else.

[@stevesrt8]

I grip the bracket with some vise grips. Then bang it on something hard like a bench vise. You will see the magnet shift. Then you can slide it off. You do lose the metal coating on the back but it doesn’t matter if you plan to epoxy it down. Cheers

[@ScorpionMetals]

@@stevesrt8 sweet! Thanks

[@HeinrichsMade]

Bro, why did you cut the video so short? Only 1 pour? Also I don't know why your lost foam doesn't smoke nearly as much as mine.

[@stevesrt8]

Yeah. The video is for a bit of a competition with some other guys. We were limited to 5 mins max. I had to cut a lot lol. I find you get a lot cleaner pour if you leave the bare minimum sticking out of the sand. Plus keeping a full cab helps as well I think. Cheers

[@HeinrichsMade]

@@stevesrt8 oh I see. I don't leave a lot sticking out of the sand normally. So that's definitely not the case , 🤣

[@stevesrt8]

@@HeinrichsMade they were beauty pours. They all don’t go like that. I think a thinner coat helps with ventilation g also. Maybe you’re a bit thicker than mine e.

[@HHRecycling]

That's cool. Is there a way to cast the magnets in the metal?

[@stevesrt8]

I don’t know what that temperature would do to the magnets.

[@HHRecycling]

@@stevesrt8 me neither!