Aluminum Star Casting part 2

[@ShawnChristopher10101]

This is by far the best video on casting and foundry building I've seen! As someone who's getting into this and in planning stages, I'm really thankful for your indepth explanation and demonstration.

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi Shawn, thank you very much for your comment highly appreciated;-)

[@ArcadeGames]

This is fantastic, I like the way you go over safety, there was a lot of things I didn't know until I watched this. Amazing!

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi ArcadeGames. thanks for you comment.

[@NBryanBlack]

Very nice job on the video! I got lots of neat tricks to try when I am building mine, including the ingot tray, the safety and convenience tip of pouring your ingots over a bed of sand.and something as simple as marking which sides go down on the flasks, although I may change that to which side goes UP when I do it for mine. I did wonder, in part 1, about your gating technique. Most of the videos that I have seen would either build in the riser when filling in the cope, or cut in from the bottom of the cope while you are taking out the pattern rather than taking the cope off and on so many times. Then again most of the other videos that I have watched had the extra riser somewhere on the other side of the casting, not as a separate branch. Your method certainly seems to work, and I am commenting without actually having any casting experience yet! Again, good video, and you certainly gave me more good tips than questions, so thanks!

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi Bryan, big thank you for your kind comment, I hope you had success with your foundry setup, I would be interested to hear how was you experience with aluminum casting, any interesting castings?

[@eddie2799]

Excellent video. That star came out awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@Flamingfurnace]

Thanks for your comment, I was also impressed from the finished quality of the aluminum casting.

[@eviltwinx]

Excited to hear that you will be doing more videos!

[@Flamingfurnace]

Thank you for your comment I will definitely create some more videos this year.

[@PhezterGamingChannel]

Wonderful Video! Much better and cleaner method of casting a Complete Items, without having flat backs.You got a new Sub!

[@Flamingfurnace]

This is part two following my first tutorial of how to cast aluminum star from scrap aluminum. In this video I cover more the setup of the actual homemade foundry and the actual aluminum pouring.

[@mccloskey4418]

i love the effort yo put in your videos.

[@tholaalw8647]

please make more video. I like your videos. You are very good at explaining keep up the good work.

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi TholleVR, I am happy to hear that you like my videos, I was out for some time got coughs up in life twister ;-), I am back now and I have new videos.

[@freedomfightereric9064]

Outstanding video!! Very well done!! Thank you!!

[@therunningxfree]

Would you make a video about how to cast, and specifically polish a casted object that has more complex surfaces and angles as opposed to flat, easily polished ones? Great video

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi Pat, Thanks for your comment I will definitely make some videos in the future covering more complex castings and perhaps a specific video for aluminum polish ;-)

[@ahdefga]

I was looking forward to this video, great result! How much does the aluminium star weigh?

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi thanks for your comment the aluminum star weights ~850gr.

[@jamiebenjamin7897]

whats the best chemical to use to clean aluminum? in particular, i'm looking for a liquid that cleans aluminium soda can tabs. any advice?

[@COWBOYDIY]

Nice one will do this in our Videos cheerers.... You have inspire us ;) great work keep it up.

[@KennethHayes08XX]

This is a good video you really covered a lot.

[@Flamingfurnace]

Thank you for your comment.

[@cIick_bait]

You should gather all of your scrap aluminum (the triangles, tin can castings, etc.) and build a huge steel mold, and melt all of the aluminum, and pour it in to the mold to make a gigantic ingot.

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

very nice

[@rexczi6299]

if you degas the aluminium, it doesnt matter where its from right? or doesnt it matter at all?

[@Flamingfurnace]

Well It is recommended to use high grade aluminum for example old aluminum car parts, once you degas it should work the same with any aluminum alloy in removing the gas bubbles and raising the impurities above the molten aluminum.

[@rexczi6299]

***** so after begasing the amulinium is the same even if it was soda cans vs car parts?

[@Flamingfurnace]

Olav Amh Yes the degassing will do the same job and its a must if you are melting cans as they are full of impurities. I am always amazed of the small amount of aluminum you get from melting cans and so much dross ;-)

[@rexczi6299]

***** just yesterday i melted these pipes, from an old "sun umbrella?" (lol) and it had like almost 8 times the dross ugh

[@markfryer9880]

Very well done, I liked that you covered safety and everything else except for de-gassing the aluminium just before you pour. Check out myfordboy's site for further tips. If you want to improve your welding skills visit welding tips and tricks. com. That ingot tray is a very good idea that I was thinking of doing myself and will definitely do now.

[@Flamingfurnace]

Hi Mark, thank's you for your comment much appreciated, your are correct regarding the de-gassing, when I made the video I thought about it but never added it to the video, I will place a comment in the video casting part ;-)