Homemade Pulley Made From Beer Cans - Melting Aluminium #3

Melting and casting a pulley from beer cans in the mini metal foundry into a bucket. #eestiyoutuber #donndiy #meltingaluminium

[@fpreston9527]

for me, there's nothing more satisfying than watching rough cast metal being turned on a lathe

[@ianrutherford878]

I worked in an aluminium foundry.We wore face and eye protection and always heated any tools that were going to be dipped into the molten metal so they were HOT before dipping.(Just put the business end in the flames for a few minutes).Even a small amount of condensation on cooler steel will generate enough steam to blow the molten metal up and far.I never saw anyone forget to do it but I heard the horror stories.

[@tallandhandsome29]

Nice job. Sometimes rescuing these old engines is a worthwhile project in itself and to do so using recycled material is especially satisfying.

[@AlumiTube]

Great video!!!

[@samuelm9098]

Genius man. pure genius. I love it.

[@badhonebrahim7707]

i just love it ,more unicqe projects like this pls... these cant be found anywhere on youtube,,,

[@lucianoguerra9013]

I'm sure I could do it to but I would have to wait a few years. I have the knowledge but not the machines . That was amazing. You Forged your own pulley and put it to work. I've seen the smelting of aluminum an them pouring into molds but you are the first I have seen do it all. Thank You Loader.

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you for watching. ;)

[@mechanicalmonster2115]

That was ridiculously awesome! Whats up with that fuel injection system for your smelter? I haven't seen that yet in your vids, looks cool.

[@marcelopazmino4861]

Buena idea de acoplar a la polea de Aluminio una brida de acero, felicitaciones y gracias por compartir.

[@es5ape]

First time I see something useful from beer cans :) good job!

[@DonnDIY]

Beer cans are the most useful things in the world - they hold the drink of the gods - beer! :D

[@00BillieTurf00]

Sir, you managed to put a smile of admiration on my face! Legendary stuff!

[@DonnDIY]

I'm glad you like it!

[@JelckedeBoer]

I like your vintage lathe a lot. Bought an old beast myself this week. Thanks for the nice content.

[@leslieaustin151]

Now that was great. Really well done and brilliant use of what others throw away. Nice job. Les

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching! ;)

[@davescopes249]

This is most probably for quite a bit of weight. You made it brilliantly 👍. In my home gym I made one for my home made Smith machine. I made it from a supermarket trolley wheel. Works faaaaantastic. 🛒😂😂😂

[@mikunan]

Really cool,,, and ingenious, thanks for showing .

[@user-gc3ov1vw7f]

Хорошо получилось! Спасибо за видео.

[@carlinhosoli9013]

Parabéns! Um ótimo trabalho!

[@patrickkabuki7049]

WOW 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. You inspired me. I want to build a few of my parts...I might go the casting way though. Thanks.

[@carlosiglesias7930]

La verdad un capo ....genial tu trabajo ...

[@amarjeetsingh-nw4gd]

I have made connecting rod, pistons, cylinder blocks and other motorcycle engine parts via this technique of old discontinued models

[@jugernauz]

That was some kind of cool!

[@shadesCAN]

For anyone who cant afford a lathe try your luck using a sand cast. Just get some high density styrofoam used for basement insulation. Cut out the diameter pulley you want in the styrofoam. A small chunk of ready rod placed in the center of your styrofoam with washers and nuts. Stick the ready rod in a drill chuck and then secure the drill so you can spin your styrofoam blank . As the drill spins the blank just use files and a wood chisel lightly to make the blank true and then make it in to styrofoam copy of the pulley you want. Then go watch how to sand cast. Pack your blank firm so there is no air pockets leaving one side of the blank uncovered ,then use 2 pipes or dowels ect for making pouring holes, placed on top of the blank and then cover up and pack the blank tight in sand, then pull pipes out without making sand fall in the pour holes. Pour the molten aluminum in to one of your holes and the foam pulley will be gone in a second and when you see aluminum come up the other hole in your cast your done. take the cast pulley and cut the two pieces off from pouring put back on your drill and clean up the rough spots and you have weaker pulley because it was a cast. If you make a nice cast from a balanced blank and have good pour, your cast pulley will work fine on a small engine .

[@kennethkustren9381]

WOW !!! You should have a CHANNEL, ... and make some vids !! LMFAO.

[@kevinsmith8516]

Awesome and so simple!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers!

[@haroldroth9832]

Its great watching a pro do their magi .

[@cranki6316]

I could make one. All I need is a lathe and to drink 3 cases of beer. I'll start with the beer.

[@mihkus]

Cranki You need like 1000 cans to make such pulley...

[@cranki6316]

Wanna come over and drink some beer?

[@mihkus]

Cranki Absolutely.

[@DonnDIY]

Good choice!

[@malikjamahaidmalikjamshaid6050]

Cranki nice sir

[@casca7649]

I would like to know about your forge set up, every minor detail. it appears to be the best aluminum forge on the internet. I would like with your permission to build one like it for my personal use. ty

[@droceretik]

What forge? Isn't that a casting?

[@steven2212]

Enjoyed this.

[@kbeck4660]

What is the blue fuel? Great job by the way I really enjoy what you do.

[@3554ELM]

You know your stuff! Excellent work! ❤️🏆🔩⚙

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers!

[@augustm.moschera8646]

You are awesome! Great job, a very creative use of resources to produce something useful from waste.

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers!

[@gduncan3739]

Another great video Donn! you are an inspiration sir! keep them coming

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks man! Thanks for watching!

[@mikkei3532]

impressive work , especially with this old bucket idea and the ending with lathe to make this nice pulley

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers. Bucket is a good mold becuase it's tapered and it's reusable since you can just tip the hardened aluminium out of it.

[@chardonian1]

Amazing !!

[@jeffreyyeager1398]

gee thanks now I just need a shop like yours, how can I make that? then I can make just about anything.

[@brockfiger]

what was the fuel you put in it? how does you fuel system work?

[@fynbo1007]

Very cool, it's awesome you make yourself. Thank you for sharing your amazing video

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you, Carsten!

[@johnkoury1116]

Awesome!!

[@funny1048youtube]

amazing job I noticed some of the cans had a brass colored top did this affect the aluminum?

[@DonnDIY]

Although the top was colored like brass it was still aluminium. The cans in these parts are made completely from aluminium.

[@glenngoodale1709]

Good video as always 👍

[@gregt6587]

a thing of beauty is a joy forever, who woulda thunk a the most noble use of aluminum (as a beer can) could be added to?

[@christopherholmes7324]

Awesome!

[@jorgefernandogarreton6446]

How many can did you use?

[@binodmenahihu8104]

Awesome.... do more..👍✌😍

[@suparatwanisha3130]

Very smart!!! I love it.

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers.

[@DiverTrev]

Hey donn what did u use to make your dross skimmer please i want to make myself one its very effecient

[@DonnDIY]

Just a piece of flat scrap steel welded to a rebar. ;)

[@DiverTrev]

Donn DIY did i make the shape just like a stop sign for a little design

[@smokinjoejt4682]

Impressive!!

[@mxrider2strokebraaap54]

Awesome video! It's Really nice that you used the beer cans to make something usefull!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers! I thought so too. ;)

[@jagdishshethiya3728]

Good job brother thank you

[@rajeshwarsharma1716]

Can you convert the beer belly into something useful as well?

[@carlosmejia5728]

Now, ...make an aluminium can out of a pulley !

[@gregherndon1633]

ignorant

[@plavins1]

Awesome! I watched some melting videos on youtube, and some people add borax powder to remove the gasses from the aluminum. You should try it next time.

[@DonnDIY]

I made this pulley straight from beer cans, thus the porosity. Making stuff from ingots leaves no porosity at all. I've used washing soda and salt for melting and casting before. This time I didn't bother. :D

[@jeremyleemakes1272]

The degassing results in less aluminum oxidation. Thin beer cans have a lot of surface area for the volume of aluminum. That's why melting cans produces so much slag. Melting ingots is a lot more efficient and makes degassing a lot more productive. Cans will have tons of slag either way.

[@tomharrell1954]

Hi Donn DO YOU NOTICE ANY VOIDS IN THE CASTING ALUMINUM BILLIT ?

[@youthised58]

Nice Job!!

[@piotrlenarczyk5803]

Why did not you balanced it?

[@MrShirazkhan]

do you have a video of your Burner and how you make it? its awesome and want to try it.

[@DonnDIY]

I have a video on it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2LRY51tjrSUpLs It is just a close up descriptive video not a build video, but you get my drift. :D

[@ManMrKrazy]

curious why the belt isn't on for the last clip.

[@jerryhannah684]

ManMrKrazy Yes the belt has vanished.

[@itspeekaboo]

ManMrKrazy it looks like its stretched

[@DonnDIY]

I couldn't find a longer belt at that moment and couldn't start the engine with this belt on. Thus no belt on in the last clip.

[@jerusalem4426]

I thought the same 😄

[@agelectronics1]

Awesome job man!

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks!

[@lwoodt1]

Sir , you are a wiz kid. As the saying goes,where there is a will, there is a way.Another great video . Thanks

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks for watching!

[@ristongiron3300]

buena la idea amigo felicidades eso esta bien para un tornero que economise pero mas que todo sepa como hacerlo manualmente aluminio.

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Nicely done!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers!

[@StubProductions]

Awesome job!!

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks!

[@lourencosantiago9779]

Perfect job! Congratulation! Brazil

[@DonnDIY]

Greetings from Estonia.

[@Magaivernaaereadasdobradeiras]

amigo bom dia gostaria se possivel sr faze video como fazer forno igual queria apreender obrigado super criativo.

[@nabachetia6732]

superb,nice

[@reatoruv]

Lot of work, Good.

[@TheSteveAS]

Frickin' awesome! Roughly how many cans did it take to get an ingot that size? And roughly how long did the entire foundry process take? All in one day?

[@DonnDIY]

I don't know really. A lot of cans. :D Yup, I got it done in one day.

[@zlojadmin]

Sometimies I get jealous watching your videos. In a good way )) Awesome, mate, very cool!

[@trollop1752]

Me too.

[@DonnDIY]

Don't be. It's all just scrap metal. :D

[@zlojadmin]

Donn DIY It's not about metal, it's about Making. About process itself

[@bashkillszombies]

Why don't you add a pre-heat hopper with secondary low level burner to facilitate faster loading? It'll get the cans closer to melting temp and allow you to dump the entire load in in one go.

[@55nsmooth]

Why don't you build one and make a video to show everyone how to do it.

[@danielramirezcruz.2209]

Great work..I love it thanks...

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you for watching.

[@bugbomb8048]

My only question is where did you get the gasoline for the small engine and did you transport it in a plastic or metal container?

[@DonnDIY]

I think I know where you're going with this and I'm gonna add fuel to the fire - I used plastic containers for the gasoline. :D But they are special ones not just some windshield cleaner canisters I used for the diesel fuel.

[@dinos7185]

You are quite a master machinist great job

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks man!

[@MrELUMAN]

How have you made the foundry? Do you have any video?

[@DonnDIY]

No videos unfortunately. I tapered clay bricks and tied'em together with a steel strip, added clay brick bottom and filled with sand around the bricks. Heat resistand wool would be probably lighter and will warm up more easily.

[@barakobamadubai]

Great job

[@yunkel]

Nice job :D

[@ip5232]

Great video thanks!!!👍

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks for watching!

[@amos3904]

we're those ashes in the bottom of the can you poured the molten alluminum in?

[@DonnDIY]

Yup, and a piece of sheet metal also.

[@Rubbernecker]

Awesomeness

[@raulsalazar5864]

good job man

[@manuelmejia8506]

es muy bueno que uno mismo pueda crear nuestras propias erramientas

[@iankleinschmidt712]

A man can never have enough molten aluminium :)

[@fixitmakeit72]

all other vids just melt cans for scrap.yours served a good purpose. nice useful pulley donn. great video. subed n liked.

[@DonnDIY]

Thank you very much!

[@michaelovitch]

Nice flywheel : )

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks man! :D

[@nickobrien5262]

Donn DIY lets see it with a belt on it, looked to me like something was wrong when the belt was fitted, old belts don’t stretch that much... either you didn’t have the right one or a ton of time wasted. Either way I don’t believe aluminum can handle the abuse your about to put on it.

[@m.murali1827]

Wow super sir very good

[@curtisgeorge5280]

What are you using for fuel? I do enjoy your video. Thank you.

[@DonnDIY]

I use diesel as fuel.

[@user-vt3bc9bw7k]

Супер! Молодец!

[@greglewis8041]

Very nice 👍

[@michaeldonaldson5808]

alumin-ium.... great vid bro

[@DonnDIY]

Thanks man!

[@deejaaybomber7337]

parca urutumu

[@igortrush4055]

Need to give more time at high temp. You removed plenty of aluminium with slag. Slag itself looks like pieces of soil or rough sand floating on top of liquid alu.

[@weldweld5629]

Fine job

[@stypkata85]

I have a lathe and i can drink 500 beers but can't understand the melting device.What kind is the fuel that keep the fire ?Why there are compresor and another tubrine turned by electric motor?

[@DonnDIY]

Compressor helps to spray the fuel out of the nozzle and the turbine helps to regulate the incoming air and burn.

[@naguibricoleur9518]

Really very good job enjoying

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers bro!

[@dominik0655]

Nice!

[@manuelaketun1809]

Ke tipo de soldadura usa pelana

[@user-yn8op8tb8n]

Супер, молодец где вы находитесь?,👍👍👍

[@dwightcarlson7136]

How many cans? Nicely done! 👍👍👍👍😎

[@mattpaff7819]

Do you know how much that weighed before you machined it?

[@ovwok]

and how many cans?

[@DonnDIY]

5,6 kg, roughly.

[@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire]

So, probably around 400 beer cans... It's a tough job, but *someone's* got to drink it... :)

[@semiyesaniye9058]

Matt Paff

[@semiyesaniye9058]

.i ahimetkaxs

[@dangerousfreedom4965]

What is the blue liquid fuel?

[@DonnDIY]

Agricultural diesel fuel.

[@dangerousfreedom4965]

Donn DIY Thank you, its red in the states👍

[@DiverTrev]

Desiel

[@satxsatxsatx]

Countries with high fuel cost burdens (take their currency to go buy US$ to go buy fuel) tax fuels differently for different users. If you're caught with eg blue heating oil (low tax) in your diesel vehicle (high tax red fuel), you get fined heavily.

[@johnogo7886]

Good job.

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers!

[@ShaukatHakim]

Always appreciate please!

[@khaled6100]

That's why i love youtube