Metal Casting at Home Part 38, Thin Section Casting

[@scheppach69]

You are without a doubt the best metal caster on youtube. It is fascinating to watch you, thanks for sharing your many skills.

[@TommieDuhWeirdo]

I don't know why, but I feel so relaxed watching this guy casting.

[@paulduffey7975]

That wheel barrow is a stroke of genius. Simple and effective. Thanks.

[@frankdahlin]

I have seen all you castings, just can't stop watching you do your magic. :-)

[@BITTYBOY121]

Well done mate, I enjoyed watching this video very much and this has got to be the ultimate in precision metal casting with no die casting, only just green sand. - This is pure skill in all aspects - Great Stuff !!

[@BlueMacGyver]

You have an attention to detail and really clean videos, thanks for sharing!

[@MrLambertinho]

HE'S BACK!!

[@BlueMacGyver]

By the way, I used some of your techniques to build v-groove wheels a couple years back for my saw mill to run down the track on, so thanks for that too.

[@rlewis1946]

A great inspiration to watch you work! A Master of Casting, indeed!! Roy

[@builtrodewreckedit]

I love all your video's and for someone who never speaks they are some of the most entertaining. Ive never done anything like this but i have an idea. when you pull the pattern from the drag and cope why not put the mold back together in the wheelbarrow? Move it to the pouring aria on wheels. the only extra lifting is just lifting the crucible a little extra. it may even be a bit easier to pour at waste height. No more pulleys and ropes the mold is all ready to be destroyed. Really love your video's Thanks

[@myfordboy]

I have actually tried the way you suggest. It is easier though to re assemble the flasks at floor level so I can be directly above them. Pouring is also easier. Thank you for your input.

[@builtrodewreckedit]

myfordboy Well if you ever need a dumb idea... just ask im full of them. I would love to cast aluminum but just watching you work makes my back hurt. Thank you for your casting video's

[@hoosherdaddy]

A man who really loves his jungle boots.

[@MilanDupal]

Love your videos and your "security foundryman's shoes" as well!

[@myfordboy]

My footware is quickly removable in case any metal gets spilt down my shoe!

[@geoffgwyther7269]

Just accessed your link on making greensand.. A little trick, if you make it too wet. Brush your concrete garage floor clean and dust free. spread out the sand ,, move around with a broom. the dry floor will pull the moisture out of the sand in minutes. If you have a clean brick floor , it will pull it out in seconds

[@billdlv]

I see you have a board under the drag that has some blocks for alignment. Also the hoist for lifting after the pour. Your videos are great and I admire how you try to improve your process to make it better. Nice work. The spreader bar you used could have a center lifting eye and evenly spaced eyes on each side.

[@ThunderDivine]

Amazing work like always!

[@danielrobinson1470]

Please can you do a video of the crucible carrier that your usuing or a picture will do Im looking everywhere for desine for a single person to use and you dont fully show the equipment off. love the video's by the way. you have been a great help with my projects.

[@myfordboy]

I have a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHyYqJ2nr9uMY6s

[@f.demascio1857]

And THAT is how it's done y'all!

[@danielrobinson1470]

Thank you.. found the video shortly after i sent email. thanks🖒🖒🖒.😉

[@MrLambertinho]

I would love to see a video of you making the pattern. How on earth to you make a perfectly spherical thin hoop out of wood??

[@myfordboy]

I didn't record how this pattern was made but I have a few videos on pattern making-- Metal Casting at Home Part 22 Flywheel Pattern Making & Casting. Metal Casting at Home Part 15. Pattern making, start to finish. Metal Casting at Home Part 8 Pattern Making

[@willywgb]

Hi David Another great Video. Thanks. If you are looking for a topic for another Video, what about showing how you make your Spot Facing Dills? So you have enough material for a complete Video, you could add a few of your other special tooling? Just a thought. Willy

[@robertjeffery3237]

I have always rammed the first layer in order to get a good finish. Is it the property of your sand that allows you to only ram the upper layer?

[@myfordboy]

This one is in pretty thin flask and i did not want to damage the pattern by ramming early. i would usualy ram before this.

[@raymondpoku1124]

Hi, I love your videos mate very inspirational! What is the material thickness for the outer rim?

[@myfordboy]

It tapers from 9mm to 5mm.

[@raymondpoku1124]

@@myfordboy thank you for the quick reply, I'm panel on casting a car body panel and i was wondering if it's possible to cast a wall thickness of 1mm-2mm.

[@myfordboy]

@@raymondpoku1124 You won't be able to cast something that large and thin with a sand casting.

[@keldsor]

Hi myfordboy ! Oh, some new equipment - I've seen most of your videos and wondered how you could mess around with all that heavy stuff and sitting on you knees - oh, it Hurts to see ! Now you realised the heavy stuff is too heavy ;-)) and made some helping jigs - nice ! What do you use for de-gassing and flux ?

[@myfordboy]

I am used to spending time on my knees as an electrician. The trousers i wear have built in knee pads which make it bearable. I used sodium carbonate( washing soda) to degas an I have a proprietor flux flux now but have used table salt or Losalt in the past.

[@keldsor]

myfordboy Thx !

[@bonesshed.]

Can you please answer a question for me. I want to use an aluminium plug to stop copper going where I dont want it ! Will the molten copper react with the solid aluminium in some way ? Basically I want to plg the hole for the wheel arches of a copper car I want to cast . Thank you

[@myfordboy]

It is normal to use a core for an aplication like this similar to the one in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYXJioGQnbSsiMU a metal plug would probably be unremovable.

[@bonesshed.]

@@myfordboy Thank you for the answer. Appreciated.

[@raycurren3639]

Hi myfordboy. Love your vids. How the heck did you learn that stuff? Thanks. Keep them coming. Especially the machine work. Love them.

[@myfordboy]

All the skills shown in my videos are self taught from books ( before info was available on the internet)

[@F-sport1]

powiem ci jak na domowe warunki to robisz to bardzo precyzyjnie i dokładnie,wiem coś o tym bo od 24 lat wychowałem się na odlewaniu aluminum.POZDRAWIAM

[@life6567]

Hello!you can tell me: What mixture of water to mix in the sand?

[@myfordboy]

I can't give a quantity it depends on how damp the sand is before you start. Add water until it holds it's shape but does not stick to your hand, like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/omTSoZ6wdtuJh80

[@noelrieusset718]

Hello, I looked at your video with interest, I want to cast a skeleton clock frame, smallest section 7 mm x 5 mm. the frames are 7 to 8 mm thick and flat. Would you think this is possible to achieve. using a nickel copper alloy. Cheers Noel

[@myfordboy]

Should be OK one of the first things I cast was the frame of a Syncronome type electric clock. Could be best cast with the mould in the vertical position.

[@crookedriver2079]

myfordboy, I know the extended feeder provides head pressure. why is the exended riser necessary ??

[@myfordboy]

It feeds metal into another part of the casting as it cools and also acts as a vent.

[@geoffgwyther7269]

If you were to put the flask in the wheelbarrow before pouring the melt. you wouldn`t need to mess about with the block and tackle, also a little bit higher off the ground. All a little easier.

[@myfordboy]

+Geoff Gwyther That's fine if you are only making one casting but I make several at a time.

[@dredDmeredith]

solved a problem for me there for me I have a book cover in the shape of two bake stones to cast in iron . big thanks.

[@cambridt]

Would it be possible to sand cast a bicycle frame?

[@myfordboy]

Yes but it would be much heavier than a conventional frame made of tube sections.

[@acb1511]

Medieval technologies work too.

[@BrunoPontoTxT]

why the moulding flask is always made of wood? wouldnt be better if you cast the molding into alluminum?

[@crookedriver2079]

aluminum flask? waste of time and energy..not to mention money. Wood is far cheaper and has been used far more than hundred years. Think about that for a while.

[@WALLACE7084]

Good job but myself I think the lifting gear was a bit overkill to get it into the wheelbarrow would have been less hassle just lifting it by hand unless you have a back problem or something but good job all the same.

[@myfordboy]

It's very heavy with the sand and metal in the finished mould. Too heavy to lift.

[@WALLACE7084]

@@myfordboy I also do casting like this but wouldn't say is to heavy to lift by hand especially casting alloy.

[@Workshopshed]

Is there a reason you did not wait till it cooled?

[@myfordboy]

There is no need to let it cool .It would take a long time enclosed inside the sand to cool completely. Leaving it just bakes the sand around the metal.

[@Workshopshed]

myfordboy Not baking the sand sounds like a good enough reason. I thought it might have been something to do with the thin walls and avoiding distortion

[@mkktbkkt5015]

When did you learn this?

[@myfordboy]

Mkkt Bkkt I taught myself from books. I made my first casting 20 years ago. No youtube videos back then.

[@mkktbkkt5015]

Thank you

[@shedbuiltable]

is it possible to over ram a mold

[@myfordboy]

I always ram as hard as I can and have no problems.

[@shedbuiltable]

great many thanks

[@ДмитрийКаштайкин]

Скажите пожалуйста это что за вещество у вас глина или что то ищё?

[@myfordboy]

Дмитрий Каштайкин It is a clay bearing sand known as greensand. more details here myfordboy.blogspot.co.uk/p/greensand.html

[@AbdulWahab-zq7xx]

why you use extended feeder and riser

[@myfordboy]

It adds"head" to the metal which helps the mould fill. Also it's easier to pour into.

[@AbdulWahab-zq7xx]

thanks ................I like your work

[@bigginsmcsauce]

Is it alright that I read everything from your videos in a Michael Caine-esqu voice? Or is that considered cultural appropriation because I am not British?

[@myfordboy]

I am British but we don't all speak Cockney like Michael Caine. Not many people know that.

[@bigginsmcsauce]

Oh, I understand--it's just so much fun to Caine it up as I read your instructions/notes. Great videos, by the way. Always exceedingly informative. Thank you, sir!

[@Opinionator52]

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[@nickcarter9538]

Please buy yourself some proper foundry boots. Yes you are good at what you do, BUT sometimes shit happens.

[@geraldmcdougal1251]

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