Metal Casting at Home Part 56 Tool Caddy for Safe Working.

[@caskwith]

For a home set up that is really slick and professional looking, you should be very proud of that.

[@sirlars2005]

You've built yourself quite the professional small foundry! I've always admired your beautiful craftsmanship and dedication. Thank you for the great videos.

[@BITTYBOY121]

Superb job as always mate - Fantastic casting......Very clever crucible lifter idea - I like it!

[@Robonza]

Wow, everything is so well set up. I made a caddy for my stuff last week. Great time savers and organisers.

[@artemiasalina1860]

After reading Keld's question about cast iron I wanted to say congratulations. Melting iron in a furnace like that is quite an achievement! Not much info or video on working with cast iron from the home foundrymen out there since it's so tricky to get right and I'd love to see your experiments with it.

[@keithzerrlaut766]

Your segment on devastating and flexing was really good!

[@HemiRod23]

I love watching your foundry videos. Thank you for such great quality content!

[@GaryTruesdale]

Excellent work, excellent video. Lots of detail in that casting!

[@pierresgarage2687]

Surely hope my first moldings go that smooth, when time comes, I'll try to follow you're instructions. Thanks...

[@Mentorcase]

That was a beautiful looking cast, can't wait to see more of that project.

[@myfordboy]

Mentorcase You can see the finished casting in place here kzbin.info/www/bejne/opPRoYygd7Crg5o More details here myfordboy.blogspot.co.uk/p/aerm.html

[@jacquesblais6094]

beautiful peace and Tools, thanks for video

[@GrandpaBill]

Love the improvement on the lifter; of course you know many will want detailed plans on how to make it... 8-)

[@johnbazaar8440]

Nice work, John. I hope to be casting aluminum this summer for some projects. Thanks, John

[@myfordboy]

John Bazaar John, who's John?

[@johnbazaar8440]

Sorry, I had you confused with someone else. Apparently, today, everyone is "John ". Obviously, I'm not having a good day. Still nice work. I enjoy your channel and hope to follow your lead on a furnace of my own. Thanks John (I think that's my name, anyway.)

[@Opinionator52]

I would have also enjoyed seeing more of the finished casting! Tool caddy is a great idea............. :o) O,,,

[@myfordboy]

Opinionator52 You can see the finished casting in place here kzbin.info/www/bejne/opPRoYygd7Crg5o More details here myfordboy.blogspot.co.uk/p/aerm.htm

[@Deimitirjs]

smooth casting sire!

[@eviltwinx]

Always impressive all around. Dig the caddy idea.

[@PLINKER]

Very nice job one of the better that I've seen. would be interested in your de-gasing and dross additives! and the percentages!

[@myfordboy]

Tom Frost Degas: Sodium carbonate, sold as washing soda in supermarkets. Flux : aluminium drossing flux EXF326 from artisanfoundry.co.uk about half a teaspoon of each. I have used LoSalt for flux and that works well too.

[@wekker090]

When are you going to smooth out the floor? :-)

[@spyderz1303]

What a beautiful little foundry you have built. I hope to be casting soon, my contribution to casting has been making patterns with my cnc router for other people. What stops the metal from the pour disrupting the sand in the mould? for others

[@myfordboy]

spyderz1303 If your sand mould is firm the metal will not disturb it.

[@snsfabricating]

Love your videos. Question, could you not make the pour into the mold with it sitting in the cart, which would eliminate having to lift it with a hoist?

[@geneelliott2825]

Not liking the crucible gripper looks like it could let go at the wrong time? I would install a safety pin so that would not happen. Always easier to find fault but I learn from my and others mistakes! Cheers

[@onioncasserole9498]

I wonder if it possible to coat your degassing tool with a graphite powder to resist the aluminum from adhering to it.

[@myfordboy]

Jason O No need really, it's a good indication of the metal temperature, if the metal sticks it's not hot enough.

[@Jaio21]

excelente..

[@keldsor]

Hi ! Oh, some really nice and nifty improvements you've made ! How high temp can you get with this oil butner - cast iron ?

[@littlestworkshop]

Keld Sørensen Bottom (hidden) line of description says he has melted iron now.

[@keldsor]

***** Argh, didn't see that !

[@kraklakvakve]

I see some cracks have occurred in the refractory. Does it matter? Or is it just unavoidable?

[@myfordboy]

kraklakvakve I think cracks are bound to appear as there is a massive temperature difference between hot and cold. The supplier of the refractory states it is designed to crack. The cracks actually close up as the furnace heats up.

[@raymondo162]

Cement lining seems to be cracking ??

[@sthwestb]

You sure have some cool projects and toys to work with... wish you were my grandpa I'd be over all the time then and pick your brain even more. = 0)

[@mrvolans7862]

is that a carbon fiber rod at the end of your pyrometer? i couldn't find the vid where you meade it...

[@myfordboy]

Marco Andre Hansen It's a graphite rod. Originally the rod was fitted to the tool with a clamp but I have now added a spring as shown in this video, as I kept snapping it off. Here's the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nneWooyclNmdqsU showing the details.

[@mrvolans7862]

thx!

[@primus108]

I wonder how long it takes the furnace to heat up to operating temperature?

[@myfordboy]

20 minutes from cold for a full A10 crucible, less for subsequent ments.

[@dbb6663]

hej everytime i see that you fill the hole out of a height like a waterfall, Doesn t this make bubbles in the cast ? i saw video where they fill it near to the hole and then the melt just flow very gentle intp the hole greetings

[@myfordboy]

+D Bb You can't get any closer to the mould than this and the extended risers make it even closer than trying to pour directly into the flask. You need to pour quickly.

[@dbb6663]

ok thx

[@barumman]

Clever Stuff. :)

[@statingthe_obvious6309]

4:45 it's like a magic trick... you pour in one hole and they both fill up :D

[@wiatroda]

Would it be more expensive to melt aluminium with electricity? I mean by some heating elements or lots of eg Kanthal heating wire?

[@myfordboy]

Hoopoe I don't think electric heating is expensive but not so convenient. It takes much longer for the furnace to reach the required temperature.

[@dizzolve]

can you use baking soda for degasser?

[@myfordboy]

No. Use sodium carbonate also known as Washing soda.

[@anthonycrumpler8170]

what kind of crucible do you use?

[@myfordboy]

Anthony Crumpler Clay graphite. The one in the video is A10 size.

[@keithzerrlaut766]

sorry I meant degassing

[@АлексейКузнецов-ь7к3к]

Понтов с термометром с другим зачем???

[@saxazax]

ur sprues using steel cans r unnecessarily complicated according to another video i saw. it said dont use cans. u need to make a small pool next to mouth of sprue that u pour metal down into that will slow and even out the metals flow kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2e6aGSpYsiXlZI

[@myfordboy]

This is the way I do it.

[@me3333]

myfordboy How many cfm compressor are you using on your burner and do you think it is enough? That is a beautiful casting. I can only hope mine come out half that nice when I do my first pour.

[@myfordboy]

me3333 The one in this and previous videos is 6.36 CFM oilless compressor with a 6 litre tank. I bought this originally for airbrushing. It does the job but is running 50% of the time and is very noisy. In the next video you will see my new 14CFM, 90 litre compressor. This only runs for 40 seconds and stays off for nearly 5 minutes and is much quieter.