MOLDING THE CLOUGH42 CASTINGS

[@51ubetcha]

Clark your sense of humor is awesome. Maybe some people don't get it, but I do. Makes me smile.

[@char23c]

Good morning Clarke, good to start watching your video's again. Life is good in The Villages, FL 😃

[@joncarter8372]

May I suggest you create an inspection/maintenance schedule for ladle? Maybe get a friend to look it over once a year to spot things that aren’t obvious when you’re looking at it every day. One place I worked dropped a ladle and 800 pounds of metal. Luckily no injuries. Ladle went up and down 6’ or so on a hoist between furnace and pouring line. Cable rubbed on something, eventually frayed and snapped. Stay safe. Happy Thanksgiving

[@llapmsp]

You need to get your floor leveled so we can see more than your cap. Lol Great video. Thanks.

[@BaconbuttywithCheese]

🤣

[@davidhamilton7628]

Hahaha

[@davidhamilton7628]

In my best Jesse Lee Peterson voice "what a mess"😂

[@workshop719]

Every time you use that camera angle it reminds me of the neighbor Wilson in Home Improvement.

[@paulsilva3346]

Now that you mention it, oh my goodness, it does.! Wilson Wilson...😊

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

Or go way way back to WW1 'Foo Was here' or the knock off in WW2 of Killroy. 🤣

[@mattrich680]

Great video Clarke! Can't get enough of the talking hat.

[@dpmachineworks]

Love the videos!! How much for A Clough42 riser block?? Thank you Sir.

[@JorgTheElder]

Seeing everything catch fire I have always wondered why you don't have metal forms...

[@walterplummer3808]

Good morning Clarke! Did you cut your flask parts with the laser? They look great! Have a great week!

[@mattomon1045]

Have a great week and happy thanks giving!

[@BillyBob-si2db]

Nice video work 😂😂😂😂

[@cleehollis1983]

I grew up in Vicksburg! It’s a beautiful place!!

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Thanks for sharing, the work you do is amazing.

[@TheOwlman]

I hope Josie is fully recovered - we haven't seen a lot of her lately so please extend my best wishes.

[@paulsilva3346]

OUR BEST WISHES, Clark and Josie..

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice job.

[@johncloar1692]

Thanks for the video Clark. This all way get better. It may take some time.

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

Heij! I just wanted to chime in because I very much appreciate Your works, I think we all do (at least I hope so). It is honorable, fundamental work. America needs people like You, small shops that do mighty work. You care about every piece, You´re rightfully proud and You make things possible that otherwise wouldn´t happen. I don´t know any foundry in a 150 km radius around my home, that´s how bad it is- and Germany is tiny against the States. I just wanted to encourage You to keep at it, I wish more people woud care. But what can you do with them blue haired gender students… Kind Regards

[@kenb4426]

Was just thinking about you guys. Working smarter I see. 👍👍

[@toddleiss1934]

I have been using my CPAP for over ten years, it takes a few months to get use to. Don’t give up. Try different masks. I settled on “nose pillows”. I do feel much better, and i'm not as tired through the day. And I’m not as grumpy 😮

[@randallanderson4999]

Clark: I also have been using a CPAP for over 15 years. I'm now on my 3rd machine. The 1st one was involved with a recall (I used it for about 13 years - no problems at all), the 2nd I used for the last year or more, but it wouldn't adjust to my breathing pattern, so I convinced the Sleep Dr. that I needed a BiPAP machine. It works great.

[@davidzeak8667]

If that's Seed Artillery in Pa. He's in the town I live in, Altoona Pa. I've seen his shop, quite impressive.

[@johnvanhal2450]

That's the longest ad for caps that I've ever watched. 😄

[@paulsilva3346]

I was thinking that very same thing

[@davidc6510]

Another great video Keith. So much going on at WHF. Thanks for sharing.

[@sblack48]

I presume the patterns are 3D printed but I don't see any of the layer lines that one usually sees on prints. How were the patterns finished - sanded and painted?

[@southern207hobbies]

Vapor smoothing it's a way to get very smooth 3d prints

[@sblack48]

@@southern207hobbies I looked that up - very interesting. is that what he used?

[@southern207hobbies]

@sblack48 honestly it's been a hot minute sence I've had time to catch up on his videos as i just moved and doing a massive case of de 1970s a house including the 70s era wiring and plumbing yes quest plumbing..... ugh plus building/replacing a old fence

[@sblack48]

@ oh ok I thought maybe you had first hand knowledge

[@ljackson8220]

Lots of work

[@paulputnam2305]

That was fun Professor Clark!

[@davidhamm5626]

Where are the back flow prevent valves used ?

[@rustysteed8414]

They are used on sewer systems to prevent waste from backing up in to house or business.

[@davidhamm5626]

@rustysteed8414 Thank you, that is what I thought.

[@The_HillPeople]

C Pap will change your life. Stick with is. Been on a BiPap for a couple years now.

[@ianlarcher8250]

Nice new moulding flasks

[@TheJohndeere466]

There is a foundry in Lisbon, Ohio called Albco foundries and they specialize in bronze castings. We get some from them to machine that weigh 1000 lbs

[@plainnpretty]

I’m looking forward to the canon project. Thanks

[@cleehollis1983]

What causes the black color of the sand ? Is that just the type of sand or what’s mixed in?

[@jamest.5001]

I have a have a likely dumb question! Can you make steel sheet metal. I would like to recycle some transformer cores, to make a new larger core, problem is it needs to be laminated. In sheets no thicker than about 1/32" or possibly 1/16" at most, i haven't measured the thickness just a rough guess . What I need is about 3"-4" wide and about 72"-96" long, electrical steel is expensive and difficult to get new. As far as I know it only differs from cold rolled by having silicon added. It's a high silicon steel. I was thinking maybe cast some 1/2" thick 1-2" wide 24" long bars. Press or hammer them out to about 1/8" thick. Then make a roller from 2" bar that can go into a hydraulic press. Run it through at about 1200° -1500° F, until it's the required thickness. If it works , I'd go to the scrap yard, buy old motors and transformers , remove the copper or copper clad aluminum, or just aluminum wire and melt in the cores down. It would be great to have a means to shear the strips to specific size. I would be making a toroidal core (like a 🍩 doughnut) it would likely need to weigh about 50lbs minimum. Probably closer to 55-60 lbs the sheets need to be electrically isolated from each other, not majorly complicated, just a thin coat of ink or thin paint will do. Some have only a light oxide layer. I was thinking about thinking about 2oz of paint with about 6 oz of thinner and dipping the sheets. Allow them to dry. The paint would probably be see thru. It would be more insulation than most get helping the efficiency, causing it to run cooler. I have also thought about grinding the cores to dust, or filings, and and mix with a thinned epoxy. And cast the core to the required size. The bits would be fine being bout .050" x .050" x it's thickness. I would need to make a mild probably from reinforced concrete, coated in carbon fiber and epoxy. And press the steel fillings into it. With probably around 50 tons. Then vacuum infuse the thinned epoxy with it under pressure in the press. Just one of the issues I have no press, especially not one that large, don't even know where one is ... don't know how to get the steel into the small bits. And not even Shure if it will work efficiently when finished.. definitely would need to make a small version about 1/2" thick and 3" outer diameter, with a 1.25" to 1.5" center. If it could be cast in solid steel it would be great. That hasn't been done since the 1800's, they learned a long time ago, it hurts efficiency greatly. The silicon steel is fairly soft it seems like iron almost. Just wondering if you may have any advice? I have been trying to figure this out for a few years. Maybe my best bet is to find some old welders and use the cores. Either make a large single core, or possibly 4 smaller cores. Thanks for the great videos, and sharing your work with us. Have a awesome day🎉 and 🎉happy holidays🎉

[@richardbrobeck2384]

we all have day when it seems like it was a mess but clear days ahead !

[@natwooding9394]

I can only imagine what it's like to pick up and manage one of those crucibles.

[@billsmini10]

Just a quick question, Are you going to use the Induction furnace someday? or is it the wrong size?

[@lloyd4768]

Tell Kilroy we really miss his videos!!!

[@lynnplestid2711]

Lol I think your standing in a hole lol

[@plainnpretty]

It could be the camera tripod is to high

[@argee55]

How in the world did you remove a piece of the Empire State Building? And then you display it to an international audience. 😂 BTW, the C-PAP will change your life.

[@alexanderwagner2851]

Why do you use a top part for the mold? The top side of the workpiece is just a flat surface that needs to be machined anyway. I recently watched an old video where a richly decorated oven door was cast 'open on top.' Wouldn't that be easier? But I really have no idea. I love your videos. Thank you and all the best!

[@chuckinwyoming8526]

Yes, far too many talking heads on KZbin....my hats off to you!

[@samuraidriver4x4]

Sideproject 1 for project 2025: convert a cement truck into furnace 😮

[@stevem268]

love your videos, been a sub since the tally ho capstain project thanks to keith rucker! would you be interested in making replicas of cast iorn legs made by beaver power tools, aka callander foundry?they made them in the late 1940's and the company is long gone. they are about 2 ft long, quarter circle in crosssection, maybe 1/4" thick and have flanges on the inside to make a set of four into a powertool base/cabinet

[@braddobson2060]

If you get Keith involved it will add 2 years to the project 😅

[@broncota2210]

1psi minimum 😂

[@rldoyle5705]

Little less chirping and a little more working

[@MoondyneJoe]

Hi Clarke, about 2 years ago John from FarmCraft101 KZbin channel poured a smaller cannon and had to combat a few issues I'm sure you will face also, it might be worthwhile watching his playlist on his project, (if you haven't already) I hope your, results of the surgery pathology are leaning strongly to got it all? Tony from Rural Western Australia 🇦🇺🦘