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- Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:15 am
- Forum: The Molding Bench
- Topic: Risering help
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8856
Re: Risering help
Actually I'm currently seperated geographically from my tools. I took a rather long break not from the foundry, but rather from the computer. I come to believe that people where less then willing to listen to my advice, so I simply stopped sharing
- Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:02 pm
- Forum: The Pattern Shop
- Topic: Heart shaped clock
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14091
Re: Heart shaped clock
Routing out a solid piece of wood is not the easiest way to make a pattern of this sort, cut and glue to build up http://s1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/HT1/ check out this album on a plaque I made, it shows the way to make a recessed plaque fronts by sanding and glueing, it is much easier, and le...
- Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Molding Bench
- Topic: Risering help
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8856
Re: Risering help
yes, it worked out, I had to make the piece joining the rocket and the base larger, it was mostly a tear, caused by the two pieces shrinking away from each other
- Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Castings
- Topic: rolling block action cast in brass
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4497
Re: rolling block action cast in brass
Your riser is not close enough to the part it's also not tall enough, The shrinkage in the riser clearly drops below the top of the casting, so you are not getting complete feeding. if you have no more metal capacity, shortening the gate will help alot, you might get away with losing the sprue, and ...
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:05 pm
- Forum: The Molding Bench
- Topic: Risering help
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8856
Risering help
I was casting the two parts for the master pattern of this project, I also cast a piece to see if I had the gating and risering perfect before I put it all on a matchplate. my risering technique was not perfect, I did not well the riser bases, so I probably did not get optimal feeding. looking for s...
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:43 pm
- Forum: Square Peg
- Topic: De-gassing and fluidising
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4001
Re: De-gassing and fluidising
Calcium hypochlorite should be all you need. and if memory serves, that is exactly what the old blue pucks where. you can order it in a granular form, from any chemical supply house, probably requires ground shipping since it is corrosive. It will bleach your clothes wonderfully also, so dont spill ...
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:15 pm
- Forum: Square Peg
- Topic: where is everybody?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 20607
Re: where is everybody?
I'm back, sort of, you will see some of my new work very soon, I'm suffering from a case of walking pneumonia I got on the Appalacian trail. so It will be a slow start. but watch my facebook link for new stuff
HT1
HT1
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Pattern Shop
- Topic: Kindt Collins been acquired by Freeman
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3464
Kindt Collins been acquired by Freeman
A little heads up, Kindt Collins products have been acquired by Paramelt and Freeman Manufacturing & Supply. the quality of their pattern letters immediately slipped. I ordered a half dozen 3/8 tablet letters, they came in, and where half as thick as the older Kindt Collins letters that where be...
- Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:38 pm
- Forum: Welcome and Announcements
- Topic: Business failure
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8503
Re: Business failure
Click My signature to see what I was making, I was making Plaques mostly. eBay was all but a bust, I moved alot for a few months, then things just dried up, I know there are people out there that want what I offer, Just cannot seem to find them
"shrug"
"shrug"
- Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:23 am
- Forum: Welcome and Announcements
- Topic: Business failure
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8503
Business failure
Well I gave it a serious try, and just cannot make enough money casting to make ends meet. the problem was not in the casting or patternmaking side of the house, but in getting items in the hands of potential customers, I suppose Marketing killed me in the end. Ebay was a dismal failure, I never tho...