Recent Foundry Improvements
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:57 pm
I have been busy working on the foundry, added a bunch of shelves, a second molding bench and closed in another wall so now I have three sides. Also poured some concrete floor in my ongoing attempt to get the cats to go somewhere else
This new concrete in the corner gives me a good place for ingot storage and ends the last bit of bare dirt in this end of the foundry. I figure the area under that shelf will hold about 2 tons of ingots if I can ever afford to buy that much aluminum. Getting low right now and will be picking up 500 lbs next week.
Here the main open part of the floor that used to be fire brick is now concrete. Also concrete under the new molding bench. The pouring area over by the furnace pit is still brick and steel grating and will stay that way.
New shelves over the old bench too and one overhead that spans across to the other bench shelves. Still brick under this bench and that will be the next concrete to be poured. Will have to cut the legs down on this bench once thats in because now it is sitting on the dirt with the brick around the legs and I like the height. Note the rammers on the bench, the aluminum was molded from the wooden one and weighs around 6 lbs... its a workout but I like using it.
Old bench from the other angle.
Here the floor is somewhat cured, the wall behind the bench goes another 4 feet to the end of the concrete and the wall where the light is shining to the left of the bench has a 30" fan in it which draws out all fumes from shakeout nicely. In the lower left you can see I stacked up some bricks to blow my torpedo heater through, this has been working out nicely for working at the old bench.
This new concrete in the corner gives me a good place for ingot storage and ends the last bit of bare dirt in this end of the foundry. I figure the area under that shelf will hold about 2 tons of ingots if I can ever afford to buy that much aluminum. Getting low right now and will be picking up 500 lbs next week.
Here the main open part of the floor that used to be fire brick is now concrete. Also concrete under the new molding bench. The pouring area over by the furnace pit is still brick and steel grating and will stay that way.
New shelves over the old bench too and one overhead that spans across to the other bench shelves. Still brick under this bench and that will be the next concrete to be poured. Will have to cut the legs down on this bench once thats in because now it is sitting on the dirt with the brick around the legs and I like the height. Note the rammers on the bench, the aluminum was molded from the wooden one and weighs around 6 lbs... its a workout but I like using it.
Old bench from the other angle.
Here the floor is somewhat cured, the wall behind the bench goes another 4 feet to the end of the concrete and the wall where the light is shining to the left of the bench has a 30" fan in it which draws out all fumes from shakeout nicely. In the lower left you can see I stacked up some bricks to blow my torpedo heater through, this has been working out nicely for working at the old bench.