Assorted tools on the bench
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:40 pm
Tools on the bench, this is pretty much everything I use other than the Jolt Squeeze.
Brushes are handy for lots of things and I keep one in a tub with plumbago for when I have any trouble with sand sticking to a pattern. I need to get a couple more small brushes.
On the wall is the parting dust bag, blower and sieve.
The sieve is 1/4" wire mesh clamped between the strips of wood that are alternately overlapped on the corners making it easy to replace the screen when it wears out.
Couple of trowels and a nice big scoop, that scoop will handle about 10 lbs of sand at a go.
Assorted tools, from the left a few different sizes of sprue cutters, a blade from a feeler gauge, melon baller (this is my go to tool), an icecream scoop, a runner that can be loose placed onto a molding board and a couple of bobs with locating pins, I have 1/4" holes on matchplates where these go so it is easy to get them close to the part but not over lap it.
This isnt actually on the bench but next to it. A shakeout can to hold hot sand, this is right next to the muller so the next day I can shift it over to the muller which then dumps right back into the bench to start all over again.
Brushes are handy for lots of things and I keep one in a tub with plumbago for when I have any trouble with sand sticking to a pattern. I need to get a couple more small brushes.
On the wall is the parting dust bag, blower and sieve.
The sieve is 1/4" wire mesh clamped between the strips of wood that are alternately overlapped on the corners making it easy to replace the screen when it wears out.
Couple of trowels and a nice big scoop, that scoop will handle about 10 lbs of sand at a go.
Assorted tools, from the left a few different sizes of sprue cutters, a blade from a feeler gauge, melon baller (this is my go to tool), an icecream scoop, a runner that can be loose placed onto a molding board and a couple of bobs with locating pins, I have 1/4" holes on matchplates where these go so it is easy to get them close to the part but not over lap it.
This isnt actually on the bench but next to it. A shakeout can to hold hot sand, this is right next to the muller so the next day I can shift it over to the muller which then dumps right back into the bench to start all over again.