The China Doll

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Is the Old Style Ales rather strong Richard
I'm having one right now.

All my life I have been prone to underestimate how long it will take to get a job done. The way I handled it when I was in the shipyard business was to figure how long a job would take, and then multiply that by a factor of three. It then came out pretty accurate.

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I always multiply by the factor off, it takes as long as it takes LOL, consequently I don't think I could ever run a business ;) :)
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I poured her this morning.

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That big cylinder to the right rear is the burn-out kiln.

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Here it is freshly poured. That little curl of bronze on top is all that was left over. I'm getting pretty good at estimating how much metal to melt.

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One new thing I did was to break a beer bottle and put about a third of the glass in the melt. It provides a shield, but a great thing is that it collects the dirt and when I scooped the glass off all of the dirt came with it. I put about a tablespoon of borax in the center and let it sit for a minute before I skimmed. (I don't want that stuff touching my crucible.) I have never had a pour with metal this clean. I think I love glass covers.

I will break her out tomorrow. We will see. Fingers crossed.

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Fingers crossed Richard :) . Can I ask, how did you build the burnout kiln built, is it gas fired
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It has a base made of -plain old house bricks. You can see the base in the photo above. I used a standard oil drum (55 gallon here. Maybe 40 gallon there, imperial gallons). I wrapped it with 3 inches of ceramic wool and then wrapped a sheet of sheet steel around that.

It is not ideal. The 55 gallon drum deteriorates from oxidation rapidly. I have already relined it with a piece of sheet steel. A sheet of stainless inside of the drum would probably be the best answer. The problem is, I have a lot of stainless in my shop up in California, but none down here. I haven't been up there in three years.

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That sounds simple enough ;)
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I busted the casting out today. Came out great.

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Looks good, lots of chasing work to do.
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I plugged the core pin holes today. I made plugs from the same metal and used 45% silver solder to hold them in.

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Is she hollow? Looks like it came out really great.

Glass works good if you don't use too much. One of my early brass pours, I had too much glass and it was everywhere and nearly ruined the crucible.
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