Cincinnati Shaper

[Jammer]

Oh yeah Dave, that would be great to fire up for a day or two.

[dallen]

I think it would, I'm going to try and contact the guy that owns the place and see if I can get some coke from him, he has several tons there that was in plastic totes at one time that have since went the way of plastic in the sunlight.

The Cupola was around 48 inches in diameter, and from some of the patterns that are still there and the size of the pouring ladles they poured some pretty big castings. with a lot of the work that they did being done for the oilfield.

DA

[Jammer]

That place just sounds too cool Dave. I loved going into the old foundry that the place I worked at bought. Most on the equipment was gone, just some junk here and there and a couple big electrodes from an electric arc furnace.

[dallen]

I have some more photos that I will upload but have been having a bout of crappy computer the last couple of days.

[dallen]

still dealing with a bad case of crappy computer that I really wish someone else had. have been trying to recover files and folders off of the main drive out of the computer some of which I don't have a backup for.

Also still working on the mods to the stepper motors on the Y and Z axis to make the router fit into a small package which will make it easier for one person to move it around. but have had to put the project on hold till the belts and cogs get here from china. and the way it looks I may of already made a mistake on the Y Axis by not making the addition to the pattern long enough, one of the breaks of the game I guess, should of laid it out on the computer so I would of been working from some hard numbers instead of takeing a WAG at it.

DA

P.S. for those that don't know a WAG is a wise ass guess, which is nomally (or in my case always) wrong.

[dallen]

solved the crappy computer syndrome by going to town and getting me a new laptop that has enough resources to run the cad programs and such that I have been messing with plus have the ability to take it with me when I need too. Toshiba Satellite C55, not the biggest toy in the store but big enough for what I want and need.

here's a photo of the gantry end plate that I casted the other day so that I could move the stepper motor.

and yesterday I thought that I would cast up a set of flask handles, due to some problems in the ramming up of the pattern and a few other things I had two of the parts poured short, but are still useable with some careful screw placement. most of the metal used in this pour was from the from bummer off of a Benz which makes for a hell of a mess in the crucible when the aluminum melts out from under the Chrome.

DA

[Jammer]

I was having a case of the shorts by not making the metal go where it didn't want to. I gave it an easy out and it took it, left the ends short.

[dallen]

I poured the handles more for something to do then any thing else, so its not a big problem that they have shorts on the corners. I had trouble figuring out how to cast then when a friend gave me a set off of an old flask he had. their kind of a pain in the rear to mold up as they aren't straight which makes them hard to keep in place , and I should of put in a couple scratch vents along with making the runner and gates deeper, you can see on one of the handles where it pulled back from shrinkage.

They are something that is handy to mold up and pour with any excess melted metal when doing other molds.

DA

[Jammer]

I need something to cast with leftovers. I'll have to think about it. I dumped the leftover brass into some sand and it's too big to fit in my crucible. There was more than I thought.

[Rasper]

I made ingot molds from angle iron. Welded a square cap on each end.

I cut up bad castings with a 4.5 inch grinder and a cut off wheel. Uses a lot of wheels, and the bronze dust makes me itch if I don't wear a shirt.

Richard