Cincinnati Shaper

[mite5255]

what you see in the photo is a casting that I am trying to complete for an 1885 Winchester Highwall 45/70, I've been working on making screws and pins today the only thing I don't have is a barrel, fun part is going to be making the stock if I actually get that far without screwing it up.

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I'm sure you sort it all out Dave

[dallen]

Mike like you said I'll get it sorted out, biggest thing I need to sort is a barrel, shame I can't just cast one up.

Anyway here's a photo of todays mess, one part had the gating too small, the one part that actually filled is white but useable due to it not needing any machine work on it. the third part was and ingot that I had hoped would be nice soft cast iron that I could maybe use for bar stock, it turned into and mold weight, things to hard for a hacksaw blade to cut so I won't bother putting it in the bandsaw.

DA

[Jammer]

Is there any way to anneal the Iron some? Heat it up and let it cool slowly to see if it would cut better. ?? Something about Iron, I think you would have to do it a couple times, I'll have to dig out some books and look it up.

[dallen]

Is there any way to anneal the Iron some? Heat it up and let it cool slowly to see if it would cut better. ?? Something about Iron, I think you would have to do it a couple times, I'll have to dig out some books and look it up.

Here's a couple of photo's from yesterday.

The first if what was left in the crucible after emptied it, stuff was pretty warm to clean out this good.

The second photo shows a problem that has plagued me for some time now, the white stuff that you see in the bottom of the crucible which appears from time to time after a melt, usually after adding Silicon.

Chemicals that were added to the melt was approximately 1 Oz of FeroSilicon, two Teaspoons of LIme Stone Dust, and approximately 1/4 of an Cast Iron Inoculant tablet ( all I know is its and E-103.

I have been adding the L/S to help coagulate the Slag to make it easier to skim off, FeSi and the Inoculant is added to the melt before pouring after skimming an is stired in normally using a 3/8" rebar rod.

Most of the iron that was melted yesterday was old spures and gating parts.

I did put the ingot in the furnace for a couple hours it may soften up if I put it in and take it up to red heat and let it sit till it drops below 500 degrees, but will probably just keep it for a mold weight.

DA

[dallen]

made me a bearing splitter today to remove a stuck sleave off of a 5/16" stud

[mite5255]

made me a bearing splitter today to remove a stuck sleave off of a 5/16" stud

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Is that made from a piece of flat bar

[dallen]

made me a bearing splitter today to remove a stuck sleave off of a 5/16" stud

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Is that made from a piece of flat bar

made it out of a small piece of trailer spring, the first one I made out of 1018 mild steel flat bar didn't want to bit into the sleave I needed to pull off the stud.

never pass up a hunk of car spring that's laying in the street, its good stuff to have around.

DA

[mite5255]

made me a bearing splitter today to remove a stuck sleave off of a 5/16" stud

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Is that made from a piece of flat bar

made it out of a small piece of trailer spring, the first one I made out of 1018 mild steel flat bar didn't want to bit into the sleave I needed to pull off the stud.

never pass up a hunk of car spring that's laying in the street, its good stuff to have around.

DA

I have a full set of leaf springs under my bench, I'll definitely be keeping them

[dallen]

Ok we had one hell of a frost this morning, which is really unusual for OKC this time of the year, but even with that it turned out to be a really nice day with the temp at around 75 F.

SO me and shop monster molded up the stuff I been trying to pour the last few times I've fired up and proceeded to melt some cast iron which turned out beautiful today. Nice soft gray iron that can be cut with a hacksaw, only big problem was I forgot to put a weight on one mold and it floated open, other then that not a lot of problems the iron melted fast, I used a lot less oil then I have been using plus I also used less propane.

Charge weigh in the crucible was roughly 9.5 pounds with one Oz of FeSi added to the pot.

The days haul

One of the gates snapped into.

Ingot end sawn off

this is the kind of iron that I like to see come out of the sand

DA

[Jammer]

Those look great, the cross section looks like it cut pretty good. I really like the little mortar pestle, you should think of a larger one.