Cincinnati Shaper

[dallen]

been rounding up the tools I'll need to checker the stock and forearm on the rifle here's a shot of what I've got so far



This is one of those projects that should keep me occupied till the weather warms up, or the summers over with which ever comes first.

DA

[dallen]

back to working on the Winchester


Got the ejector cut to fit the case head

DA

[dallen]

I was looking at the viewer count on this thread and was amazed that its hit the big 30,000 count number, which I guess means that people are dropping by to take a peek at what keeps me off the streets and out of trouble. Anyway just wanted to say thanks to all the people that have taken the time to visit my thread.

Now to update (right after I let the shop monster out) work on the rifle has been proceeding slowly. I've started putting some Tung Oil on the wood to bring up the fuzz on the grain and to fill the Cell pores in the wood, also it preparation for checkering if I can learn how to do it. Hopefully I can get enough figured out to checker the stock without messing it up.

Anyway to the people that stop by and check up on what's been done, THANKS, and continue to stop by.

DAllen

[mite5255]

Hey Dave, you have kept us all entertained while we;re sitting on our butts contemplating what we'll do next, the 91 pages have bet extremely interesting to say the least

Mike

[dallen]

Hey Dave, you have kept us all entertained while we;re sitting on our butts contemplating what we'll do next, the 91 pages have bet extremely interesting to say the least

Mike

good thing I didn't post some of the crazier crap that I've done in the course of accumulating those 91 pages someone might of gotten hurt

Just glad that I was able to keep all of you intertained for the last almost 1.5 years.

DA

[dallen]

first casting of the new year

Contact Wheel for a belt grinder, poured it a little on the hot side, actually about 200 degrees too hot, should of had it down around 1200 degrees, plus plus I should of poked a bunch of wire vents around the outside diameter which would of helped with the outer rim filling and I poured way too slow due to the crucible and shank.


if the video turns out will post it have to get it in a format that I can upload it with.

DA

[Harry]

Nice, I have some of that catwalk grating it is sitting on. I used it for part of the floor in the foundry and filled it with old molding sand, has worked out quite well.

[dallen]

Nice, I have some of that catwalk grating it is sitting on. I used it for part of the floor in the foundry and filled it with old molding sand, has worked out quite well.

I lucked out at the scrap yard a couple years ago and was able to get that piece which is about 8 feet long an built a pouring bench out of it so I don't have bend all the way down to set my molds on the ground, and it makes it a lot easier for me when pouring molten metal into them.

DA

[dallen]

not sure it YouTube is finished with it yet, but here's the video of yesterdays pour



DA

[Harry]

I hear ya on getting things up a bit. I have a 1/4" piece of treadplate that is 14" or so wide and about 4' long that is on two cinderblocks with 2x4s across them. The whole thing works out to about 10" off the floor then the molds so pouring is usually around 14" or so up. That works real well for me, not so much the pouring but puttin the molds down and pickin em back up is where the big gains are though it is also a nice pouring height. Not too tall to feel dangerous but not havin to bend way down to pour either. I use my lifting tongs to pour so both hands have to get close to the level of the top of the mold at the bottom of a crucible. With my furnace in the pit the crucible comes just up to ground level where it is set down to skim then up to that foot and a high to pour and never above that. Guess I am pretty much a wimp about lifting it very high at all.

I ended up scoring about a dozen 1'x3' pieces of that catwalk treads. I think they were probably stair steps in a former life. I like having them in the floor right around the furnaces with the sand in them as they make a stable surface that wont move around and wont hurt from a little spilled molten metal. Out beyond that I used kiln brick that came out of an old foundry, think I paid a dollar a brick for those and was happy to have them. They are set into old molding sand with more swept into them after setting and have behaved quite well for some number of years now as far as not moving around.

My service sucks on videos so I rarely even try, I did watch this though. I dont even have speakers on this computer, will have to try and remember to look this back up when I am in town and catch it on the phone with sound. I did notice your air is on the opposite swirl from your oil, is there some mad purpose to this? Good job on the first pour of the year.