| Projects |
| The Anvil from hell.. I started like every one else making ingots but one of the first designs I wanted to try was an anvil pattern. This is the result after many failures but I think I may be beginning to get the hang of this metal casting stuff. |
| As you can see it wasn't perfect and still needs a little work but it is acceptable to me. |
| I decided that charcoal was too expensive and messy so I started using propane. The burner was sent to me by Todd Lane for free Thanks! After using propane for a little while I decided that cost too much too. I decided to try Natural Gas. |
| I added an outlet to the NG supply running into my house. |
| Next I started construction on a Natural Gas burner. The above image is as far as I have gotten. It does lite but I need to add a tee so I can add a blower. That will be the next step. Then I can determine if it needs a flare and if the orifice is sized correctly. The current orifice is about 1/8 inch and since my Gas supply is low pressure....that may be way too small. |
| I have been using stainless steel crucibles in my furnace and it seems to eat them up pretty regularly so I ordered a clay graphite crucible. Hope it last longer and I need to order a couple more smaller crucibles. |
| I included a picture of the coffee can for size comparison. This crucible holds about 16 pounds of molten Aluminum. |
| Hobby Metal Casting |
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