strips of sheet aluminium and packing tape. It is a very flexible system.
The stuff on the left in the last picture is a staircase to reach the top
of the box for pouring.
Very flexible sand casting boxes
Sand casting boxes, or containers rather I guess, made from
strips of sheet aluminium and packing tape. It is a very flexible system.
The stuff on the left in the last picture is a staircase to reach the top
of the box for pouring.
strips of sheet aluminium and packing tape. It is a very flexible system.
The stuff on the left in the last picture is a staircase to reach the top
of the box for pouring.
Sandbox fillers
Fillers to save some sand while packing boxes
for lost foam casting. These are socks filled with
expanded clay lightweight aggregate.
for lost foam casting. These are socks filled with
expanded clay lightweight aggregate.
Ingot tweezers
A pair of tweezers for gentle charging of ingots
into the molten metal. You don't just want to drop
them as they hit the floor of the crucible pretty hard.
into the molten metal. You don't just want to drop
them as they hit the floor of the crucible pretty hard.
Drizzler MKII
An automated drizzler for wetting greensand.
Eskil Loftsson came over for the late shift and some posing.
It was hot like hell from having a badly isolated oven on for a weeks time.
Eskil Loftsson came over for the late shift and some posing.
It was hot like hell from having a badly isolated oven on for a weeks time.
Drizzler
For wetting greensand used in metal casting.
For the beginner wanting to pursue a career as maker of
homemade tools, this might be the place to start?
For the beginner wanting to pursue a career as maker of
homemade tools, this might be the place to start?
Aluminium incident 2
Molten aluminium eats steel, so steel crucibles
have a rather limited lifespan and eventually leak.
Luckily there was not very much material in there
at the time. Aluminium incident 1 was a lot more
spectacular but no photography survived the event.
have a rather limited lifespan and eventually leak.
Luckily there was not very much material in there
at the time. Aluminium incident 1 was a lot more
spectacular but no photography survived the event.
Cell phone reception tray
Small tray positioned in such a way that cell phone
reception is obtained in the basement.
reception is obtained in the basement.
Wheels for anvil
Lets you move this heavy piece around relatively
freely and to stow it out of the way while not in use.
The lever is detachable. The wheels come into contact
with the floor as it's tipped.
freely and to stow it out of the way while not in use.
The lever is detachable. The wheels come into contact
with the floor as it's tipped.
Vice mountable angle grinder
Bracket to turn an angle grinder into a really
portable and stowable bench grinder.
portable and stowable bench grinder.
Indoor gutter
To prevent condensed water from dripping into computer
situated below the welding fumes extractor.
situated below the welding fumes extractor.
Cheap portable welding tables
Take any sheet of metal. Place it on pretty much any table.
Aluminium is nice outdoors as it doesn't rust.
Aluminium is nice outdoors as it doesn't rust.
Cheap welding gas
Regular MIG welding gas such as argon or argon-CO2 mixture is rather expensive.
You have to buy or rent a bottle and the gas itself isn't exactly cheap. CO2 fire extinguishers
however can be had for next to nothing at a junk yard. Just make sure there's still some
in it. You will now be MAG welding which works fine for regular steels, but not for
aluminium. You will need to make some slight modification to the connection of your
gauge to get it to thread on to the CO2 extinguisher.
You have to buy or rent a bottle and the gas itself isn't exactly cheap. CO2 fire extinguishers
however can be had for next to nothing at a junk yard. Just make sure there's still some
in it. You will now be MAG welding which works fine for regular steels, but not for
aluminium. You will need to make some slight modification to the connection of your
gauge to get it to thread on to the CO2 extinguisher.
Avoiding trouble with 7018 electrodes
7018 are really nice welding electrodes. They can however be
a bit difficult to ignite. That is until you understand what's happening.
As a lit electrode goes out there forms around the tip a ball of
non-conductive flux. All you need to do is remove this with a file
and you're good to go. I can't claim to have invented this method
but I'll include it for anyone learning to stick weld 7018.
a bit difficult to ignite. That is until you understand what's happening.
As a lit electrode goes out there forms around the tip a ball of
non-conductive flux. All you need to do is remove this with a file
and you're good to go. I can't claim to have invented this method
but I'll include it for anyone learning to stick weld 7018.
Not too intelligent ingot casting
Then you have to cut the cans open to get your metal out.
Keep every third row
A little but helpful AutoHotkey script I put together
to keep every third row in a long list of xyz coordinates.
It could most certainly have been done more elegantly,
but then I'm not really a programmer..
to keep every third row in a long list of xyz coordinates.
It could most certainly have been done more elegantly,
but then I'm not really a programmer..
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