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- Nov 1, 2018
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I'm not casting a lot, neither often. I'm casting more for fun.
I started casting aluminum a couple of years back. I bought some natural clay bricks in Home Depot and built a primitive foundry. I don't use any kind of cement to glue the bricks together. No, I put them together only when I need a foundry. And store them in a shed when I don't need it.
In the beginning I was using charcoal briquettes as a fuel, and old hair dryer without heater as a blower. That setup worked well enough.
The clay-grafite crucible is from Amazon.
I tried Styrofoam casting, green sand casting, as well as plaster mold casting.
Then I switched to propane torch, it's much cleaner.
Here is a video of my latest casting. By the way, that bricks I bought a couple of years back are still alive.
I started casting aluminum a couple of years back. I bought some natural clay bricks in Home Depot and built a primitive foundry. I don't use any kind of cement to glue the bricks together. No, I put them together only when I need a foundry. And store them in a shed when I don't need it.
In the beginning I was using charcoal briquettes as a fuel, and old hair dryer without heater as a blower. That setup worked well enough.
The clay-grafite crucible is from Amazon.
I tried Styrofoam casting, green sand casting, as well as plaster mold casting.
Then I switched to propane torch, it's much cleaner.
Here is a video of my latest casting. By the way, that bricks I bought a couple of years back are still alive.