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Post by al on Oct 10, 2008 19:02:18 GMT 1
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Post by steve stanley on Oct 10, 2008 22:33:45 GMT 1
So when are we doing it...?
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Post by al on Oct 11, 2008 10:42:07 GMT 1
I'm already digging big pits in the garden and the council say that a 100 square foot smelting shop
in a residential area shouldn't be 'too' much of a problem......!!!!
Have always wanted to actually cast a small Bronze or Brass piece, from start of procedure to end
product..........perhaps one day eh..??
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Post by steve stanley on Oct 11, 2008 17:50:00 GMT 1
At the risk of being thought a complete nerd,I cast a model siege mortar in my metalwork class about 35 years ago..........
Built the carriage in woodwork & used it as my cse project for both..........
Steve
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Post by al on Oct 11, 2008 18:41:36 GMT 1
Zis iz very interezting......I vish to know how zizz iz done.
So how do i go about casting a small Brass piece of about the two foot length then Steve....??
Are we still talking the same principal as in the link above on cannon barrel making..?
I once saw an interesting prog on gun barrel casting in a seige, big fire chuck the furniture and
the Castle cat on the fire, melt all the kings best metal bits etc.
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Post by steve stanley on Oct 12, 2008 14:42:01 GMT 1
Zis iz very interezting......I vish to know how zizz iz done. So how do i go about casting a small Brass piece of about the two foot length then Steve....?? Are we still talking the same principal as in the link above on cannon barrel making..? I once saw an interesting prog on gun barrel casting in a seige, big fire chuck the furniture and the Castle cat on the fire, melt all the kings best metal bits etc. Yep,same principles,'tho my barrel was only about 4" long...might still have the project notes somewhere. |
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Post by al on Oct 12, 2008 17:59:01 GMT 1
Come on then...........hurry up with those notes..........I've got 4 gallons of molten Brass on the go here....!!!!
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Post by steve stanley on Oct 12, 2008 18:31:45 GMT 1
Of course I had the advantage that the small scale let me drill the bore out without finding industrial-type drilling equipment AND I seem to remember (advantage of scale again) turning the master out of wood on a lathe......
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Post by al on Oct 12, 2008 20:00:24 GMT 1
Curses........!!!!!
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