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Great result! This is something I would like to try, but will have to build a new furnace to get to stand the heat required. Maybe I'll just stick to aluminum ,a lot less messy to machine and I have a crap load of scrap! Al

What a fun contraption! Great ingenuity!(or should I say engenuity) Al

I find self designed engines very interesting. Good luck with your build, I'll be following along. Al

This is one of the coolest things I have seen recently! Thanks, for posting. Al

When I first conceived this project, I thought I would just remove the base and table from the column of the drill press and just slide the arm on and then reinstall the base and table. Well, the more I thought about it and I considered how decrepit I am, I thought it better to try and split...

Ian: Thanks, I want to have a bench to contain the mess and tools for ramming up flasks and be able to roll it out with the top folded down and have a good sized work surface for projects outside when the weather is nice. 100model: I did not measure out the sodium silicate. I used just enough...

MachineTom: Thanks for the comment. No my drill press will not be used for the tapping. It is only donating it's table, column, and light. The tapping is manual or if my idea works out will use a reversible hand drill which is variable speed. gus: I am using melted down hydraulic pump cast...

I'm kind of sparse on pictures of the ram up of the flask and the actual pour, but sandy hands, hot metal and cameras don't mix, it looked like it was going to rain, and I just got wrapped up in doing the process and forgot take as many pictures as I would liked to. Here is my molding bench at...

Thanks for the comments aarggh and metalmad. Sorry I didn't get any video of the pour, it was threatening rain so I was busting as to it done.

Hello, In my wandering on the net and in tool catalogs, I have seen various renditions of a tapping guide machines. I thought it would be interesting to try to make one, more of a challenge to use my foundry and machine tools rather than something I really need. My intention is to cast a guide...

Hello Tom, Great looking shop! I have built my retirement shop also, which I recently posted a video here. I intended to make great use of it when I retired last July, but unfortunately I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis the same month! I am finding it more difficult to get around, but...

I like this! Nice work. I like the idea of a gear less engine and may have to try to build one also. Thanks for showing this.

Thanks pherdie - that is my intention. Tin & others - I didn't expect all the conversation about building practices around the world. This was built to avoid, as Tin says, getting a building permit by using a cement pad and keeping the building size just under the 200 sq ft local requirement...

Thanks Ken - Maybe I'll have to post a video on my small wood shop or my motorcycle/garage shop if there is any interest.

Thanks for the comments. Question: How or why do I have that crap below my Youtube link? Can someone point me to an explanation on how to post video to the forum? I haven't been able to find an description of the process.:confused: Thanks, Al

Hello, It has been a few years since I posted anything on this forum. I finally gathered up the photos I made thru the years I spent putting together my backyard hobby machine shop and assembled them into a slide show of the process. I haven't been able to spend as much time enjoying my shop...

Very impressive pattern work!

What is there left to say.. Just fantastic!

Nicely done.

Very, very nice!