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Something told me that those would be the most wanted castings, and likely the hardest ones to cast. Ill have to grab a set of drawings from George just to verify the measurements to the originals before getting started. I probably wont be able to get started on them until September due to...

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That was suspend a slurry fs by ransome and randloph. Yes sand after every coat and i put a total of 9 layers on it. You can get away with less if your using wax. If your going to be casting aluminum then you might want to look into the investment block method and use vacuum assist. But if the...

Ive been melting iron with a forced air propane burner for about 5 years now. Once you figure out how to get up to temperature its actually pretty easy. if your getting it to a gooey bubbly type semi solid blob then yes that is all most there. Just a wee bit of air blown in should finish...

Well ****! Thats going to make the button pusher jump 100 feet the first time every time... Pretty cool :cool:

Pla leaves no ash behind. I burn out with the sprue down. The burn out is to calcify the investment and the top end of the burn out temperature is 900c and held for 1 hour following the manufacturers instructions.

Stuart used to produce some of the nicest castings imaginable. I understand that they have switched to another foundry??

LOL Happens to the best of them... The forum is still pretty new (only 2 years old) But has some really good content..

He uses the pink insulation type foam then coats it with drywall mud. Once dry its bedded in sand then the aluminum is poured. Kelly, the guy who cast the above parts makes it look real easy...

Over on the home foundry forum. Sorry for the confusion...

Those are not mine, the belong to Kelly aka al203 on the forum. He is a guru at the lost foam pulling off some things I would have though impossible ...

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Here is a picture of what is possible with lost foam...

Jacob, you really should check out the forum. al203 on the form is a lost foam guru. You will be surprised at the results that can be achieved.

I assume you are using pla filament?? do you have a layer fan?? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, then I suggest you buy the simplify 3d slicer. You will not regret it!!

I would suggest visiting... http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php

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Very sad to hear this. Best wishes to his family, he will not be forgotten...

I would get an mt2 reamer and spin it lightly in the spindle to clean it up, and be checking it before and after use with a .0001" DTI.