Aluminum sand casting for Chenery Gnome Rotary

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That is a very nice casting !

Your riser located on the left has a very small gate into it, and so that gate solidified before the main casting fully solidified, and the remaining molten casting acted as the riser, and caused the shrinkage.

Perhaps use two risers at a 45 degree angle, and make the gate into the bottom of them much larger.
The gate could be perhaps six times larger than what you used.
You will machine that area anyway, so the size of the gate does not matter.

That is a really good casting for a first-time aluminum melt.
I tended to overheat my aluminum when I first started to cast metal, and that caused a very rough surface finish.
Now I use a pyrometer, and pour at approximately 1,350 F, which gives a good surface finish like you have.

Your mold alignment is very good.
This is a most excellent casting effort for sure.
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Thank you for your kind words Green Twin. My miscast defects could probably be repaired but I’ll just likely use this one for machining practice. I won’t stop until I get a couple of good ones. I will definitely use your suggestions. THANK YOU. Norman
 

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