Cupola help requested!

[Jordan_Dixon]

I'm an amature blacksmith, and for some time now I've been trying to focus on melting iron. At this point I grow tired of waiting for a way to construct a furnace, money is no longer an object. I'm am trying to get any plans or diagrams anyone may have to help furthering my skills. So I request help from anyone.

 

[Tin Falcon]

Fascinating a blacksmith comes to a model builders forum to ask for help with foundry work.
First of all and introduction please.

to answer your question . Cupola furnace book

Buy the above book.
the above book is under copyright so the link is for informational purposes .

Tin

 

[Jordan_Dixon]

Yes, I see how it can seem unorthodox at times. But I hqve just grown impatient with myself.

 

[sssfox]

Tin,

You never can tell, maybe this will get him into building engines.
At least he will be able to cast parts. That's more than I can do.

Steve Fox

 

[Tin Falcon]

Like I said fascinating. Blacksmithing was my first interest in metal working have collected books and read a lot. It has only been the last couple years that I have actually made a few things and taken a couple classes. . Years back I made a casting bench of sorts and a couple of flasks but no pours or castings yet.
I do have a half dozen engines or so to show for my work.
Tin

 

[sssfox]

I completely agree.

I wish I had the time, resources, space and motivation to pursue casting.
I've also wanted to learn a little blacksmithing.

I guess metalworking is metalworking whether it is cutting, scraping, melting or beating. The final object is to fashion metal pieces into what we want by any means possible.

To me, the entire process is fascinating.

I saw a show on PBS about a guy in Minnesota learning to make Viking swords as they did 1000 years ago.

Back then, they thought blacksmiths were magicians because they could turn dirt (iron ore) into weapons. They used bone in the process of tempering, so they used bones of their ancestors and fierce animals so their power was transferred to the weapons.

It all makes perfect sense to me and it worked, for whatever reason.
Again, fascinating.

I guess I'm getting off point, I'll go back in my cave, now.

Steve Fox

 

[aonemarine]

Cupola furnaces are great for melting iron but do have a few draw backs. Finding a good supply of coke is one of the main problems and the other is the flame and sparks the shoot from the top of the furnace. I guess it depends on how much iron you need to melt, personally if its less then 75 lbs Id go to a diesel fuels foundry....

 

[Jordan_Dixon]

I live next to a clumsy railway, so cokes, coals, and scrap iron are all to easy to come by. I do require little to melt down, and the dramatic flames may cause concern, but that I'm not too worried about that. I could find use for a kerosene foundry, but I wouldn't know where to begin. Atleast with a cupola, I would know the physics of the machine, I would just need a diagram/plan for a small version of one.

 

[aonemarine]

I live next to a clumsy railway, so cokes, coals, and scrap iron are all to easy to come by. I do require little to melt down, and the dramatic flames may cause concern, but that I'm not too worried about that. I could find use for a kerosene foundry, but I wouldn't know where to begin. Atleast with a cupola, I would know the physics of the machine, I would just need a diagram/plan for a small version of one.

Join up here, were all about metal casting. I dont know anyone on the forum that uses a copula, but many of us use propane , waste oil, or diesel... http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/forum.php
Im David F on that forum....

 

[Jordan_Dixon]

That may just be what I'm looking for, Thank you very much.