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Posted by: solopilot1 in Untagged on
Feb 03, 2010
I became interested in metal casting with I was a kid. Camping beside the Tennesse river on a fishing trip back in Alabama. After the dinner of fried catfish and corn fritters my dad made, he had a beer and I finished my soda. We tossed the cans in the fire and planned our strategy for the next day as the fire slowly burned out. The next morning as I was getting the fire pit ready to cook breakfast I found blobs of silvery metal. My first castings! Fast forward 20 years. I Live in San Diego now. I am involved with lapidary, which got me started with gem faceting, which got me interested in making rings and pendants to set the faceted gems. That got me to Lost Wax Casting.... My lapidary club hasn't done very much casting mainly becuse the first time they tried to burn the wax from the casting the fumes and smoke filled the shop and everyone had to evacuate. Since I joined the club, about a year ago, they have talked about casting silver but mentioned the evacuation so I volunteered to build an exhaust hood over the kiln. I finished it last week. That made ME the "casting guy" so with all the research on metal casting, I became more and more interested in casting aluminum pulleys. Mainly because I have a metal lathe that requires a special (Costly) motor pulley. Right now I have something rigged together to make it work but nothing substitutes for the proper parts... Currently I have a furnace kit on order, I should receive it within the next few weeks. I comes with everything EXCEPT the castable refractory, gas tank and regulator. When I get it and begin construction, I'll start gathering the other things I'll need. until then I'm reading everything I can.
Posted by: diecastingmoulds in Untagged on
Dec 03, 2009
SanSheng-H.X. Die Casting & tooling Co., Ltd is specialized in non-ferro metal castings and its CNC machining, specially for die castings and die casting tooling making. Our capacity follow below industrial fields: aluminum Die Casting, Pressure Die Casting, Aluminum Gravity die Casting, Zinc Die Castings, Copper die castings, Aluminum Sand Castings, Aluminum investment castings and the CNC machining. We have our own factories and has rich and special experience in non-ferro metal casting and machine fields, it has succeed in forming and organizing a metal manufacturing industry chain to manufacture, supply and export from raw material, to casting, machining, heattreating, surface finishing as well. We are specialized in casting and machined parts which are widely used for Automobile, Medical, engineering, petroleum, electricity Industry with the material Aluminium die casting, aluminum sand casting, zinc castings, die castings, investment casting and well CNC-machined metal parts. Besides, because we have our own raw material plant, casting foundry, machinining factory and in-house dies and moulds desgine and makiing workshop. We can provide our customer full complete service from moulds design,making, to raw material, to casting, machining and surface finish with one-stop way service.  Upon Insisting on the policy: Customer-Orientation, solid Quality and in-time delivery, our products are exported to Canada, USA, and west Europe Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, etc. and win good reputation among our customers. Specially for die casting and die casting moulds, we have some famous company to work with, such as GM., Bosch, Yamaha, GEELY etc.
Posted by: Alfiebird in Untagged on
Nov 01, 2009
Anyone got any good recipes for a good lost wax casting slurry? Moving from sand casting to lost wax with no money! Any ideas?!
Posted by: km69stang in Untagged on
Oct 14, 2009
I am relatively new to the casting realm. It started with my buddy's dad agreeing to teach me to carve Kentucky muzzleloading rifles. He used to cast his own butt plates, trigger guards, and inlays out of brass and a little silver. I also had an arrow head that was given to me that I fashioned into a pendant and wore on a chain. It began to chip on things and I decided to cast it out of silver. Compared to now I had a VERY dim idea of what to do. I found out how to make a mould out of plaster of paris and playdough. ( it sounds childish, but it worked! to a point) the mould came out great! And I practiced casting the arrow head out of lead by melting the lead on my electric stove. After getting that, I borrowed a oxy-acetelyne torch from a friend and successfully melted a few 1 troy ounce bars of .999 silver. And I poured the 'molten' silver into my plaster of paris mould. I gave it time to cool and separated the two halves. To my mixed amazement, it worked to a point. the top of the arrow head was completely formed, but the tip of the arrow looked like chewed bubblegum! I returned it to a mass of silver soon after! It was an embarassment! I have been doing some research online and have been turning up a little information. I have checked out www.BackyardMetalcasting.com, and have gained a little more information from the time that I have spent obsorbing what he has done. But, I don't feel that I have enough information as to designing and constructing a furnace and foundry of my own. He talked about several different burners and furnaces. I am particurally interested in the waste oil and propane burners. I have a few questions as to the designing of both of them. Some may be obvious to some of you, but, my brain thinks too hard about some things and it can obscure the obvious from me! It happens. If anyone has any DETAILED information or plans of their own that they would be willing to share with m, it would be greatly appriciated!
Posted by: zhangteyi in Untagged on
Aug 03, 2009
We are Sincerelink International Ltd,Ningbo,China. We are a OEM supplier of non-ferrous metal parts , ferrous parts and plastic inject parts . The produce technology of parts include: Casting ,forgign, liquid extrusion . Material include:aluminum casting,grey iron casting,nodular iron casting.copper fitting. We supply parts to below industry: Marine, Automobile, Hydraulicas, Machine. Our factory equipped with many advanced equipment, such as CNC lathe.vertical-4-axis machining centre.horizontal-5-axis machining centre.milling and two face milling machine,grinder machine,punch machine,broaching and drill machine,also other heat treatment machine .etc. Aslo we equipped with many advanced testing and inspection equipment,such as CMM machine ,optical projection comparator,roughness tester ,tensile strength tester ,metels chemistry composition analyzing and hardness tester,etc. The technology of our rough parts produce by aluminum die casting,aluminum sand casting.aluminum lower pressure casting.aluminum gravity casting.aluminum extrusion casting.grey Iron casting,nodular iron casting ,steel investment casting, warm-cold combined forging,hot precision forging. We main deal with OEM part for west european customer.corollary equipment with valve parts,gear case(housing),Transmission conponents,Aluminum wheel,air compressor components,Auto components.gear series,Crankshaft series... Our factory under the TS16949 managerment system. We carrying out analysis of the capability index for stable process by quality manager.According to requirements for "APQP" and "CP",We make sure the stablilization and continuous improvement of our products and offer "PSW".We guarantee that all the products manufactured in this way.
Now we are sincerely hope to work with you and develop long term cooperation in near future.Send us your drawing we will we will reply you in 24 hours. Welcome you be China for visit.
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Posted by: carltondie in High pressure casting on
Jun 16, 2009
Carltons become only the 3rd company in Scotland to achieve new quality standard Carlton Die Castings are very proud to announce that they are only the 3rd company in Scotland to be assessed and registered to the upgraded Quality Management System B.S.EN.ISO 9001:2008. Carlton's team are dedicated to maintaining an excellent quality record and their new quality approval is just one example of how they are always looking for continued improvement. This combined with a vast casting and machining experience ensure they achieve 100% quality and delivery. Please visit www.carltondie.com for more information.
Posted by: george in Untagged on
May 28, 2009
ihave no. 36 refractory cement. air setting high alumina. Made by A P Green Refactory Co. Mexico, Missouri. They are out of bussinous. My question. Would this make a good lining for a furnace if mixed with grog? George
Posted by: lilian in Untagged on
May 26, 2009
Dalian LVBO Technology Co., Ltd Dalian LVBO Technology Co., Ltd is a company specialized in developing various types of metal products. We have a team of professional Mechanical Engineers with rich experience, who can provide customized technical support and solutions. Since 1997, we have been co-operating with many worldwide well-known companies, to provide one-stop solution starting from collecting drawings and samples, until final product deliveries and shipments. We had helped our customers to reduce greatly the sourcing cost and shorten the lead time. Our service has been widely recognized by our customers. The products we are developing cover the areas including automobile, yacht, petro-chemical, and environmental protection equipment etc. We have big advantages especially in titanium castings, titanium forgings, aluminum forgings and beryllium alloy etc. Our philosophy is to produce and sell only high-quality products at an acceptable price . we also can in meeting your products need with small quantity and different items. We would like to provide the best service to our customer through sincere co-operations to achieve our mutual prosperities.
Posted by: jkookieg in Untagged on
Apr 23, 2009
I just found out about this site and I am looking to make some new friends and learn a skill too. I am waiting to take the 7 day course. I am mainly into jewelry making but I have seen some remarkable objects made from aluminum and other metals.
Posted by: cnsandcasting in Untagged on
Apr 08, 2009
NINGBO REICAN MACHINERY COMPANY is a professional supplier for casting and machined part which is widely used for Automobile, Medical, earthmover, petroleum, electricity Industry, and in long-term business with foreign customers from North America and west Europe, we are exactly know what's the customer requirement when they provide drawings and material specification. And our engineering dept. can suggest the best process and technology to make the component or any design changing if necessary. Most of our products are exported to Canada, USA, and west Europe Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Norway,Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, etc. and win good reputation among our customers. NINGBO REICAN MACHINERY COMPANY cover different foundries and machining factories based on different casting process: investment casting, sand casting and pressure die casting, gravity casting, as well as precision machining with CNC machines. If you need some casting or machined part OEM or aftermarket, REICAN will be the best choice for you. NINGBO REICAN MACHINERY COMPANY more than 320 employees in our company now and about 33 technicians from medium to senior. We have the manufacturer and tester equipment such as medium frequency induction furnace, wax injection machine, die casting machine ranging from 250tons to 1600tons, shot blaster, SPK direct reading instrument analyzer, metallurgical analysis, tensile strength tester, hardness tester, CMM. Also the die making from CNC, machining, powder coating, painting, plating, assembly are all been offered locally for the purpose of our clients' request. More than 15 years of experience in high pressure die casting for aluminum & zinc, investment casting for alloy, carbon steel, stainless steel, ductile iron & grey iron sand casting, as well as precision machines and also tool & fixture. Factory registered with ISO9001:2000 system to be sure the quality as OEM/ODM supplier. Sister company with ISO/TS16949 certified to supply high quality automotive components Will keep a high standard for a valued added service to its international customers. OUr Main Products: Sand Casting, Green Sand Casting, Aluminum Sand Casting, Grey Iron Casting, Ductile Iron Casting, Investment Casting, Lost Wax Process, Complex Shell Process, Soluble Glass Process, Sodium Silicate Process, Carbon Steel Casting, Stainless Steel Casting, High Manganese Casting, Die Casting, Aluminium Die Casting, Zinc Die Casting, Aluminium and zinc die casting
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