Furnace
From disk drive to slabs
A tip from the Home Foundry and Casting group, indicated that you could get some good quality Aluminium from old computer hard disk drives. Compared to the other options of drinks cans (too small) and old car parts (too big)
Posted in: Furnace
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: Disk Drive, Melting
Red Hot – Casting
This morning the flower pot furnace was lit and I cast my first aluminium. I’d finally got good weather, all the safety gear and tools were finished and I’d sawn up an old strip of aluminium into small chunks to
Posted in: Casting, Furnace
Materials: Aluminium
Tags: Flowerpot
Furnace kit
Given the price of Aluminium in large pieces and the problems with shipping I decided to build a cheap “flowerpot” / “coffeecan” furnace from scrap and cheap materials to do some simple casting which could then be machined. Everyone on
Posted in: Casting, Furnace
Tags: Coffeecan, Cruicible, Flowerpot, Liftout, Tongs
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
