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October Melty 2009: Direct sand casting without foam!

TechNinja — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:52:03 +0000

Though I've been waxing high on lost foam casting for some time, I've always revered and looked up to a "higher level" of aluminum casting, green sand split casting. The following recounts my adventure therein.

Aluminum melty, from styrofoam to end result

TechNinja — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:19:42 +0000

At long last the summer has given me another chance to redeem myself in aluminum (Why the summer.. when it would seem that copious amounts of heat and fire go better with winter).

Here I've finally documented almost the entire setup, from carving to placing in the sand, to pouring.. the only part I've left out is the finishing.. which really is just grinding and wire brushing.. not exactly prime time interesting...

I had a number more projects for this burn than the last.. and unfortunately raised the bar a little too high for one project: the Thing.

old hard drives + fire + styrofoam + sand = fun.. oh yes.

TechNinja — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:28:12 +0000

As we all know, old hard drives (and to a lesser extent, aluminum cans) are chock full of nearly pure aluminum. Also, as we all know, I don't have much money for projects, but after some research into lost foam casting, I have a new hobby. Burn baby burn....