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Thanks for another great video. You really got my attention when you mentioned an upcoming steam engine build. I enjoy building them but unfortunately my health does not allow me any time in the shop nowadays. Hopefully in the future I can get back in the shop.
It will be a long winded procss I think, I won't be using a kit, I'll cast most of the bits in aluminium, so it won't be what you could call a true replica. Thanks for watching. 👍
New subscriber, great channel mate. With the blow out, you need at least 50mm min of sand between pattern. If you use green sand for casting it should help with the surface finishing.
Welcome aboard. The poor surface finish comes from the imperfections in the foam, it can be improved by sanding the foam first, I just wish I could get the construction foam here in Thailand, but it's just not available. It's my understanding that green sand is not used when lost foam casting and it's not compacted, just vibrated into place, I'm 100% sure it was the fact I didn't have enough sand over the top of the foam that caused the initial problem. Thanks for watching. 👍
@@MyMiniHomeWorkshop if you didn’t stop then you poured too slowly. That white foam burns out really quick. I use denser foam. It makes it easier to keep up when pouring. Vibrating the sand will help prevent that blowout you had at the top of your second piece also. Cheers
@@stevesrt8 I'm convinced it was a lack of sand over the section that collapsed because it didn't happen on the 2nd attempt. I use the most dense foam I can get here, that builders foam I see others using is not available here. I use a really crappy lightweight stuff for the sprew because the higher density stuff won't burn fast enough and leads to the material not making it to the bottom before it starts to cool enough to start solidifying.
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As per usual I'd like to welcome my new subscribers 🙏, I hope you enjoy the content on my channel, if you enjoyed this video, please smash that Like button, it helps me to get my videos viewed by others and if you haven't yet subscribed, please consider doing so. 👍
That fly cutter gives a great finish. Good work as always.
The finish on steel is mirror-like, it's my favorite tool. Thanks for watching. 👍
Great job mate
Thanks Matty and thanks for watching. 👍
Thanks for another great video. You really got my attention when you mentioned an upcoming steam engine build. I enjoy building them but unfortunately my health does not allow me any time in the shop nowadays. Hopefully in the future I can get back in the shop.
It will be a long winded procss I think, I won't be using a kit, I'll cast most of the bits in aluminium, so it won't be what you could call a true replica. Thanks for watching. 👍
Another nice video. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎
Many thanks, I appreciate it. Thanks for watching. 👍
Top stuff Paul.
Bad luck about the weather. Congrats on the 3000 subs.
I kind of hate the wet season. Thanks for watching. 👍
Congrats on hitting 3k subs! 👍👍
Thanks for watching. 👍
New subscriber, great channel mate. With the blow out, you need at least 50mm min of sand between pattern. If you use green sand for casting it should help with the surface finishing.
Welcome aboard. The poor surface finish comes from the imperfections in the foam, it can be improved by sanding the foam first, I just wish I could get the construction foam here in Thailand, but it's just not available. It's my understanding that green sand is not used when lost foam casting and it's not compacted, just vibrated into place, I'm 100% sure it was the fact I didn't have enough sand over the top of the foam that caused the initial problem. Thanks for watching. 👍
I subscribed to your channel when I read your comment on another channel.
Welcome onboard, I hope I don't disappoint you. Thanks for watching.
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Thanks for watching. 👍
Excellent video!
Just an observation on your casting method; that sand looks really dry. Do you use any bentonite or clay mix with it?
No I don't add anything to I the sand, it is my understanding it isn't required when using the lost foam method. Thanks for watching. 👍
Is it a bird... is it a plane, no its another dodgy casting 😂
Second one was a lot better thats a big chunk of ali that so well done 👏
2nd one still wasn't perfect but so much better than the first. Thanks for watching. 👍
if the sprue runs dry, the sand will cave. likely you stopped pouring because you couldnt see what was happening. resulting in a cave in.
I never actually stopped pouring in that one. Thanks for watching. 👍
@@MyMiniHomeWorkshop if you didn’t stop then you poured too slowly. That white foam burns out really quick. I use denser foam. It makes it easier to keep up when pouring. Vibrating the sand will help prevent that blowout you had at the top of your second piece also. Cheers
@@stevesrt8 I'm convinced it was a lack of sand over the section that collapsed because it didn't happen on the 2nd attempt. I use the most dense foam I can get here, that builders foam I see others using is not available here. I use a really crappy lightweight stuff for the sprew because the higher density stuff won't burn fast enough and leads to the material not making it to the bottom before it starts to cool enough to start solidifying.