GIANT Copper Cable Melt - 20+LBS Copper Wire Meltdown - Failed Lost PLA Attempt of Venus De Milo
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- I started out wanting to cast some simple ingots from two giant copper cables. I decided to give a lost PLA casting attempt a try with a Venus De Milo I 3D Printed. I made a ton of mistakes along the way, and really gave myself a nasty burn through my gloves during the copper melt. In the end, it was a ton of fun, pain, and a great addition to the stack! I hope you enjoy!
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I hope everyone is having a great week so far! As you will see, I tried a lost PLA cast with some copper that turned quite violent and gave me a nice burn through my gloves! I ended up with some nice copper and aluminum ingots and had a lot of fun along the way, and I hope you enjoy the process and watching what took me ALL day to do. Stay awesome my friends!!!
Tank care of that burn bro
@@SilverScorpion I have been. Keeping it covered with SilverGel and waterproof bandages. It hurt like a mother but the show had to go on! Thank you my friend!!!
I love that you’re pouring statues. I did a piece on lost wax casting at a studio/foundry in Rhode Island years ago.
It’s on my channel.
@@glyph241 Thank you my friend, I’ll check it out. And hopefully I’ll get it right one of these days 😃😂
Omg!! That is a third degree burn!!!! Is it getting any better? It can easily get infected so if it isn’t, please go to urgent care.
I enjoyed watching the aluminum and plastic being stripped off the copper. That was neat😊 Thank you for a great but painful video!!
I hope I can trust someone like this man trusts his shelves one day
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I’m surprised at how underrated you are this is great quality content!!! 😊🔥
Thanks Kayden! 👍👍
Ooh, a Venus de Milo replica! One day before I moved out of home I made what my mum termed a "Cuello de Milo"; a statue of my own character Cuello built from terracotta.
You will try again! And you will get it some day! LOL
Nice bars today!
Love the copper!
Thanx for a great vid buddy!😁
Thanks Captain!! 👍👍
the bubbling is hydrogen gas that was diluted in the copper. The fact that your mold is hot, the cupper did not solidify quickly enough to trap the hydrogen gas in the ingot. The trapped gas can be seen if you cut the ingot: small cavities.
a giant 20lb copper cube man. weve been all lookin for it
I like how you guys show from start to finish.not to sound weird or whatever there is a lot to learn from you guys.i know I have huurah
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such a great video as always broski.....
Man I wish i had the inteligence to do this.
8:18 the reason for the heat boost was the way you kept changing them out heating them up each time not allowing them to cool off!
one of the most underrated channels, keep it up. that blister looks awful
Thank you Paeve! I really appreciate that! The blister is still about the same size days later, I’m taking care of it though 👍👍
great melt :) bro that blister looks so ace :) but ouch :)
After video comment: Ok, I cannot believe YT! And 2nd I cannot believe that blister even though I've already seen it. I loved how the copper seemed to boil in the mold. Great video even though it didn't work out & I'm sorry I missed it! ☺️
that was a nasty blister my friend, you conducted the rest of the video with great aplop
Thanks Mark! It was definitely no fun being around the furnace for the rest of the melt after I was already burnt!
Amazing bro! Keep ‘em comin!
I've never liked the lost PLA method of pouring moulds due to the fumes from the melted plastic needing to escape causing a lot of splatter and porosity within the metal as it cools down. I suppose having a wider opening at the pour vent might help a little, so that the gas/fumes can escape and not get in the way of the molten metal as its poured into the mould. The copper itself looked very clean and those ingots came out looking great. As far as molten metals are concerned, copper looks the best to me.
I’m with you, I’ve tried the method before and had success in some occasions and I’ve also many failures as I did this time… The copper was amazing and looked great besides the air bubbles that formed in the bars from that one mold, which still has me puzzled 🤔 👍👍👍
I've never seen anyone try to do any sort of "lost" casting with oil sand, typically you use a castable refractory/plaster of Paris and burn the positive mold out before you pour anything precisely for the reasons shown in this video.
@@jaredstenoien8415 Its usually done with wax as well for the lost portion of the mold. However I have seen it done with polystyrene but every time I have seen someone try this method of "lost" casting it never works right.
@@GamerLoggos Yep I specifically said positive mold because there are multiple materials you can use, but they all require a burn out step before the pour.
Salute to your resilience.
Been enjoying your content. Looking forward to more melts. Hope your finger healed ok. That looked like it hurt.
Hi Mr. The Growing Stack! This is a pre-med watching comment. RUclips NEVER alerted me to this video. I'm so sorry!
Hi Tracy, don’t be sorry, I’ve heard a lot of complaints about RUclips for the same thing. Not sure why they have such problems 🤷♂️
Two things come to mind. First that heat blister is going to be with you for a while and maybe even leave a scar to remember it by. Second, your stack shelving will only support so much. Metals get really heavy in a hurry... Thumbs Up and keep the thumbs out of the heat ...
top man always enjoy your vids👌
Thank you my friend! Just finished filming a sort of follow up to this video for Wednesday.
Ta Da….! Got me good on that one!
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Copper... Love copper melts and pours. The ingots look great. As for the lost PLA, that's a shame. Would have looked really cool if it has turned out. I have never done a lost PLA cast. So, my experience is from what I watch on RUclips. My guess is burning a hole in the bottom of the stature was a good idea. You needed to make a hole in its head for fumes to vent out. I hope you try again. It will be cool when it turns out. The blisters, that really sucks man. Really has to hurt. Stay safe. Catch you on the next one.
Awesome copper bar's and aluminum bar's thanks for sharing
Thanks Tim! 👍
You're welcome
Damn GrowingStack, that blister looks like it needs to be drained with a clean needle. Another epic video my friend, love those copper ingots!! Interesting, I have the same exact shop stool. Take care brother, see you on your next video.
Thanks brother! I left it blistered so I have a better chance of healing good. It’s been pretty tough trying to not to smack on anything and everything all week that’s for sure. It’s looking a lot better, you’ll be able to see it in the next video 🙂👍
Always reminds me of the Simpsons episode with the Gummy De Milo
Gnarly blister lol - cool video!
Thank you! It’s still a big blister but I’m keeping it clean and taken care of 👍
super cool!
Firstly I would like to say Ouch!😲🤢 and it's a shame the Venus De Milo didn't come out! Yes I have seen graphite moulds getting to hot before it's happened to me pouring Copper Nickel bars and Nickel Silver! So now I only use cast iron moulds with a detachable handle! Hope your finger gets better soon mate 👍
I know, I really wanted to see it work. I’ll give it another go one of these days. Maybe I should break out my cast iron more often, it just seemed strange how only the one got super heated. Thanks John, I’m keeping the finger wrapped up with silver gel. I even ordered some aluminized carbon kevlar gloves to try out. I might make a little shield for my pour tool also 🤔👍
@@TheGrowingStack The shield sounds like a good Idea the amount of times I have taken the hairs off my arms is no ones business. I'm now thinking it's time to get a new devil forge but upgrading to the 10 kilo full kit for around £400, and it includes a 10k crucible, the tongs, gloves and all the other standard stuff.
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I commented about these violent reactions last week on ingot joes video. You might just need to use plaster and melt all of the mould out. I’m sure adrock used to do plaster to get defined pieces
I really know feeling of blister on your finger.😟 I had same one, but bigger and on two fingers. Get well soon! 😉
Match one of your cooper blobs to the blister. That is a very well done second degree burn. It will smart for a while.
It probably won't be your last one,ask your doctor for some Sivadine cream. Helps a lot with burns.
Oh yeah, don't do that.
Great video. Nice camera work on the pours. Do they make better gloves? I would buy the furnace, however I’m terrified of the potential for crippling burns….
Thank you Jim! They do make better gloves and I actually ordered a pair following this and got them yesterday! I think I’ll showcase them for next week and do a little experiment to show how they can prevent what happened to my finger(if they work of course) I’ve got some good ideas 🤔🧐
Thank you as always for your comments, I really do love seeing them!
Good pour!!!
And OUCH!!! Got a bit too close.
The tapered molds are nice. Where did you find them?
Love copper!!! The Aluminum looks nice too... 😂😂
Stay safe!!! Keep that Stack GROWING!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you Don!! I’m healing and hopefully will be good for a melt this weekend! I got the molds from PMCsupplies. I’ll keep it growing as long as I physically can!!! 👍👍😂
Forbidden orange juice.
at least the ingots came out nicely
Oh ya nothing like liquid metal going down the ol shoe lol gets the juices flowing lol
Out of curiosity
, when the block is "solid" and dumped out of the rectangle mold, is metal actually solid, or is it just the outer parts and the inside is still goo?
Depends on how long you wait. I have dumped to early and the out side split and some ran out.
Once it freezes the entire block is set and solid and is just very hot still. 👍
@@TheGrowingStack you are going to make me record an experiment. I was thinking. It was an aluminum block that leaked when I dumped it. I might have to try a copper one.
@@SilverScorpion I’ve had the same thing happen with aluminum. Once I broke an ingot in half when removing from a mold because it was still very soft on the inside.
@@SilverScorpion I just had a copper ingot leak the other day. I got a little impatient to get it out of the mold.
Pop that blister ! 🤣
Tried aluminum once. Yup it exploded. Tried brass.. yup it had zinc. Set it on fire. Copper, no bad events and lead not bad
very curious about why that left mold heated up so much. anyone know?
I would love to see you popping up the blister ❤️
You still might! It’s still going, it hasn’t popped yet, I’m trying my best not to pop it to let it heal but you never know 😂👍👍👍
I would put a thin drain vent down, and then preheat the mold till the PLA melts and drains out. Even better, heat it to the point where any PLA residue burns out, so there's minimal gassing during the real pour. Never done casting, but I'd think that doing the pour while the mold is still hot would improve the quality as well?
Brian, I’m totally with you and think you’re 100% right. For sure! Sometimes, I get the mindset of “will this work this way?” So I try it so I know for the future, but in this case, well, I learned what definitely doesn’t work! Unfortunately I’m one of those learn by doing and learn the hard way old school guys. It costs me results sometimes, but I love the knowledge that comes from it and the excitement of trial and error.
Where do you find the armored cables?
Ouch I bet that hurt
Propane vs cost if not melt it.....melting it cool but is it worth it? Cost wise vs cool factor. If so ill melt mine. I'd mainly do aluminum and copper....do they pay more or just more dence and easy to recycle if fill up bed of truck
Bro copper has feelings too
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The left one was just thinner walls and belly.
Were those power lines? Regardless I bet they held a lot of voltage
Blister update? kinda wanted to see that sucker pop......... i'll see myself out.
😂 That’s good stuff Nick. A lot of my buddies said the same thing 👍
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As much as that pour popped and splattered, I didn't think it would turn out for you, but I hoped it would. Yeah, Venus didn't look all that healthy - poor baby. Ya know, I really cannot imagine how bad it hurt getting those blisters. I know getting hot glue on my skin is painful, but seriously, that must be excruciating. I hope you have some aloe to put on it or comfrey. The bars look great though.
I was thinking the same thing as you when I was in the middle of pouring that baby and it was erupting. Next time I’ll get it. It hurts pretty bad, when it’s burning through the glove and there’s nothing I can do because I’m holding a large pot of molten copper trying to pour and not spill in the moment. It hurt pretty bad for the first 24 hours, now it’s just the game of try not to pop it or bash it on anything. Thanks Leslie, love hearing from you!
well ya live and ya learn brother..i always say be safe.. and i know shit happens LOL so take care of that finger and be safe..............yeah i said it.. be safe LOL venus didnt quite turn out but maybe a different way to pour it is in order or a better venting system perhaps???? would it be better to have it laying down instead of standing up??? and maybe make the vent at the feet end of it so that part could be trimmed up and sanded down to be level afterwards?? well i havent a clue but maybe those suggestions might be something to work with.. catch ya on the next video... and btw.. i love the music... is nice to have something metal going on with molten metal.. i used to do remote dj work for some online radio stations.. pulse radio and boneyard radio..i did the metal shows for them.. and did an underground indie segment also for those going at it unsigned or independent.. perhaps a cast of a metal band's logo you like for a pour or cast sometime..would love to see a cast of Ozzy Ozbourne's name with Diary of a Madman logo from the album done myself... that dude isnt doing so well unfortunately.. and patient #9 is looking killer for his new stuff. be well and... well you know.. safe ... 😂🤣🤣🤣😂
Thank you my friend! I got some new gloves I’m gonna try out and maybe build a little guard for my pour tool. Probably better venting, laying it down might be better, I think a giant redesign of my sprues and the way I connect them is in order. All of it! Thanks about the music, my brother writes some cool jams! I should do a band logo or the Ozzy that you mentioned, that would be pretty cool. I’ll be safe and thanks again brother!
Wish u explained more about the sand and what you were doing.
Great video. I want to 3D print and cast it but I don't like the poping and all. Just to dangerous.
Copper seems to be very violent, I’ve seen it done with aluminum and it wasn’t as bad. I’m going to try that next time I do a lost PLA in sand casting 👍
Glowing left mold.... creepy
use puter when workinbg with 3d printing its easier to work with
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Skip the music and become watchable.
Your music is horrid. Go troll some other channel.
Your best bet if you want to make a statue like that is to make the plastic statue, build a thick layer of clay (the name escapes me) around it then put it in the furnace hole opening down and melt the plastic out. Its will be messy.
cast the statue upside down,
bro take care nothing is more important than you your finger looks bad 🤕
Thank you my friend, I always try my best to be careful, the radiant heat got me this time pretty good. It’s healing up nicely though 👍
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👍 Thank you my friend!!!