Making a flask for sand casting
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- Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2017
- I made a quick and dirty wooden flask that was leaving splinters in my petrobond. I decided to make a new flask out of angle iron. It was cheap and easy to do.
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Great video and a simple flask that won't catch fire. I think I make make a couple diferent sizes. Thanks for sharing.😎⛏⛏🔥🔥
One thing I would do differently in the future, I would reduce the amount of horizontal surface. It catches a lot of sand and is kind of a pain to clean off. If you can fine rectangular tubing that might work better.
Good luck with them. The steel is definitely durable and flame proof. I love that about the flask I have
learned so much from your videos as a "serial tinkerer." Just got a Devil Forge Furnace and have been soaking up all of your videos as well as some of your collaborators like Paul's Garage. Nice work!
Thank you so much for letting me know. I appreciate it. Enjoy that furnace! 😄
I new you would have a video somewhere in your library on how to make a flask, and a search of your back catalogue and sure enough here I am ! :)
Wow, you are part of the .01% :-D Nobody seems make the effort to look for past videos. There are things about this flask that I do not like but they have held up for years now. I would make the horizontal surfaces smaller. As it is they catch a lot of sand and its a bit of a pain to clean them off before pouring the metal
Amazing. I will use this to make my first box. Thanks!!
I will tell you that after having used this box for years I love the durability. What I don’t love are the horizontal surfaces, they trap way too much sand and have to be cleaned off in the molding process. If I were to make another I’d try to find some rectangular steel tube.
@@swdweeb Admittedly, I did not think of that. I’ll be on the lookout for the tubing for that.
@@VetvsWorld I didnt think of it until I had used this one for a year or more 😀
You got those to come out real nice. They will be much more durable for sure.
Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with them..it?.. I used it yesterday and it worked really well. Had to do some serious grinding on the pins as they kept hanging up in the holes. Now only the part of the pin that is actually in the hole is full-sized, the rest is tapered. Comes out easy but locks in place just when it needs to.
Nice!! Looks really simple and durable. Can’t wait for that “future video” to see how it works out ;)
Patience young man patience. Here's a spoiler for you though, it worked perfectly ;-)
I didn't get the joke about your latest project being a "drag" until halfway through. I'm learning things here every video. Lol !
Yeah I probably should have said cope and drag earlier in the video, oh well :-)
Why does it look so cold in your last video? Shouldn't it be nice and warm there now?
Great job! 👍
Hi Swdweeb I take it that you used 2" angle iron for the flask... Ok I just watched your video for the sixth time and saw that you used 2" angle iron. Lol.
Did I? I can;t remember, I was going to run out to the garage and measure it for you. I ended up adding extensions to cope to make it taller. These are too short for getting a proper sprue and pouring basin cut in along the the runners and gates. I will reply again with the height of my cope.
BTW, These have served their purpose well, but I'm going to be casting new boxes out of aluminum. There are things about these boxes that can definitely be improved upon. The way the sand builds up on the outside in the corners is one. They're heavy, which isnt a huge issue for me and the pins don;t give the best alignment (although they're not terrible and do work)
I don't know when I'll be making the new boxes, hopefully before the ned of the year. If you can hold out, you might want to wait.
@@swdweeb Hi Swdweeb I'll be watching out for your new videos. I find the things that you do very interesting.
Thanks Michael. I forgot to get back to you on the height of my cope. its 75mm or 3" tall.
@@swdweeb Thanks for the info.
@@swdweeb Hi Swdweeb, I don't mind waiting to see how it goes.
Ok burn the cans and fill it up
:-D It's coming, it's coming... First casting video is coming soon.
FWIW, I'm actually not going to melt cans anymore I get almost as much dross as I do aluminum when I melt them.