Burningleon
New Member
Alright. Tons of Pictures for you. All in all a rather disappointing night but it's my first time trying something like this and these steps don't cost as much to try again. My main concern is propane prices. Here's what I've got for you. First up is three pictures of the three molds in the order that I described them in my last post. As you can see the corner of the first one broke and i had to try to rejoin it. The 2nd one I patched the cracks with plaster. Hoping that will work. And the 3rd one I obviously broke a larger hole into. Next up is a picture of the first mold, the one with the broken corner after a very poor pour :lol The plaster started smoking like none other immediately after the aluminum hit it. We couldn't see where we were pouring and backed off. Then reheated the aluminum and came back in and tried to fill in the gaps. but most of the aluminum ended up flowing out cause it wasn't perfectly level. We later found out that there was a huge air bubble in the center of our mold
We were able to pour the 3rd mold too. I should of broken it open more. The mold had all kinds of air left in it. It looked like it was full but I suppose it wasn't. This one actually caught on fire. We were all ready to pour the third mold when suddenly we realized there was a hole in the bottom of our crucible. No fun there
The last few pictures are of all the steps through and then ends with my two failed attempts at the aluminum casting in the order that I described them.
There is good news of today and that's that the plaster mold smashed quite well as it was supposed to :lol
I'm just going to need to make some more plaster molds. I want a lot of them so I can do several melts in a row to conserve gas. Which means I am going to need to sink more money into this project. The good news is that if it works then I'll have several of these belt pieces to sell and I've finally been cleared so that I can ask the following.
Is anyone interested in buying this piece once I've got the process down pat and am pumping out perfect castings each time?
There is good news of today and that's that the plaster mold smashed quite well as it was supposed to :lol
I'm just going to need to make some more plaster molds. I want a lot of them so I can do several melts in a row to conserve gas. Which means I am going to need to sink more money into this project. The good news is that if it works then I'll have several of these belt pieces to sell and I've finally been cleared so that I can ask the following.
Is anyone interested in buying this piece once I've got the process down pat and am pumping out perfect castings each time?
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