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New page: =Foundry 1.0= * following Lionel Oliver's [http://backyardmetalcasting.com/book_fp.html Flowerpot Crucible Furnace] instructions ==Materials== * already have ** popcorn tin ** scrap steel... |
New page: =Foundry 1.0= * following Lionel Oliver's [http://backyardmetalcasting.com/book_fp.html Flowerpot Crucible Furnace] instructions ==Materials== * already have ** popcorn tin ** scrap steel... |
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Revision as of 16:50, 23 July 2009
Foundry 1.0
- following Lionel Oliver's Flowerpot Crucible Furnace instructions
Materials
- already have
- popcorn tin
- scrap steel for lid walls (from cubicle wall cut offs)
- wire for lid refractory retension (bicycle spokes from West Town)
- bits of pipe & angle iron (any time from home depot)
- blower (have one to salvage, if it works)
- need
- refractory materials
- portland cement
- silica sand
- clay planter
- broken clay planter bits
- a couple bricks (dry, safe places to set down hot things)
- pipe/rebar/angle iron for:
- tongs
- air spreader
- air intake (necessary?)
- crucible
- charcoal
- something for a lid handle (more wire? bike rim?)
- slotted steel spoon for slag removal
- refractory materials
