Archive for the ‘Aluminum Casting’ Category

$30 Backyard Aluminum Foundry?

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!!  An overview of my aluminum foundry. Only cost me about $30 bucks at Ace Hardware. Got some scrap aluminum at a welding yard for free and tried to mold them into ingots using a wal-mart muffin pan.

Recycled Aluminum Metal Casting – Geodesic Dome?


Show the process of me doing metal castings from recycled aluminum for geodesic dome hubs. The hubs allow one to make a dome with a diameter of 4 feet up to 20 feet.

ALUMINUM SPEED MELTING


I setup the Tripod a few weeks ago as Hank and I were melting strips of Aluminum for the projects – This is one of them at 3X Faster speed and the same one at normal speed to show you how long it takes.. – Enjoy!

Ant Hill Casting – Aluminum Casting


Dr. Tschinkel demonstrates how he creates an aluminum cast of an ant colony.