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Posts Tagged ‘sand mold’

foam aluminium skull halloween
from a light foam skull to a 5 kilo aluminium skull
lost foam casting
For God’s Sake not a Damien Hirst diamond skull

first time i melted and made a mold and first cast i ever made
neighbour whas sitting on the roof
waiting for things to go wrong
laughed when my leather motorgloves shrinked 5 sizes and cought fire
by the immense heat off the molten alluminium
laughed when a black smoke arised when i poored in the molten alluminium (foam burnout)
but he whas impressed by the result off this first skull

foam skull i used
5x foam skull + shipping to holland = 100 Euro
http://www.brandsonsale.com/hg-004627.html
another cheaper
http://www.centerstagestar.com/lisirefoskha.html
hee im dutch so cheaper
http://halloweentownfl.com/product/36523975-8ae5-db11-9100-001676ca3a71.aspx
or search for “realistic foam skull” from F.I.T.C.O.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=mozilla&rls=org.mozilla:…
FITCO (First Imperial Trading Company)
Straight From The Grave
http://www.firstimperial.com/
the foam is burned away when aluminium is poored into the mold
think i used brusselse aarde
no i used bindolzand (rode kneedbare zand / red sticky sand)
from http://www.hazelaar.nl 25kilo = 44 euro

a petrobond sand mold. ?

wasted my motor gloves because off extreme heat
and wasted the chickens water pan

next 2 videos inspired me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rb8BdMn7B0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR3ekOrQ1sw

i do not understand the price i payed for the scrap aluminium
on the londen metal exchange LME
the price is 2700 usdollar per 1000 kilo
2.7 dollar per kilo
2.7 U.S. dollars = 1.82679296 Euros
1.82 euro * 22 kilo = 40.18euro and i paid 25 euro
could get sleeping rich if i where a scrap metal dealer

An average aluminium can (without its contents)
weighed 16.55 grams in 1992.
By 2005 the aluminium can weighed about 14.7 grams.
thats 68 / 69 cans in a kilo
aluminium can price is 1.5 usd a kilo or 1500usd per ton

so this skull is aprox 345 cans

Aluminium has a melting point of 660°C
compared with 1540°C for iron

If all the aluminium cans sold in the UK were recycled for cash it would raise more than £30 million for collectors.
Setting up an aluminium can recycling scheme is a great way to raise funds for a charity or good cause without having to ask for donations.

This will be a multi part video on foundry pattern making. A wooden pattern is used to make an impression in the sand mold. A silica sand core is inserted to produce the cylinder bore in the casting. A wooden pattern of the cylinder is turned on the Clausing lathe.

Quick video showing the pouring of brass valves in green sand molds. Alloy:C83600, induction melted, Sinto automatic molding machine.

How to make a green sand mold using a loose piece.

In part one he made the sand mold.  Now I melt metal and complete the casting.

This will be a multi part video on foundry pattern making. A wooden pattern is used to make an impression in the sand mold. A silica sand core is inserted to produce the cylinder bore in the casting. A wooden pattern of the cylinder is turned on the Clausing lathe.

This will be a multi part video on how to make a split foundry pattern . A wooden pattern is used to make an impression in the sand mold. A silica sand core is place in the mold produce the cylinder bore in the casting. The wooden pattern of the cylinder is turned on the Clausing lathe.