foundry

Great new toy (errrrr, tool).

Rich Waugh — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:43:40 -0600

I just received the new infrared pyrometer I ordered last week. What a dandy little item!

The thing reads from about 50 below zero to just a frog hair over 3000 degrees Fahrenheit by infrared emissivity scanning and also has an optional (included) Type K thermocouple rated from 60 below to 2500 F. It has an output port to a PC for temp logging and other functions too, though I don't yet know how useful that all is - haven't tried it. All that for under $200 with shipping. Amazing, really.

Forge take 1

jiminycricket — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:09:12 -0600

The body of my first forge! Stainless tea container lined with kaowool, ceramic board in the bottom.

Portable foundry furnace

ScottTheSculptor — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:04:45 -0600

Fully portable bronze furnace.
Smallest gas powered leaf blower I could find - plenty of air at idle.
Stainless cover with refractory slathered kaowool weighs less than 20 lbs.
harbor freight weed burners are way simpler than making your own.

Portable Furnace "Off"

ScottTheSculptor — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:59:29 -0600

Portable Bronze Furnace

ScottTheSculptor — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:51:37 -0600

Festival 2010

Bill Shayler — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:46:36 -0500

Festival Collage

Bill Shayler — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:45:01 -0500

We took a miniaturized version of our foundry to a local festival last weekend.

I do not think the organizers really believed me when I said I was bringing a real working foundry to the event.

A fellow asked what I was cooking. When I answered brass he looked at me weirdly and walked away. Nothing to eat here.

engraving and foundry

Bill Shayler — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:23:22 -0500

I am hoping to learn and help here.
I have been a professional engraver for over 25 years.
In the last few years I have built a brass sand casting foundry and am currently producing parts.
I hope that I can share with others here on these subjects.

Dog Sculpture Continues

Mantrid — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:26:11 -0500

Further progress on the dog sculpture. Its been raining here all week AGAIN. However, today I was off work and the rain stopped, so I got myself set up to do the casting this morning. Below are pics of the results, but first some pics of the shell application.

Bronze casting

Mantrid — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:29:30 -0500

Hello I'm new to the site. I have been sculpting and casting bronze for just over a year and am enjoying it considerably. I have put together a website in the hope of selling some of my work. I have joined this site to share my experiences and learn from others with more experience. I am UK based and am finding it very difficult to get supplies of silicon bronze. If anyone can recommend suppliers of this alloy in the UK I would be most grateful.