dmrbike Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Does anyone on the Island have a furnace capable of melting aluminium ?. Or better still a home foundry setup. Thanks Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 try the steam railway sure they have something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 diy http://www.artfulbodgermetalcasting.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Wow, what a great site, I just might have to start playing when I get time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangfire Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Does anyone on the Island have a furnace capable of melting aluminium ?. Or better still a home foundry setup. Thanks Peter peter as in pinky and the brain? if so is there any piece of hardware you cant lay your hands on? Mr M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Wow, what a great site, I just might have to start playing when I get time and when you have really loads of time, there's a few more where I found that one http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/links.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrbike Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Sorry Hangfire, you have lost me. I admit my workshop is "adequate", but I have a casting project on the horizon, and it seems no one can do it over here. Looks like I'll be building that trash can furnace then !!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpig Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 have you tried,manx metals,costaines,galas foundry sure they could help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangfire Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Sorry Hangfire, you have lost me. I admit my workshop is "adequate", but I have a casting project on the horizon, and it seems no one can do it over here. Looks like I'll be building that trash can furnace then !!. sorry mate i teach at CRHS your plea sounded like something one of my especially keen students would say in fact he might be a good place to go looking as he has a working set of pretty much every piece of bizarre equipment i have ever heard of i will ask him if he has a sand casting furnace....... (old tech i know) how big do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholmondley-Warner Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Sorry Hangfire, you have lost me. I admit my workshop is "adequate", but I have a casting project on the horizon, and it seems no one can do it over here. Looks like I'll be building that trash can furnace then !!. sorry mate i teach at CRHS your plea sounded like something one of my especially keen students would say in fact he might be a good place to go looking as he has a working set of pretty much every piece of bizarre equipment i have ever heard of i will ask him if he has a sand casting furnace....... (old tech i know) how big do you need? You don't teach English then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangfire Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Sorry Hangfire, you have lost me. I admit my workshop is "adequate", but I have a casting project on the horizon, and it seems no one can do it over here. Looks like I'll be building that trash can furnace then !!. sorry mate i teach at CRHS your plea sounded like something one of my especially keen students would say in fact he might be a good place to go looking as he has a working set of pretty much every piece of bizarre equipment i have ever heard of i will ask him if he has a sand casting furnace....... (old tech i know) how big do you need? You don't teach English then? not me boss i bet you dont speak proper english like wot i do!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireblade paul Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Does anyone on the Island have a furnace capable of melting aluminium ?. Or better still a home foundry setup. Thanks Peter hiya try fort street services behind gas offices on south quay , ask for charlie cooil workshop manager sure he will sort you out no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrbike Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Thnaks for the help. I know fort st services used to undertake casting, but not sure if they still can. I'll give him a ring. I am rebuilding a 1976 Suzuki TR-750, which is an ex-works race bike (3 cylinder 2-stroke). The original clutch was "dry" (ie isolated from the gearbox oil by an aluminium casting) This has long since been lost, and no one seems to have one. They probably only made 10-20 in the first place, so this is not surprising !!. I have drawn a 3D CAD model of the part I want, this can then be milled from wood on a CNC mill, and this used as the casting pattern. Envelpoe dimensions are approx 300mm x 200mm x 100mm. If you want to be really clever, you can convert the CAD data into an IGES file, and have a sterelithographic model produced as the pattern. www.zcorp.com or similar. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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