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I just finished mounting my second attempt at casting with aluminum. For those who want to give it a try, here's the procedure: First you drink the beer, second you carve the model out of Styrofoam, third you melt the beer cans, fourth you bury the model carved out of Styrofoam in sand, fifth you pour the beer cans (now melted aluminum) in the sand and....
Poof! The hot metal evaporates the foam, the metal replaces it and vola! You've cast a statue! -GRIN-
Poof! The hot metal evaporates the foam, the metal replaces it and vola! You've cast a statue! -GRIN-
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Jim O'Neil club has replied to Steve Bucknell clubFor melting the ingots & casting I built an electric furnace using the heating elements out of a $24 electric heater I bought on Amazon.
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