Jim O'Neil

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Posted: 14 Nov 2015


Taken: 14 Nov 2015

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2nd casting mounted 3

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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-

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 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
OK. How do you melt the aluminium?
7 years ago.
Jim O'Neil club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
For melting the cans I've ended up with a propane fired smelting furnace I built, making aluminum ingots.

For melting the ingots & casting I built an electric furnace using the heating elements out of a $24 electric heater I bought on Amazon.
7 years ago.
Steve Bucknell club has replied to Jim O'Neil club
That sounds really inventive. I know quite a lot about making steel ( but not in my back garden) and I am fond of setting fires...so we'll see!
7 years ago.

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