DIY Aluminium Casting experiment

[wolfgoblin]

Took me almost a minute to realise they're speaking englsh. Gotta love scottish accents.

[guildofshades]

i am moderately impressed! i love it

[TheRedneckAtheist]

Fuckin' rednecks...

What?

[metals0999]

make sure you are up wind, dont go breathing those vapours in !

[ARIDEA24]

great..

[GrooveInYourOwnTime]

T-2000, The Beginning

[trickykwoo2]

@feuchter I made a furnace for melting sivler out of about a dozen fire brick and a squirrel cage fan, I acturally used charcoal to fire it. It required around 1800 degrees to melt, you will need a crucible to hole the metal, might find a used one fairly cheap or try a ceramic shop, then some tongs to handle it with and decent gloves, welders gloves can work if carefull.

[trickykwoo2]

@trickykwoo2 sorry about the miss spelled words, got in a hurry

[NewYorkRawVideos]

one guy is wearing what looks like wood shop goggles, the other is wearing sunglasses, brillant!

[andy316ful]

Stupid that is worse than playing with fire

[dgamezonu2693]

How did you pour that in that mold without it solidifying? Did you have the mold pre heated or what did you do? Love the video.

[trickykwoo2]

@dgamezonu2693 Mold needs preheating and the metal has to have a certain amount of "super heat" to stay liquified long enough. Super heat is the term for heat above melting point,

[midlander1000]

enjoyed the video lads but would have like to have seen the finished article;)

[Loader2k]

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS.

Great vid. What were you making?

[thequeenofspades]

Where did you get the aluminium you melted?

[MrSonofamotherduck]

i`m moderatly impressed

[stratocaster539]

someone on JREF told me molten aluminum was orange.Wrong!

[Tokerific1976]

W/e may or may not happen....would it really matter? Us Scots are nuts

[ryoryox]

i somehow started watching videos of stuff melting and i have to laugh because every single one of them, no matter how professional the video is, there is always some fucknut to bitch and complain that the people doing the whatever-it-is in the video are retards who are going to hurt themselves or don't know what they're doing. typical youtube.

[demonwolfdawg]

make me a short sword.....

[magnusrulz]

@demonwolfdawg i think you need a long one

[demonwolfdawg]

@magnusrulz what?

[adam8om8]

hey great video could you tell me what kind of things are made from aluminum its just to save me buying it and also tin were would i get scrap tin as tin cans are now steel thanks for your help

[eaglesdare666]

how did you enrichin the alloy. wherent there any oxidation

[zooll34]

Dont drink this kids

[opticlook]

Hey! The elusive Aluminum donut, very hard to eat. But light weight though... =) good job

[joeratti]

fuckin love scottish accents.

[TheBillWashere]

Nothing would happen if it rained on it !!

The water droplets would turn to steam.

Having said that, if it rained first, and water droplets got into the ingot mould .then the water droplets would expand so fast that they would shoot molten aluminum all over the place.

[AllThingsLive]

I don't even know why I'm watching this, something about molten metal interests the hell out of me.

[dodgedart74]

at least you guys dont waste time, watched a video where it took the bumb ass 30 seconds just to set the thing down, and another 60 seconds before he even poured the thing.

[eaglesdare666]

depent on the temperature aluminium is good for up to 750 dergrees depending on the alloy

[DerekBlaintradey]

Casting aluminium in the open, you do know what would have happened if a single rain drop had fallen into the melt?

[emailspangy]

@DerekBlaintradey Oh Yes! But thankfully on the Tropical Island of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland, rain is a mythical thing that hasn't fallen in decades.

In the event of a sudden shower, we knew what steps we would take - Big ones!

Thanks for watching.

[WW2films1]

@emailspangy Not saying that it has not rained in decades i belive you but that grass looks extremely healthy and green. How come? (sorry about my spelling and grammer im 14)

[emailspangy]

@WW2films1 lol! You're not from round here are you?! I may have entered the realms of fantasy by suggesting there are tropical islands in Scotland that haven't had rain in years. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Thanks for watching. ;-)

[WizzyBangz]

@emailspangy somwhere in scotland where it doesn't rain? your pulling my leg..

[therussianredneck7]

@emailspangy the only thing that would have made the joke better is if you said the east coast of scotland! lol

[homernukem]

@emailspangy lol perhaps ww2 should have just kept his mouth shut.

[Mulitfrog]

@emailspangy Tropical? Brilliant. 5 star trolling that :)

[Menuki]

@emailspangy I had someone make the same comment about on one of my vids. Then I told them I live in the Mojave dessert.

[jamiekenta]

@DerekBlaintradey hey im just curious, what would happen if a single rain drop fell into the melt?

[IKickedurassdontcry]

@DerekBlaintradey what would happen if rain falls into the melt??

[IKickedurassdontcry]

@DerekBlaintradey what would happen if rain falls into the melt?? wont it just boil away???

[alfredo1santos]

@DerekBlaintradey What would have happened?

[WildoTheRubberFist]

@DerekBlaintradey the water would have done nothing but evaporate. landing on top of the metal the steam can easily escape.

[zhmapper]

@DerekBlaintradey That's a huge myth. I have a video up of me dipping a dross-covered spatula in water and then dipping it into molten aluminum with my bare hand a few inches away... nothing happens except that the water boils off really fast. /watch?v=PX0b8mvKE2U&t=11m33s If you get a LOT of water in there, the steam shooting out will splash the metal, but raindrops and wet skimmers are no problemo - and I speak from experience with both.

[halfmumi]

@DerekBlaintradey Sorry for asking,what happens incase of rain?

[ToweringPillarOfCats]

@DerekBlaintradey What would happen if a rain drop had fallen in there?

I want to learn alot about these things because i'm very interested in this kind of stuff:D!

[TheScotth89]

@ToweringPillarOfCats A single rain drop... not much but if enough water gets in the crucible so that it doesn’t evaporate immediately some water will sink into the molten metal then instantly try too expand into steam and molten metal will be thrown all over the place... Not nice, trust me!

[ToweringPillarOfCats]

@TheScotth89 Oh okay, thanks!

Wouldn't imagine that to be nice haha.. :D

[fuzzywzhe]

@ToweringPillarOfCats "What would happen if a rain drop had fallen in there?"

It's been a while for chemistry, but I believe the aluminum would strip the oxygen atoms from the water to make aluminum oxide, and leave hydrogen gas. The reaction is exothermic, and the hydrogen gas would burn in the air.

If I remember my chemistry anyhow.

[kyliejoel]

@DerekBlaintradey the danger is when aluminium is poured onto water or moisture. rain would evaporate before hitting the aluminium

[feuchster]

@DerekBlaintradey what would have happened if some water got into the melt? I have no knowledge of anything pertaining to smelting.

[PSNAdmin]

@feuchster It would have exploded, And they all would have been burned to death lol, They would need to be like 25 feet back to be safe..

[trickykwoo2]

@feuchster if water is on top of molten metal not a problem, just a lot of steam, if it is under the surface you have an explosion

[feuchster]

@trickykwoo2 Oh man, that sounds pretty horrendous.

Btw, how much would it cost to build my own foundry?

[MetallicaFTW1981]

@DerekBlaintradey What would of happened?

[greggspen]

@DerekBlaintradey Yep, Pretty much nothing. see youtube.com/watch?v=HWUF6wuYDt­0

[kawana87]

I love the scottish accent! Its so cool lol. My uncle is scottish, but he's lost most of his accent.

[AV3NG3R00]

Wow, someone that can actually spell aluminium.

It's not AH-LOO-MINUM (aluminum), it's AL-YOO-MIN-EE-UM (aluminium), like the word is spelt...

[ductonius]

@AV3NG3R00 It's both. "Alumium" was the first spelling with "aluminum" being proposed next and "aluminium" was shortly thereafter. The IUPAC prefers aluminium but recognizes aluminum as an acceptable spelling too.

So, quit with the pedantic banter and go play some soccer. ;)

[trunk516]

What was the result?? an aluminum toilet seat??

[chevyvictor]

@trunk516 hahaha good one :)

[Serostern]

@trunk516 Sometimes the project itself is purpose enough for the project.

[YTBYlover]

Oil drum foundry, got a love it.

[colbycous01]

cut yer grass mate.

[ab48726]

Wow, that's a lot of Al! Great job guys!

[Grundalizer]

So what did the mold make

[27Halfdollars]

shoulda poured it into the soil..but what works for you guys :)

[fireraisr]

@27Halfdollars yeah im sure a steam explosion is exactly what they wanted

[convenientvideoclip]

Jimmy, would ya be a good lad 'n beam me up a bot'l?

[opif123]

kayh

[drzoidberg223]

its not hard to melt aluminum, it melts at 1200 degrees ferenhiet, i do it over a small campfire.

[RobbindaNegus]

whut did you use for a cruicible?

[emailspangy]

We used the bottom of a compressed air gas cylinder. Approx 7mm wall thickness. Thanks for watching.

As for the gold bullion, We may need to collect a few more pallets to burn...

[calabrese623]

Cool...I've got £4m in gold bullion that needs melting down in a hurry...can you help!!!

[Surveyor001]

Spangy ...You must have learned this from a Harrisman !!!

[Muskyhoto69]

Hi Spangy, is this how you made the new parts for the KX????? If so i could do with a piston for a KTM 65cc ;)

[Muskyhoto69]

Hi Spangy, is this how you made the new parts for the KX????? If so i could do with a piston for a KTM 65cc ;)

[emailspangy]

We're making a conversion plate to bolt a 3cylinder kubota engine onto a small marine gearbox. We've since machined, drilled and tapped the casting successfully. To melt the aluminium we used old wooden pallets burning with a forced draught from an electric fan blowing in through a hole in the bottom of the 45 gallon drum. The crucible full of broken bits of aluminium was suspended in this heat. The 45 Gallon drum was glowing Cherry red at times!

[violentstreak]

what you making dude?

how did you get it hot enough to melt it ?