Metal Casting at Home Part 23 Lego, Cuttlefish & Potato

[cameron70107]

would you like some potato with your butter. this is a joke

[1pdigit]

this potato taste like lego. ha!

Serious though, its truly amazing at the stuff you can learn from youtube! Keep the vids coming!!!

[mandigit]

It is work of master! Thank you for sharing your skills. I wish you good luck!

[20RoyalSuperKing]

Where on earth did you learn this one from? Is this something you learned from your dad, Like I have and passing on to my 14 year old son. Keep up the good vids.

[myfordboy]

@20RoyalSuperKing All self taught from books.

[incriveltv1]

heheh i love your boot with a hole

[myfordboy]

I'm not familiar with that can you point me to an image.

[immortalblade1]

@myfordboy who are you talking to?

[immortalblade1]

what would you recomend for making a metalic headband like the one's in "banner of the stars"?

[kayzen76]

Hi Have you tried to cast silver or similar on silicon rubber mould? I am curious to know if it work. Thanks

[myfordboy]

@kayzen76 No, I haven't had reason to try this.

[MrLiamitis]

How much did your foundry cost to make? Also can styrofoam be used as a substitute for cuttlefish bone? Are there benifits to using bone as opposed to foam?

Thanks a lot

[Nanpa0]

Cool.. thanks for the vid and the effective use under spent heat.

[timothysvec]

Well done, Does your wife know that you have her beautiful china outside?

[ps3Gamescast]

the best part of this vid is when he cooked the potato. :D lolz

[TheFinalformsora]

where did you get the cuttlefish bone stuff?

[myfordboy]

@TheFinalformsora From a pet shop. Budgies like to gnaw them. If you live near the sea they can be found washed up on the beach.

[camden199]

like an actual bone?

[myfordboy]

@camden199 Yes. Its very soft and made of Aragonite. Check wikipedea for cuttlefish

[troy5690]

I have a serious problem with this technique! That Potatoe had No Salt!!! Thanks for sharing, really enjoying these vids.

[buckcreekman1]

GREAT Video, !!!!!

[caemaridwn]

Thanks for posting some things you have to do

[TerryD15]

Great to see this technique again. We used this when I was studying silversmithing at college in the early 70s. We mostly used it for flat back casting of silver, so there was no need to accurately locate the two parts and we held them together with soft iron wire.

As we successfully cast silver it should be ok with brasses.

[workshopshed]

What kind of thermocouple are you using with your digital multimeter?

[myfordboy]

@workshopshed its a type k thermocouple. I don't bother with measuring the tepmetature when casting, I just pour as soon as it is melted.

[workshopshed]

@myfordboy Good thought

[djpaulk]

Wife yells: "Come inside for dinner,Hun..".. "or are you just going to stay out in that damn shed all night"

djpaulk yells back: "I'm ok tonight,got alot of casting to do,Thanks anyhow babe"....

djpaulk then closes the shed door,pours himself a beer from his home brew fridge in the corner,and sits down to eat a full baked dinner.... :D

PS,nice video myfordboy, but your going to get me in trouble >.<

[MrGoosePit]

I love it! You made a nice trinket, and a tasty treat all in one video. Now I'm hungry...

[18F4V]

Very clever, thanks for posting.

[ClaytonwFirth]

Lots of work for a single casting. What advantages do you get with the cuttlefish over a regular greensand mold?

[myfordboy]

@ClaytonwFirth No advantage, I just wanted to try it out.

[barumman]

I think you need to splash out and get a new blade for that hacksaw, good video

very informative thanks for sharing. :)

[colt4547]

Good stuff, Thank you for sharing.

[BoingotheClown]

I have heard the jewelers used to use this method for carving molds.

[85rocco]

Did you just do that to satisfy your curiosity about the cuttle bone process, or do you have some other goal in mind?

Either way, enjoyable viewing.

[myfordboy]

@85rocco It was just a process I had read about and wanted to try whilst I had some metal melted for a greensand mould. Its a bit limiting in the size of casting that can be made as cuttlefish don't grow very big !

I found the sanded off parts of the bone though could be used as a filler and compacted down if I got too careless with the screwdriver. Ground up cuttlefish I think would work as greensand.

[85rocco]

@myfordboy I've seen the cuttle bones at the pet shop and have given thought to doing this myself, just to see what it's like.

Btw, I've eaten cuttlefish before, it was a long time ago but if memory serves me they were pretty tasty little buggers, they'd be brilliant with a baked potato ;P

[RBTCLD]

nice surface finish

[jvcrules]

what a boss with the potato, you forgot bacon again though

[MrLeonard55]

Pretty cool. You forgot something. The sour cream and bacon bits, lol.

[apowellz]

This one the most bizarre videos on casting I've seen! Also one the most entertaining! Nice use of natural material and residual heat.

Nice job!

[ArtistBlade1972]

Think you could use it for brass or not?

[myfordboy]

@ArtistBlade1972 I think it would be fine with brass.

[ArtistBlade1972]

@myfordboy Thanks.

[rickcoona]

I do not use glue just pins and wire wrap to hold it closed you can get a couple of castings from a cuttlefish mold

--Rick

[robot797]

can you cast some for me (i am willing to pay for it)

[jbrannon69]

Great video and love the bake potato lol

[landlockedviking]

thanks for another great vid!

[homesteadprepper]

Way cool!

[TheCombineify]

Thank you for expanding our minds.

[humanity6fl9]

the flower is a nice touch.

[MrUni22]

wow you could sell them !!!



[bufferbrown]

I think the stink of burning cuttlefish would put me off my potatoe.

But well done for this its good stuff.

[BuickDoc]

My pet cuttlefish said, "Hell no. Get your own bone!" What do I do now? Where do I get cuttlefish bones?

[humanity6fl9]

@BuickDoc -pet store

[rickcoona]

@BuickDoc you can find them at pet supply stores they are used for birds

--Rick

[ginofrater]

I like ....thanks.

[Xraller]

oh....you made me hungry....

[vampirwrr]

i'm hungry

[PiranNinja]

Cool project! And the bone used as a mold is genius!