Foundry for the Home gunsmith

[JoeJoeTater]

Does an aluminum gun actually fire?

[traxxaslover123]

why didn't the sand blacken from the heat? never seen that before

[armandolo1000]

are u using coal or propane ?

[GrenadeCatcher]

is cheesy 80s metal required for your home foundry?

[8MADJACK]

@GrenadeCatcher Mandatory....although any metal is acceptable :-)

[xxwes997xx]

@8MADJACK Win!

[maxinpains]

@GrenadeCatcher LOL Hey, I did love that song...some what. not original song though.. I'm a OG. .lol

[WarzoneMerc]

@GrenadeCatcher LOL!

[xxwes997xx]

@GrenadeCatcher would you prefer justin bieber or nigga rap?

[GrenadeCatcher]

@xxwes997xx neither?

[seconderror]

sooo.. basically you just baked at home a holder for you scope. awesome

[JesusHitlerForPrez]

UMADBRO?

Wonderful work, What do you use as the casting medium? Sand?

[Orcinus24x5]

RIP headphone users

[DarkSifu]

Coudl you show us how to make molds like this aka materials you can use where to get them and or how you got yours? I am a stay at home dad and want a job or hobby to do on top of taking care of my kids and have been looking into casting/ blacksmithing for about 4 years now but dont know what kinda budget i need to start casting work.

[crackahcrackah]

@DarkSifu If you start casting be damn sure to teach your children! This country is going down the tubes fast and skills like this are VALUABLE.

[DarkSifu]

@crackahcrackah for sure im actually on a roll as far as finding a buncha laundry lists for building a forge and what not gonna make videos with all the information a person needs to be like me a guy with absolutely no clue but research and videos to getting full on smithing. :D

[manjiquaker]

That's really cool. My dad and I made a mini furnace when I was about 11 or so. We used a steel trashcan. It took a few attempts and weeks to build up the inside walls with shaped sand.

To heat it we used charcoal and a hairdryer to push air in to raise the temperature. We were able to melt aluminum car parts with it which we then remade with the molds we made from the parts. It was fun and primitive McGyver stuff.

[pheenix42]

Judging by the scorch marks on your copes and drags, it looks like you've done this type of work a few times! =D

[afreshstartedl]

let the finger hit the mute

[daveg0]

if you can melt iron you can melt steel.

Awesome video man, inspiring : )

[frechproff]

@daveg0 no steels melting point is higher because of the added carbon :)

[STEELSNIPER15]

Now that sir was awesome.

[mike081283]

how do you make the molds

[madaboutpix]

sweet!!

[ConorC96]

Can we use steel for the foundry?

[8MADJACK]

@ConorC96 No, cast iron is possible, but steel requires more heat than this furnace can do.

[UnknownNewDisease]

@8MADJACK u could smelt it using acetylene mixed with oxigene,it burns around 3000 degrees celsius,the only thing is you got to find some kind of mortar composition that doesnt crack at that heat,maybe something with porcelane although this is highly expensive and dangerous

[mrwongcakes]

this guys a beast



[med15ufms]

did you use a foam mold??

[stevenedaman]

the flames are from the oil and denatured alcohol in the sand

[GenerationMilitaires]

@8MADJACK I presume this was for an actual functioning firearm, am I correct? It's just that I'm new to this stuff and I was wondering what you do about shrinkage which I've read occurs. Can you tell me about that?

[JohnDChristmas]

@GenerationMilitaires I don't think this thing fires Madjack. Maybe, if it was machined and the charge would have to be severely limited otherwise i suspect it would shatter.

[hathegkla]

very cool video!

[wailingwarfare]

I wish I could do stuff like this! Very interesting to watch

[lazydragonslayer]

How many soda cans did that take? 

[sonex1203]

Do you buy the moulds in shops?Can you use this to make guns by scratch? Last one,can you make moulds if so how?

[melissa12300]

Is that aluminum?

[8MADJACK]

@melissa12300 yes

[liljohnnotbigjohn]

what did you use for a crucible?

[Ernblastio]

That's the coolest thing I've ever seen

[carpetmonk]

are the flames from styrofoam or wax cooking off? and where did you get your crucible?

[8MADJACK]

@carpetmonk no, the oil in the petrobond sand.

[boaterbil]

dayum! loud music

[8MADJACK]

@boaterbil If it's too loud, your too old ;-)

[recurveninja]

@8MADJACK Just pointing out-- If you still spell "You're" as "Your", you're probably too young to be fucking around with molten metals.

[Motorman0297]

You can machine a part like that with a cnc and it would be alot easier and much more precision

[8MADJACK]

@Motorman0297 well, tru, but you waste material, it's not as fun, material cost money, scrounging is free, and cnc isnt cheap either...

[1overthehillsfaraway]

@Motorman0297 and you could make up some wax patterns and have them sent off to be investment cast and it would be a lot easier than the cnc and the parts would be about perfect very little cleanup required.

[8MADJACK]

@Motorman0297 well, tru, but you waste material, it's not as fun, material cost money, scrounging is free, and cnc isnt cheap either...

[8MADJACK]

I make them. molds are not sold for the things I'm doing. Most folks make their own molds as far as I know.

[Microglia1]

where do you buy the molds? I want to buy molds for basics to equestrian applications.

[TomatoKetchup5724]

how did you make a mold out of sand to be so smooth and precise?

[8MADJACK]

@TomatoKetchup5724 Make the pattern smooth and ram the sand up nice and firm, that's all I do

[therussianredneck7]

yes could you make a series of videos that show how to get a foundry started all the way through polishing up the fished mold product? i would really appreciate that, im not having much luck on my own. lol

[UrbanVelocityParkour]

what type of metal?

[Paintfiend123]

could you make knuckle dusters and such like this ??

cheers

[8MADJACK]

@Paintfiend123 If you can make a pattern and mold it, you can make it.

[boardfu]

Two questions-

1. Where do I get one?

2. GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE! ^^ Super cool

[MrDEGROSKY]

what are you using to heat the metal? it just looked like a piece of fence

[livermoore]

what is the aluminium alloy type 7xxx series or 8xxx?

thanks!

[8MADJACK]

@livermoore don't know. it's all reclaimed scrap. lot of pump housings and stuff that was originally cast.

[shalafi4]

@8MADJACK if it's all reclaimed scrap usually the closest approximation you'll wind up with is 61xx or 25xx series alloy

7xxx requires a LOT of precise heat treating ect to come out correctly

[8MADJACK]

@shalafi4 Thanks for the insight. I had no delusions that it was a 7 series, but I didn't know what. It is plenty strong and durable for what I've been doing, and seeing that it was a cast alloy to begin with has helped I'm sure.

[havocdaemon]

Loved the vid! Subscribed

[eddie1134]

awsome work man

[moocowmoocowmoocow]

Hi,

Just wanted to know what do you use for the mold (Sand?) and how did you make your mold?

Thanks

[8MADJACK]

@moocowmoocowmoocow you can use green sand or petrobond. I'm using petrobond in the video. for mold making, you first need to make a pattern. search youtube for those, there are some great videos for that.

[Paladin601]

@8MADJACK Why don't you use styrofoam and the petrobond for your mold, and save a few steps. Really nice casting by the way.

[jhunted7667]

can he cast in stainless steel alloys , requires less heat

[DCVU2]

@jhunted7667 are you saying stainless melts faster than aluminum

[jhunted7667]

@DCVU2 no Stainless is alot harder to work with , I wanted to know how hard casting stainless is to do

[huntingsniper55]

I love Blue Oyster Cult! rock on!

[namtafxxx]

awsome

[ninja6kid]

thats incredible

[paperjack93]

what kind of sand did you use ?

[gblpst81]

I'm sure someone has mentioned anodizing by now. It's incredibly easy. You're cast parts look great, they'd look amazing in a black anodized finish. Thanks for making this video.

[Oster910]

have you tried to make any money off with it, when i was a kid i took old dirt bike batteries and open them up heat up the metal and try to mold stuff into shapes, if i would to ask you to make aluminum dusters could you do it for about 30$ (i collect them)

[mikelikefatcat]

how do you make the molds?

[deaftodd]

Aluminum barrell? Nice.

[TVRFan11]

haha how long before you start crankin out 80% lowers?

[death2148]

Does it matter if you accidentally pour to much of whatever you are melting into the mold? What do you do if you DO pour to much? Just wondering. Thanks in advance.

[gunnersmit]

what did he use to make a mould

[matcotech]

That is way cool.

[cargah134]

A.q biz okulda okadar uraşıoz bu kadar temiz çıkaramıoz hll valaha xD

[cargah134]

aleminyum döküo :D

[marvintheboon]

jack I hope your an American and on the Patriots side, we need all the help we can get. outstanding job.

[shades2]

Good to see someone using safety gear right and good setup overall.

[NeverThat]

what is the red stuff?

and how did you make the mold?

[kathrynrain]

AWESOME!! the funnest and most useful video on foundry so far, and great choice in music and object molded!

[dmgcat]

Stunning display of knowledge and craftsmanship.

[brianwesley28]

How funny. I've been considering setting up a small foundry and I also have a stainless Ruger Mini-14 with what may very well be the same aftermarket stock if yours is the non-folding pistol grip stock by Choate? Nice work. That aluminum should help dissipate the heat from that barrell. How much did it cost to get set up and where do you get your aluminum for casting? How difficult is the process? Easy to get a hang of, quickly? Anyway, nice work. Uncanny parallels.

[8MADJACK]

Cost depends on your ability to scrounge, Burner is $100 and refactory and crucibles cost, but the rest you can scrounge up. I scrounge aluminum from several sources, I have a freind that does auto repair, lot's of aluminum pumps and such. Aluminum is relatively easy, brass and iron more difficult.

[brianwesley28]

@8MADJACK

I could see where this could be great for a gunsmith. I'm not a gunsmith, though. I would really like to learn more about this process because I can think of some really great ideas for some casting projects. I saw a video where they were casting a block for a small V-8 that would use Honda 600 heads. I wonder how that project turned out? I'd like to learn how to do this. How long does it take to be considered adept?

[nunvikingsofthesea]

@8MADJACK isnt the metal brittle? how do you treat it?

[hunter69denys]

cool video, wish i had taken gunsmithing class :~) guns- REM. mod 600/ 6mm Rem.,REM. mod 660/ .308 Win. Rom. AK-47/ 7.62x39mm, Rom. TTC / 7.62x25mm, Springfield XD .40s+w. :)

[camochannel1]

great job, wow

[starshock01]

essentially you could make an entire rifle body and a couple of parts by using casting...with a cnc mill you could easily make some of the more intricate parts

[ballygeale1]

great video

[dfernandez01000]

Please teach me how to make the forge that you have I am willing to be taught!

[pillmeup]

wow, this is pretty impressive.

[pyrosheen]

Get Giant slabs of clay and mold a real Rifles indent and cover up the clay with the other half of the indent.

[Seano71]

I think he used a technique called lost wax sand casting

[poopybutt554]

dammm shoot something lol

[djpaulk]

Cmon,we can all melt shit,how do you set the mould...That would be quite interesting..

[aleks138]

@djpaulk look in the related videos for a guy names "myfordboy"

[djpaulk]

@aleks138 Thanks for that,i really already knew.I was just trying to encourage 8MADJACK to post some videos of the processes that people REALLY want to see.

Yes("myford"boy) has some good videos(seen em all),but really needs to set up the audio,or start saying something.... Personally i would of recommended "mrpete222" ,aka "Tubalcain" , who has worked for some large firms and is an x shop teacher who actually talks and is very informative.If you like this stuff Utubers,check out "mrpete222" ;)

[mclmatty]

@djpaulk simply make a wax model of the thing you are making then put your sand or what ever you use around it and the compact it and then melt the wax and pour it out then pour in your metal

[djpaulk]

@mclmatty Yeh thanks. Wow,you have just made a metal casting from start to finish,in 1 sentence...Casting is a little more complex than that i thought.

For example,how do i heat up a box of compressed sand,thats held together with clay powder and moisture,without drying it out and having it disintergrate when i apply sufficient heat to melt the wax??

[mclmatty]

@djpaulk i have no idea, i dont cast metal, i just know that some how lol

[kingmike40]

@djpaulk Making the patterns for the casting is a skill set in itself.

[djpaulk]

@kingmike40 Yep,too right. That is why its called pattern making,and can be done using many different methods.I was sort of trying to encourage 8MADJACK to show us the process he used.

[sirtom68]

@djpaulk Look up "Green Sand Casting"

[djpaulk]

@sirtom68 Thanks for that.. But i already knew how its done. Again,i say," I was sort of trying to encourage 8MADJACK to show us the process he used." I think he is using petrobond,or similar. I thought green sand was a a mix of fireclay,sand and water? Well thats what i use,with good results.. Hey sirtom,check my videos on my casting setup and my homemade furnace ;)

[stryker5330]

is it steel ? or aliunmium ?

[maxdw1212]

alinmium

[stryker5330]

thnx

[SlappieBob]

What's that he was casting? Tin?:P

[lucasmorter]

that mini is a beauty.

[GetMeThere1]

Pretty cool !

[iloveplanetrock]

Awsom gun

[SAUER35]

This is some of the coolest crap I've seen. It is something I must look into.

[ShootBlueHelmets]

Ditto on the foundry. I am in awe.

[tjinga2u1]

idk i havent even made a forge yet idk how to make one -_- iv seen them it cost around 30$?

i cant even aford 10$....but i hvae a paint bucket in my basment and im sure i can find something to hold the tin in but how will i make it hot enoughf wihtout using a fan?

[coldpak82]

Can you also melt Stainless Steel gun parts in your back yard?

[ibrahimmercan406]

It's a good project. It's make me happy that people prefer to do sth rather than buy.

[JonnyTommyGuns]

It also is a good survival skill to be able to engineer things like this. Skills that pretty much all americans lack now days.

[CheatinChad]

This would be much better without the music.

Thanks for the video.

[8MADJACK]

bottom right is a volume control, knock yourself out.

[CheatinChad]

Nah, there's other videos to watch just to the right. Thanks though.

[MajorKonig49]

@8MADJACK lol

[leloodallasmultipass]

@8MADJACK I would like to hear the sounds of the work you are doing, but not the music- volume doesn't help much for that.

This is really an inspiring video, though- nice work.

[8MADJACK]

@leloodallasmultipass The original foundry video has the sound of the foundry running

[Jeenyus1983]

@8MADJACK I couldnt disagree more with CheatinChad--I think the music was great! Definetely gave the vid some style-VERY COOL vid-I cant thank you enough-

[monstercatambush]

@8MADJACK

Bwah ha ha ha ha! I love a good come back!

[chaz706]

how do you cut off the excess metal after casting? Do you use a torch? A Grinder?

And what kind of Aluminum do you use?

[siddepoo]

can da mold be reuse?

[8MADJACK]

No, not with sand casting.

[boi560]

but the sand can be reused thousands of times

[Ilidiandaemon]

Great video and a very nice song in backgroun B.O.C rox.

thx for uploading

[8MADJACK]

That's Iced Earth covering "Burning for you"

[hybridracers]

that was absolutely badass! Makes me happy to see someone really working to use some skills and talents on something like this

[UGLandrum]

All that is keeping me from casting is the sand, what kind do I get and where, what type of suppliers have it. I acually just use a steel mold that I made to cast lead or aluminum or anything significantly softer than steel for my air cannon rounds.

But most other odd shaped items I need that special sand, please help.

[8MADJACK]

green sand or petrobond sand is what you want.

[mclaudtt]

Cool!

[micromause]

That has to be the best thing I've seen in so long! U.S.A. U.S.A.!

[duemamay]

nice!!!!

[Onetnez]

were do you get that concrete cup thing?

[TheGooberment]

gunsmithing is so cool and what is the name of the rifle at the end of the video?

[snatchbox89]

thats a mini 14

[twofoot65]

Do you have any problems with the metal cooling halfway through? I have seen more foundries using a double pour than the single.

But still really neat.

Thanks for posting.

[8MADJACK]

No problems as long as you get to temp adequately.

[Marshallnd]

i forgot the song name but i love it whats it called? im burnin for you er something? whos it by???

[Marshallnd]

never mind just looked at the other comments

[MisterMaloy]

Wonderful!

[goodlikethat123]

this is a fun process. the sand we use has alot of oil in it making it darker.

[Sonofthebeach009]

Superb. Is there a "For Dummies" book on how to do this?

[8MADJACK]

Lots of good sources on the net, not for dummies though, 1300* will leave a mark ;)

[unleashdabastards]

woot iron can burn :o

[ComputerLearner]

awesome!

[EmperorAst]

Beautiful casting.

[marishkam]

Beautiful work ;) ЖДУ СВОЕГО АВТОМАТА...

[elmojone1]

The Barack HUSSEIN Obama administration is gonna put you on the watch list and the no fly list. Been nice knowing you Buckra.

[8MADJACK]

Probably, but the John McCain administration won't. Just promise to write and send me a package once a quarter...

[8MADJACK]

My friends yard. "burnin' for you" originally by blue Oyster Cult, re-done here by Iced Earth.

[marviepet]

cool do u do this in ur back yard?

and wat song is this?