DIY Aluminium Casting experiment

This is a clip of us pouring our molten aluminium from our crucible into our mould. Aluminium from a bell housing, a gearbox, a rocker cover and an alloy wheel. It worked a treat! We do other stuff too. Click here. http://sites.google.com/site/wecanmakethat/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Aluminium
• DIY
• Casting
• Mould
• Furnace
• Crucible

[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. ;-)

[trunk516]

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

[TheJohnnyboy445]

soap mactavish

[greggspen]

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

[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 !

[homernukem]

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