Aluminum casting

Aluminum casting using a sand mold.

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• aluminum
• casting
• sand
• mold
• furnace
• melting

[mindfreak001009]

hi alex....can i know what kind of steel you're using (melting pot) in this video...i just want to make one soon...nice video though...!

[alexplace2001]

It was A36 structural steel tubing.

[EdmundSquid]

Is that the tailstock for your lathe?

[alexplace2001]

Yes, it is.

[muddwell]

so for high precision applications, how to they shape the mould ?

[alexplace2001]

Hi.

For more precise castings, you can use die casting or invesment casting. Generally casting is not a high precision manufacturing process.

Alex

[NSResponder]

Little casting tip for you: don't pour the metal straight down the sprue, make a depression in the sand next to the sprue, and pour into that. Let it run down the sprue hole from that height, not from the height of the ladle. That way you won't get as much loose sand being incorporated in the casting since the metal flowing into the mold cavity won't be so turbulent.

-jcr

[Choscura]

for precision work you cast first and then machine- using a mill, lathe, shaper, or other precision machinery- to bring the piece to it's final form.

[furryordie]

99,999th viewer! =D

[MrElectrodesign]

that not aluminum thats tin and led

[tonyonly2]

vise grips eh? looks like a serious accident waiting to happen

[yankee5456]

What type of sand is this and where can i get some ?

[Paintfiend123]

could you make knuckel dusters using this method? cheers

[19dma95]

@532nick a crucible

[seriousamm]

did you just melt Aluminum foil?

[imietimei]

wtf is it