Thanks to all the sage advice …
Started anew and have an electrician coming to start tomorrow!
Thanks guys
John
"Today I passed my test, the Doc said I beat the cancer! " wow!!! congratulations!
you know what? if you can afford to buy the stuff you need, just do it!
you are on “second life” now, just do, what rocks your boat!
John,
If we have a project for you lets just say, what do you want for us t provide you. Lets just say we would need you to make several identical parts. Would you want us to make the mold and send it to you so you can make up wax blanks or would you prefer us to up the wax blanks and send that to you. This person might say want 8 of something to start then maybe an order of 100 if the experiment works out. And if it really works out then a potential for an on going order. Would you want to tackle something like if some hypothetical person were to approach you about it. Oh and could they get it in white brass as opposed to yellow.
Hey buddy,
The electrician has been making strange noises all day. Brave ol’ Rocky took refuge under my bed. I sweet talked the electrician and got an extra layer of security with the addition of some flex conduit over 5’ of bare Romex … He’ll be back Monday…
I have never beaten cancer before, I can’t project how much I’ll be able to do. I am frugal enough to tell you I’d rather do 2-3 full large flasks (a full oven) than to do one casting at a time. How many depends on size and assembly and what fits. My largest flask is 6" of 5"pipe. Allow a 1/2" of cushion for the stone (plaster fired into stone like firmness) or you’ll get blowouts and I’ll have to fire me! Oh yeah a button takes a minimum of 1/2’ and a sprue between helps… 1/4" min… I can get 50 wedding bands in a flask, but maybe a single wheel. Depends! Might want to get several say 8, 3" tall flasks and cast 'em one wheel at a time … we are going to grow this together. I’ll be learning flow characteristics of brass, nickel and ? with sprues too. How they cool and shrink is just as important as how to fill them … can be as close as hands or apart with left and right hands(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-undecided.gif)
The more at once softens the overall cost per. I do want to push myself, but of course I rebel when others lean in too!(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
I’d rather be the foundry for your organization than to run a business for your wants. Sis, bless her heart, gave $1,500 (she is very happy to see me work(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-kiss.gif)). I turned down a saw for me, for the tumbler that will clean/shine your castings.
From years of experience casting jewelry I know the limitations of mold wax. The advent of 3D prints and the duplication possible made this venture seem feasible. How ever you want to make them; in wax or prints is fine. I’m as positive, without actually trying it, as possible regarding a clean burn of print plastic. At 2000 F not much remains.
For me to add molds is nothing like Dave showed us, with new cheepo equip it would cost me $8-900 to shoot a wax! Injected not poured Mr Bond.
I’m being wired to use an Electro melt furnace instead of a torch. It only hits around 2000, that post it was so last week! So I’ll stay away from unknown metals. I could use a torch, but that room wasn’t designed for a large open flame … my soldering reflex is to lift the flame (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
I will check my supplier, If I Remember Correctly, NS is available too. I’ll make a metals list.
I hope this helps, Mr Vague, whom ever you are??? (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
John
At this time I am getting prepared to offer these metals:
White Bronze
Bronze Casting
True Ancient Bronze
Yellow Brass
My source is: https://www.riogrande.com/castinggrain
If expansion is warranted I will offer other metals with a higher melt.
John
Houston we be good to go … (almost)
My Tin Taylor fix is in! I got more Power! grunt grunt.
Still a we bit o’ gatherin’ of sundries, things you don’t remember until you reach for them… the mixer, gonna miss that old Kitchen-aid and the spray bottle of debubblerizer … a quench bucket … tweezers, tongs and gloves etc…
The jeweler in me has decided to do silver castings too.* My sister’s evil plan is working… *(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Another urge is to get my hands wet again …
I make rocks fit my jewelry… hmmmm a rusty diamond blade… curses!
Stay tuned for more …
John