Many many thanks to Monica and Charlie for giving us a starting point for the layout of the pilot house. Frankly and this point I don’t see anything I don’t like. Open, roomy, sleeping for two. Maybe an island with some galley storage and a seat for the helm, but the more I look at it more I like it … Read More
Pouring Lead into the Keels
Many thanks for the help last weekend from Jack, Bill, John, and especially Joey who drove down from Wisconsin.
River of Lead
We had a awesome weekend. Two more more 1000 pound pours and we are getting our process down. And pouring it is amazing to watch. I am almost delighted that we have 17 more of these to do. 🙂
Lead Lead Everywhere
1000 pounds, the first of 20,000 pounds. Besides a small leak in the old melting pot our Harbor Freight dual burner propane stove converted to lead smelter was doing good. 1000 pounds ready in 5 1/2 hours having burner 14 pounds of propane. So now we know we are going to need 280 pounds or about 66 gallons . … Read More
Step by Step Aluminum Casting with Sodium Silicate Sand
There is just something incredibly fulfilling about the heat, the noise, and making something from liquid metal. Sodium Silica Sand Casting Rocks! * Fewer Failures * Faster Results * Bigger Castings * Less Equipment * No storage Resources: Foundry Practices http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1529 Building a Furnace https://youtu.be/f10hqYGIJCE More Furnaces: https://svseeker.com/casting_furnaces.htm Building a Burner https://youtu.be/P-A8uoWdBB8 Casting Propellers: https://svseeker.com/casting_boat_props.htm
Like Molasses in January
Somebody mentioned the molasses treatment for steel. There are lots of YouTube videos with car parts sitting for weeks in fermenting tanks of molasses and water, 1:10. I dismissed it, as I sure as hell am not going to turn the insides of Seeker into a fermentation tank. But then I found a bottle of molasses in the pantry today. … Read More