About LEAD — Comments about how DEADLY lead is will be ignored. Seeker is about assessing facts and making our choices. Rational Precautions for Working with Lead — It is most dangerous to the developing brain, so women who may become pregnant and children are the most susceptible. — Transfer is commonly through dust ingestion. So have no food or … 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
Keels and Casting
I finally got the keel patched and put the crew to work doing the nastiest job of the year. During the last few years of construction the keels have been collecting inches of grinding dust, plasma dust, weld spatter, tools, leaves and other assorted trash. Just add water and you get the picture. Now we wait for them to dry … Read More