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Monarch Lathe A little about my big old metal lathe.
Nichols Horizontal "hand" Milling Machine Mostly photos.
Homemade Propane Fired Foundry
Today's Melt 8-12-02 My first mold using my new K-Bond molding sand.
Today's Melt 8-14-02 BRONZE! I melted bronze in my 'Quick and Dirty' brickpile furnace (with a few modifications). Read all about it.
My burner specs 8-19-02 A while back someone asked me to measure the burner on my 160,000 BTU King Kooker.
It was a Great day! New friends in our local area! And a report on a fantastic scratch built gasoline engine one of them is building.
My First Lost Foam Casting 7-20-03 Making a tailstock casting the easy way.
Another Lesson I Learned in Casting 11-24-03 Thin section casting. Make it thicker or pour it hotter!
Old Steam Engines in Titusville, Florida, USA One man's junk...
My CNC Adventures, The journy begins...2-14-04 Modifying an old Sherline mill. Dremel mount, etc.
The New Portable Shop A homemade steel shed on a trailer with my machine shop inside.
Surprise Lost Foam Casting! Guard Your Sand...
One
Sheet Molding Bench Tired of stooping over that wheel barrow?
One
sheet of
plywood, 5 2X4s and some screws.
Melting
aluminum with diesel fuel. Seems cheaper and hotter than
propane! A
jumping off step to waste motor oil, I hope.
The
beginnings of
a waste oil
fired foundry
Some things I learned about gun style oil burners.
Unaltered
Becket
home heating burner as a foundry furnace burner.
Gun style home heating burner melts aluminum without any modifications
burning old diesel fuel! Seems hot enough to melt iron.
A Portable Lifting Frame Made From Pipe
Pulleys are no big deal to make