My Machines and Other Junk

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Monarch Lathe

Nichols Horizontal "hand" Milling Machine

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.


Other "Stuff"

Some Thoughts on Scrounging

A Portable Lifting Frame Made From Pipe

Pulleys are no big deal to make

New server with great photos of a foundry day at Zube Park in Houston, TX.. Be sure to see the Laser Man! Stainless steel guy cut on a laser....

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