Melting metal, pouring ingots and casting projects. Dumpster diving for electronic waste and scrap metal. Scrapping out electric devices to find stuff to melt or repurpose. Crafting all kinds of DIY projects.
More things I will be making content about in the near future: Metal detecting to find items to keep, sell or melt. Magnet fishing, another cool way to find all kinds of discarded items. Steel forging and more.
It all started when I saw the Mini metal foundry by the King of Random (R.I.P. Grant Thompson), and Build my own version of it. Recently I have purchased a 3D printer to do even more awesome projects.
I have no specific goal in mind for this channel other than to learn new stuff and have fun. I don't really have an upload schedule, stuff will pop up when it's done.
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Very good for someone learning to watch this, thanks! Do you not need to heat up the mold first? Ive seen others say you need to, but ,ooks like your results are great without. :)
The molds will heat up enough after the first pour, the good thing about pewter is that fails can be remolten and re poured very easily and very quickly. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
A few times indeed, sometimes I just say I was on a phonecall, others know I do YT, once at a random outside dumpster someone came up to me and asked what I was doing so I told him about my metal casting and he actually subscribed right there and went inside and came back out with a box of cables and plugs for me. 😁👍
When I mentioned the parking fee I was at a friends appartement building in the city center, so there is paid parking. Chinesium is a term for cheap low quallity materials, in the scrapping community it has become the term for electric motors that have fake copper that is actually Aluminium with a colored coating on it to look like copper.
Ralph this was epic!! Amazing scores all over! Do you have charity shops over there? Great boiler scores and my goodness your work dumpster is incredible!! Loved the first brass lamp and the brass and copper display plates. Really enjoyed this 😄👌👍
Unfortunately the work dumpster was from when I still worked for Whirlpool so I don't have access to it anymore, some of this footage is old but still fun to watch.
Hi Ralph, some nice little finds there right on your doorstep.👍 you should put a plastic tote box down in the bin room with a sign on it for e waste old electrical etc for recycling 🤷♂️
I have actually spoken to the people in charge of the trash room and other utilities about this, and they are ok with this idea so I might just do that soon 👍
I am impressed. 12 points go to the netherlands! I actually have nothing to do with such topics - except of some basic knowledge - but seeing something being created from the scratch, is simply awesome. Well done!
Correct, they used to be Lead, you still find them sometimes, most are Zinc now, but more and more are changing to iron. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Unless the part uses heat exchange then zinc would be better for casting. I find because extruded is an engineering process where aluminum is heated up to the consistency of clay and forced through a die. This is not good casting aluminum. Awesome episode brother
I am aware of this, in this case the V hook will be part of a cosplay piece, so making it light weight was the main reason to go for Aluminium, otherwise I would use Zamak or Brass. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏻
I was wondering what you were going to do about the undercuts 😂😂 Looks great! Do you periodically check the thickness of your crucible? It looks very thin with that large opening. I had one break on my because it got so thin.
Very cool! I was wondering what your were going to do about the undercuts 😂😂. Your crucible has a very large opening. Mine aren't that big. Do you periodically check the thickness of your crucibles? I had one break on me because it got so thin.
Yes I keep an eye on them, I have a bunch of worn down ones that I now only use for lower melting point metals like pewter, bismuth and zinc. I use new crucibles for copper and bronzes, then demote them to brass and later to aluminium ansd so on, that way I still get a lot of uses out of them. When worn down to far I use them as molds for round ingots 😁👍
Many people make Lead sound way more dangerous than it is, but being cautious is a good thing. Wash your hands after handeling it, if you are going to be handeling a lot of it, wear gloves. When melting Lead it is important to not overheat it, and do it in a well ventilated area, wear a respirator when melting and casting often or for a longer period of time. Keep Lead away from children, put it somewhere high up or locked up, or sell it to a scrapyard for some nice cash. 😁Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
With the ones with small voids in them; is it possible to fill the voids with a soldering iron and a wee bit of pewter? Especially when the object is quite big and the flaws are so small?
