Casting A Brass Mask From A Cannon | Molten Metal Explosion !! 

You are one luckiest person,, I rewind the video to watch closely,, several drops of molten metal were in your clothes, was enough to send you to ER.. please make sure no kids are around when you work with your furnace or anything having such capacity that can injure any one for lifetime !!!

Thanks mate, the clothes I wear are lvl 3 splash proof for molten aluminium and molten metal. Just goes to show.... always preheat your metal and moulds !!! Cheers Andy 🍺🍺🍺

Cheers Nail, it scared the pants off of me !!! Never again !!! Lol... Cheers 🍺🍺🍺

Ha Ha, what....and i have the skills ???? Go for it mate, I would love to see a mask from you 👍😎. I have an old African mask i want to try as well sometime.....😉

Haha yeah cool cannon, but great for melting !!! Cheers Andy 🍺🥂

Good luck with the brass melt Echo, watch the fumes once the temperature gets up. I'd suggest melting outside, masking up when you see the white smoke, especially when you stir it and don't forget to preheat the metal you add to the molten pool (unlike I did hehe) !!! Cheers... Andy 🍺🍺🍺

Yeah get some proper gloves mate... they are molten metal splash proof, fire and heat resistant to 800C. Saved my bacon that day for sure... The gloves are Microlin Cooper gloves 🍺🍺🍺

Cheers Mick !! 🍺🍺🍺

Thanks mate, much appreciated !!! Have a great day... Andy 😎😎😎🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍

It scared the crap out of me.... !!! hehe 😃👍👍👍

Haha yeah the cannon was alright.... but all that weapon stuff doesn't really float my boat... To me it was just a cheap source of brass. I still haven't got round to finishing it off and polishing it up yet... Maybe I should do that, it would look a lot better if I did !! Doing a big one today... hopefully it will turn out OK !! Cheers Andy 🍺🍺🍺

Thanks RatD, yeah that was a real eye opener !!! Cheers Andy 🍺🍺🍺

Rofl - Saw this when i woke up yesterday - Cracked me up mate.... Nice one, Cheers ! 😃👍👍👍

Thanks mate, Yeah it was a scary way to learn to preheat your metal... definitely won't be doing that again !!! Lesson well and truly learnt haha...

Yep, adding cold metal to molten metal with my hands was just plain stupid. I was very very lucky, the burns would have been horrendous. Thank god I was wearing gloves. The 'Safety Supply Company' has face shields at £10 - £15. Which is nothing really. I did buy a better mask with reinforced sides, but I couldn't fit a respirator underneath it. So I bought the cheaper one without the reinforcement so It was flexible enough to fit a mask as well. The safety supply company also sell the Microlin Cooper 800C gloves which are awesome. I just use the mask when I add metal, I'm fairly confident the pour is relatively safe so often I don't use a mask when pouring. I also try and get the metal small enough so I can feed it through the hole in the furnace rather than opening it up each time. At least I know if I do get a metal pop it will be contained in the furnace. Cheers Andy

Thanks Martin 👍👍👍

Thanks Paul, yes all the dross from the brass 🍺🍺🍺

Cheers Chris 🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍

I've not had any major spillages on concrete yet... And yeah when the metal pops it's pretty frightening !! Full trousers moments definitely !!! Haha. Cheers Andy 👍😎🍺

Wow! Sounds like you need a bit of better insulation in your furnace.

PhotonChief Its lined with 1/2” Kaowool and then 4” of refractory cement, but i have a 2” hole in the bottom in case of crucible breakage. This is covered with a plinth for the crucible, but obviously enough flame/ heat can get through to be a problem, so i have it over sand now. Probably worth noting that it was an exterior slab, so more moisture in it My point is don’t underestimate the danger, its not just spilled metal that’s a potential issue, but your input is welcomed, thanks

Really ??? Leave it with me I'll think of something, got three or four videos to get out in the next few weeks then I'll make you something 👍👍👍 Cheers Andy 😎😎😎

Cheers KingRizla, glad you like the videos mate and thanks for the subscription. Best wishes Andy 🥂🍺

Yeah that could have been a nice little trip down to A n E.... Cheers mate... Andy 🍺🍺🍺

Haha you caught me out !!! I left my belt at the house and couldn't be bothered to walk the 50 yards back to go and get it... I didn't think anyone would notice :p

Yeah it was pretty cool, however it was cheap and to me at the time it was 6 kilos of brass when I didn't have any.... Melting it was a lot of fun... until it nearly burnt my hand off haha. Cheers Andy 🍺🍺🍺

@@MeltandCastthank goodness u had that gear on

@@josephlarkin131 I know, luckily there was hardly any brass in the crucible at that stage - just enough to cover the bottom, if it had been full it would have been a lot worse. I'd hate to think what molten metal would do to flesh, especially as we are mostly made of water !! Luckily it was just a small pop, but it destroyed my glove and really scared the pants off me, lesson well and truly learnt !!! Haha

Cheers for the sub Steven, much appreciated mate 😎😎😎🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍

OUCH !!! Couldn't have picked a worse metal to burn yourself with !!! Hope your OK man... I usually pour at around 1300C - even the thought of a burn terrifies me !!

@@MeltandCast Yeah, I moved quick enough it didnt get a chance to sit on me, but the heat travels once you been burned and the spoit got bigger and bigger, But it finally healed and left me with a nice scar

@@Jsellers1965 Hurts me just thinking about it.... glad your OK brother. Andy 👍👍👍

Cheers Doug... Good idea, just re-watched the video to see what you meant, you're right it would have looked good floating so to speak... To be honest though it was one of the first things I cast so I wasn't really thinking about how it might end up.... I was just pleased I actually managed to cast the thing... I still haven't finished it yet, I need to polish it up and re cut the eye holes. Thanks for your suggestion, I'll definitely think more about how things might be mounted in the future... I have a really cool mask to try in a couple of weeks, I'll try and keep the risers in the same place on that one and go for the floating look... All the best... Andy 🥂🥂🥂 Keep an eye out for my 1k give away video soon, once I have decided what to make for it !!

@@MeltandCast that's amazing this was one of yer first.....hope to be able to do this some day.

Haha :) Cheers

Good idea mate, I'll keep that in mind.... Cheers Andy 🍺🍺🍺

Sorry you didn't like it mate, I don't use music any more on my newer videos, just the sounds of the furnace !! Cheers for the feedback. Andy 🍺🍺🍺

@@MeltandCast thats more like it mate