Great homemade sand muller 

Ha!! I bet you could 😄 Now are ya matey?

Well, he did have a lot of good input from me 😄😄. He did a stellar job.

Anything that will mix it up works. 😄

That’s ok, I miss a lot these days too. It has been, and hope it continues to be, a great tool to have.

Shoot, I intended to mention the plate at the bottom when I was recording it and then didn't. Then in edit, I thought, I need to add some words there... thought I did but I can't remember.

I'm the best kept secret n YT. 😄 I got yelled at the other day by a guy for adding 30 weight non-detergent oil to my petrobond. There is probably a better oil but that is what the internet said to use. It worked for me for quite a while. I'm using water-based green sand nowadays.

It was nice as I just told another guy, did a casting yesterday, didn't like it, remulled the sand as if it were nothing, and cast it again. Would have never done that before

😄 yeah, that’s me. Movin’ up to a deluxe apartment in the sky 😄. This’ll tell me how old you are 😄

@@swdweeb lol. I'm 38 btw.

@@odellcreations A mere child then 😄😄

@@swdweeb haha. Why thank you! Sure don't feel very young. I guess kids and wife do that to ya.

@@odellcreations My oldness came from the jobs I did. I had a horrible job about 10 years ago that took 10 years off my life I'm sure. I wish I had spent more time with my family and not working the way I did

Ask that youngster bigdstackd, he seems to be able to find them 😂

Standing on the shoulders of giants buddy 😄😄 Watching your centered funnel was a real epiphany for me

Generally it is pretty quiet. If a misadjust a blade to drag on the bottom or too close to the side (the barrel isn't perfectly round) it rubs and can make a fair amount of noise. But it things are set up right, it is pretty quiet.

Thanks, you too!

Well we can hope

Yep, truer words....

Thanks 😄😄

It's been great to have. Sooo much easier to rehydrate the sand between uses.

Well, not scary to me 😄 Of course I still wouldn't want to be on the receiving end 😄

Yeah, I'm already looking at something I can add to the top that is easy to get at and will kill it immediately. I don't necessary want to stand on it given that I walk away from it during long mulls

As you said, it is homemade, it just wasn't made in my home. 😄 The "scariest" part was a suggestion I got from RU-vid, I don't know why I ever listen to them. They said you have to come up with provocative titles or thumbnails to get people to click. It didn't change anything so I'm back to just naming things what they are. If people want to watch, great, if they don't, oh well. It's not like I make a living off of this. Oh yeah, and I had recently had a conversation with my boss in the UK where he told me he was absolutely terrified about anything guns. When I saw the 10mm casing in the funnel, I thought of him.

You should. Order like 800lbs of it, I could use the money 😄😄

@@swdweeb how about we just make it an even 1000lbs 🥳

That works. I can put it on the plane when I come out next month 😄

I bet you were 😄😄

It is indeed

Thanks for the reply! 🙏

You know that they say about chickens, don't count them until they've crossed the road. 😄😄

Yep. He told me he put the "metering device" in when I picked it up. I never thought of looking at it until I got home. I laughed when I saw it. Only lost three subs today, probably offended somebody 😄

@@swdweeb only 3? not too bad then......

Thanks!

Thanks. I’m pretty happy with it.

yep, I survived for 3-4 years without one. It's kinda like the difference between surviving and living 😄

@@swdweeb It's a beaute, really well designed & made, [envious] perhaps I might make one sometime, I've managed for 50 yrs now since I built my 1st foundry but age makes things more difficult,I built a propane furnace but it's expensive to run,I've used furnace coke & forced air for 50 yrs for alloy/brass bronze & iron but it's difficult to obtain now in uk [I might have had a foundry for 50 yrs but I've learned a few tricks from you & old foundryman] cheers

I shot most of a new video this morning that you might like. It is related to your last comment. 50 years?!?! You must be a master!

@@swdweeb Haha thanks but still an amateur Perry I was 23 when My Dad & I built it but burnt a few out since then,the only info then was a book "foundrywork for the amateur" by B Terry Aspin still good stuff in it today though, I don't do much iron now mainly alloy, bronze & brass, brass is a dirty metal not the easiest to cast, keep up the good vid's

@@headstocktailstock Yeah, I agree with you on brass. I'm leery of the zinc fumes as well. For those reasons I really don't do brass either. Just because a book is old doesn't mean it doesn't have good stuff in it. I'll bet it's still newer than the art of metal casting 😄😄 Take care.

I'm pretty happy with it 😄

Thanks bud 😄

Did you run away scared at the end? Did you unsub like four people did? 😄😄

Sorry for the late rely mate. Yeah the chain is nice. It got loose the other day and jumped off. I think I've got it adjusted properly now. I replaced one of the blades with heavier gouge steel today as well. The big one that pulled sand in from the outside of the tub was bending in half on me. This one won't bend but I have to be really careful to keep an eye on it so it doesn't slowly twist the rod and turn itself into the tub. I don't think that will happen as the other end of the blade is longer thus... thusly??😄.. applying pressure away from the tub wall. Shot the long awaited diesel video today

Thanks John

Thanks. I probably won't do that as I expect most people won't be interested in it. I am happy to take pictures and answer questions about it should anyone ask.

Thanks 😄

I suppose a rambling comment warrants a rambling reply 😄 I haven't noticed any difference in the sand yet. I'm actually still playing with clay ratios and moisture content. Some day I'm going to have to visit a foundry and touch their sand. Man turning itself into a pretzel would suck big time. I actually replaced one of the blades today with a thicker piece of sheet meta. The original thin piece of stainless would bend under load and wrap itself around the rod holding it. This would in tern caused a great deal of conflict between the side of the muller and the bent blade. I told the guy that built it what I did and he warned of the possibility of it causing problems if it bent. So far I mulled two loads today with no indication of movement in that blade. Fingers crossed and eyes wide open. You know, we talked about a shear pin during the build. I'll have to check back with him to see if it got put in or if I can put one on the big sprocket under the muller tub. The other thing I'm working on is putting a big fat kill switch up on top. The on/off switch is way too hidden. There, now we're even 😄

Yeah, its not a hugely popular round but I know a couple of people that shoot them. 9mm and .45" are the popular handgun rounds here.

Hey Jim, yeah it really beats what I used for four years as well. I mulled sand two times today allowing me to do two castings. It's pretty rare when I've had the inclination to do that with the old tool

My pleasure Mark

He just said I looked tired. He actually likes my videos

Oh it's great. I did a casting yesterday, didn't like it, remulled the sand as if it were nothing, and cast it again. Would have never done that before

@@swdweeb That’s awesome, if it saves on work processes then it’s a winner. 😀. Kris.

Thanks Ron. I've seen people do that. I know people use them to mull it after the water has been added as well.

@@swdweeb I may buy a smaller one that does 50 lbs at a time. Are you on facebook? I can send you pics of bells I have made.

@@rondelby2482 I have a facebook account but I am only on it for messenger and that is only about once a month. I'm one of those people that loathes the very existence of facebook. I am on instagram, you can message me there and send photos. I'd love to see bells that you've cast.

@@rondelby2482 50lbs is about the max that I'll do in my muller

I am going to cast a cast aluminum 20 inch bell this fall I cast a 14 inch farm bell and it sounded pretty decent with better sustain than I expected. I do my works in back yard with hard wood and sometimes coal to fuel. I found out that the temp to melt aluminum will not hurt stainless steel stew pots I have one pot one gallon and the other one 3 gallon for larger stuff. They make decent crucibles and heat fast the melt.

I had a guy build it for me. He just pieced it together

Well technically, Buttwheat, I bought one exactly like that 😄😄 The answer is yes, you can buy mullers. They're industrial and they're expensive. For example www.flsales.com/listing/simpson-no-5-porto-muller-s-n-e185904/ I get emails from these guys all of the time. I've never bought anything from them so I can't vouch for them. The other, and probably best option is to see if you can find someone to fabricate it up there. I expect building a custom one will be less than the shipping of a muller from the lower 48. Oh and its all about the primer size. He didn't actually drill it just knocked the spent primer out. 😄

Wouldn't that be nice. 😄

Thanks!

Thanks Ron

Manual mulling sucks compared to this