I spent 23 years in airset and have done castings for SpaceX, blue origin and everything in-between. I can say with pride, I made the core for every block of ford's GT 40 sports car. I was considered one of the best molders around and loved the work, but my body just couldnt do it anymore. I will say this, you can have the perfect mold with the correct directional solidification and risers, but if the pourer can't pour correctly...game over. I miss the work for sure....
What do you do now a days? Did you try creating your own casting facility? If you can't do it, maybe others can benefit from your experience and you can benefit from their work.
@@AS-ug2vq I work in a paper mill now. I have been offered supervisor jobs. My body was giving out, I had my knees done, spinal fusion and my shoulders put back together. I miss the work for sure, another big reason for me leaving is that the company started to treat us poorly. I apprenticed for 5 years....they just don't want to train people like that anymore. Now, a young molder can't tell if he has gas in the casting or turbulence....much less how to find a solution to the problem they are having. I remember having to cut my own gating in, riser and chill it from scratch. Knockout would knock a new part out, and if it was good....the pattern shop would copy our gating and risering. I loved working with A206....that's easy to work with compared to 201...😳
It is nice to see someone who is interested in more than just how may kilos of castings they can get out the door. However you would do better still if you used a decent offset ridged pouring basin - assuming of course that it was atop a properly sized tapered sprue (could not see sprues used)... Martin
Thank you for being open, and while this is more of a advertisement for your company it is also very informative and points people in a good direction for improving quality overall...
on aluminum on large items have u dune any multy pore i am trying to make a aluminum electric truck . i only have small melting capability so have to do many pores to make many sheet .
Wow. Im just an amature backyard caster for the last 4 years. I learned alot from just listening to this. This is good info. If i have anyone approach me (as i have before) with something way out of my ability im definatly sending them your way.
