Unprotected-Diy Foundry - Metal Casting Made Easy 3 Volumes

You are licensed to print one edition of this ebook.......Page 1 The subjects covered in this ebook:......Page 4 Castings from metal.......Page 5 About the author.......Page 6 DISCLAIMER.......Page 7 Operating and reading this ebook.......Page 8 Moulding and foundry work.......Page 9 Foundry equipment & tools.......Page 10 Foundry tools 1a.......Page 11 Foundry tools 1b.......Page 12 Foundry tools 1c.......Page 13 Foundry tools 1d.......Page 14 Making foundry patterns.......Page 15 Pattern making materials.......Page 16 Pattern draft.......Page 17 Core prints.......Page 18 Pattern basics.......Page 19 Silicon R.T.V & Reproduction patterns.......Page 20 Casting shake out time.......Page 21 Gates & Runners.......Page 22 WARNING ABOUT WET SAND.......Page 23 Eleven steps for sand moulding.......Page 24 Step two: Setting the pattern on the mould board.......Page 25 Green sand & baked sand cores.......Page 29 Using sand & steel cores.......Page 30 Building your gas-fired furnace.......Page 32 Furnace lid lift arrangement.......Page 33 Scrap metal: what to melt.......Page 34 Melting scrap bronze metal.......Page 35 Follow These Steps:......Page 36 Common Sand Casting Faults.......Page 37 Glossary: Common foundry terms.......Page 38 Judging temperatures by eye.......Page 39 The Home Metal Foundry.......Page 40 Project 01:Door hinges.......Page 41 Project 02: Clutch slave cylinder.......Page 43 Project 03: Timing chest back-plate.......Page 44 Project 04: M.G. T Type Aero Screen Base.......Page 45 Green sand recipes.......Page 46 The Pine Stick Temperature Method.......Page 47 Simplicity!......Page 48 Part 02.......Page 49 Introduction.......Page 50 The furnace building materials.......Page 51 Sheet metal former.......Page 52 Authors disclaimer.......Page 53 Constructing the furnace.......Page 54 The outer rolled steel reinforcing bands.......Page 55 Determining the furnace dimensions.......Page 56 Furnace illustrations......Page 57 Furnace illustrations contd.......Page 58 Construction details of furnace frame.......Page 59 The Upper Support Column.......Page 61 Furnace Lid Clamp Band.......Page 62 Furnace lid lifting & swivel mechanism.......Page 63 Furnace building specification sheet.......Page 65 Designing and building the furnace burner.......Page 67 The furnace burner illustration.......Page 68 The burner pipe venturi section.......Page 69 Machining the gas Jet.......Page 70 Air blast control.......Page 72 How to cure flame blowouts.......Page 73 Controlling the total gas flow.......Page 74 The refractory material.......Page 75 Filling the furnace walls.......Page 76 Old time refractory mix for crucible or cupola furnace.......Page 77 Follow These Steps:......Page 78 Furnace Views Cont’d.......Page 79 Crucible specifications.......Page 80 Part 03.......Page 82 Introduction.......Page 83 Safety Hints.......Page 84 Riddle construction outline.......Page 85 Flexible Drive coupling.......Page 87 Rotating Disc Shaker Assembly.......Page 88 Images for construction reference.......Page 89 Self-Aligning Bearing Layout.......Page 90 Sieve Cradle Clamp Assembly Details.......Page 91 Building sequence.......Page 93 Fabrication tips.......Page 95 Machining parts.......Page 96 Operating the gyratory riddle safely.......Page 97