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24th Aug 2014, 04:17 PM #1
Source of Aluminium ingots
Hi guys,
Does anyone have a source for aluminium ingots?
I have someone local making me a furnace (he normally makes gas forges) and need to feed it.....
Cheers,
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26th Aug 2014, 09:00 PM #2Golden Member
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27th Aug 2014, 09:40 AM #3Intermediate Member
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Hi Ueee,
Have you considered buying aluminum engine parts from a wreckers ? You should be able to obtain aluminum cylinder heads and engine blocks at scrap metal prices. Unless you need a specific alloy, in which case you'd probably be back to having to buy the much more expensive ingots, if you can find a supplier who will sell you less that a whole semi-trailer load of ingots. When I needed to buy aluminum ingots for a project a few years ago, I found it impossible to buy small quantities retail.
Back in 2008, I had some replacement Aluminum castings made as part of restoring an old marine engine. The bloke who did the casting for me used an old Magna Cylinder Head that I'd got from the wreckers. I think I paid about $20.00 for the cracked and warped cylinder head. When I bought it, the wreckers had already stripped the head of all non-alloy parts and cleaned it, ready for recycling, so apart from cutting up into bite sized bits, it was ready to be fed to the furnace.
Just a suggestion,
Regards,
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29th Aug 2014, 01:33 PM #4Senior Member
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Ew as Roy said. I have a deal with a few local mechanics and they keep anything alloy for me, and at Christmas I give them a carton. The only thing to be carefull of is that a lot of auto part sourced alloy can have steel dowels and seats embedded in the alloy. When I do my pour I run it through a kitchen sieve to catch the impurities.
rgds,
Crocy.
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29th Aug 2014, 11:45 PM #5
Thanks guys,
I'll talk to some of the wreckers and see what i can come up with.
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5th Sep 2014, 05:28 PM #6Most Valued Member
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19th Sep 2015, 07:18 PM #7
Another option is to visit your freindly local scrap metal dealer ...... they will mostly sell as cheerfully as they buy.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
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People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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21st Sep 2015, 09:08 PM #8Senior Member
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mag wheels , if they are very old just check with drop of vinigar to make sure they are not magnesium but very few are . cylinder heads , intake manifolds , bell housings any thing that has been cast before and is aluminium is what i use , i stay away from extruded stuff .
johno'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
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29th Sep 2015, 03:05 PM #9Born old
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29th Sep 2015, 11:59 PM #10
there are many different grades of aluminium .... not sure of the detail .... but extruded producst seem to be softer and do not drill and machine as freely as cast products.
I've done a lot of drilling and routing of extrusion and its like toffee compared to a nice free machining cast.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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30th Oct 2015, 12:03 AM #11Diamond Member
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Industry uses a lot of 356 alloy for casting, trying to find it in small quantities could be tricky.
Myself I use alloy cylinder heads, blocks, gearbox casings, alloy wheels etc. I stay away from extrusions those alloys are made with an eye to their extruding qualities rather than their casting qualities.
Breaking up big lumps of alloy into small crucible size pieces can be hard work, I'm not in suburbia so i can get away with this.
http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showth...-for-aluminium
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