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25th Aug 2013, 05:30 PM #1
Anyone have any experience casting brass?
I have unlimited access to brass scrap. What I'd like to do with it is pour some castings to end up with brass cylinders around 12-14 inches long by 4 inch diameter.
Anyone know how one goes about this?
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25th Aug 2013, 05:59 PM #2Most Valued Member
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25th Aug 2013, 07:31 PM #3
Brass cylinders would be relatively easy in terms of ramming up your flask, and patterns, you will need to make core boxes so you have cores if you want the cylinders hollow.
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25th Aug 2013, 08:15 PM #4
I've done a bit, you will need a furnace, crucible, pattern, petrobond, crucible handling equipment, safety gear etc....
You can get away with a normally aspirated gas burner. But a forced air burner is better.
A good starting point is to read up in the foundry area of the forum. I wrote up a bit of an introductory blurb http://www.woodworkforums.com/attach...casting101.pdf
Recycling brass and bronze scrap is good fun, and whenever we do a bronze pour, I try to remember to prepare a few cylindrical blanks as stock for the lathe.
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Ray
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27th Sep 2013, 11:37 AM #5
Thanks for the info.
I'm still interested in doing this, my two sons are plumbers and scrap brass in 'on tap' so to speak in virtually unlimited quantities and the price of brass bar stock is very dear so pouring brass round stock looks super appealing to me.
Just not sure if it's out of my league, I've been watching a ton of uTube videos and reading up as much as I can find on the web about it.
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27th Sep 2013, 11:41 AM #6Most Valued Member
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Hi there,
If you have virtually unlimited access to scrap brass, you would be mad not to do the homework and set yourself up a nice foundry!
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27th Sep 2013, 01:12 PM #7Diamond Member
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I'm casting aluminium using all online knowledge, ie making an LPG burner, making a furnace, mixing the sand, making a crucible etc.
Metalcasting forums
Quite a few Australians are members, there may be someone local to you who can guide your endeavours.
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27th Sep 2013, 02:32 PM #8
Not 100% sure what the actual brass tap bodies are made of, but the spindles and handles look like 'normal' brass.
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