Monday, June 23, 2008

patterns

ready

ready

air turned on

insertion


inserting pattern into sand . the psi is about 5lbs or less.

ready to cast

coil in coffee can


most of my castings are small so I use coffee cans.

fresh casting

flutes broke off

shake out


this is a view of coil that has 3 wraps which I found out doesn't make any difference how many coils you use it does a good job.

first shake out

bottom view

side view


good detail.

second shake out


this is the view of first coil only 1 wrap around, as I found out it doesn't matter how many coils you use for air.

side view


detail seams to be good

machining them

bunch of them

bearings done