Monthly Archives: October 2009

Home made furnace lining made to be used to melt aluminum

Home made furnace uses a mixture of Perlite and fire cement to line the steel outer shell. Read more on how I built my furnace that melts aluminium for use in model engineering Continue reading

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The furnace base takes shape – and was a sit down job

Work continues on building a home furnace to run on LPG and melt aluminium for casting used in model engineering Continue reading

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Furnace lining underway and a few queries answered by Myfordboy

How one model engineer constructs a home made furnace for melting aluminium to produce castings, based on youtube videos from myfordboy. Continue reading

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The furnace makes a little progress…..

A home made gas fired furnace is being built based on a design found on YouTube by myfordboy. The current stage is the metal shell is completed prior to the lining being filled. Continue reading

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Furnace for home use melting alumimum for castings

Follow the build of a furnace for home use in melting aluminium for use in making castings for model engineering Continue reading

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Ok, Ok, I have joined Twitter!!!

Not sure how much this will be used but if I get more than 500,550 viewers I will have to stop it! Until then I will have to learn how it goes…….

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Furnace under construction for my home foundry!

How one model engineer sets about making a home furnace running on LPG. Follow his build here and see how he progresses. Continue reading

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Inline boring Seal 15cc Edgar T Westbury’s engine

How an in line boring bar was used and also the home designed and made, tool setting fixture, on a Seal 15cc engine. Continue reading

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