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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
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
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
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
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
Posted in General engineering posts, home foundry and furnace
Tagged castings, foundry, furnace
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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…….
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
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