Work continued on the pair of patterns for the Seal engine. I am now at the stage of painting to get a good finish. To help me I use two different spray colours so I can see clearly the areas I am covering. This works well and after making a few more adjustments, seen because of the paint finish, I am not to far away from finishing these patterns befre casting some to see what lessons I can learn in pattern making.

Whilst I will need to dust off the furnace I thought it would be sensible to complete all the different project patterns making best use of the furnace time. I must admit to being a little surprised at just how many different jobs on the go (or waiting for me to cast the part). These include a pen stand to display the pens I make (I hope to try a local Saturday craft fair in Brixham soon), a casting of the 3 pronged bracket to run the power feed to the milling table project (I will try first to use the metal part it will mate with before seeing if I need to make a wooden one) and a more substantial table for my Clarke bandsaw (for use when operating vertically).

I am quite happy I have the system of melting the alluminum sorted now but am not so sure about my patterns but the only way to find out is using them. We shall see. I expect to use the furnace the end of this week if I am lucky so watch this space.