Category Archives: home foundry and furnace

Power Feed Drawings nearly completed – Alibre is great!

Posted on 18 October, 2010 by Mike Freeman

Well am almost there with the drawings for the RF25 Milling machine power feed. I believe it may also fit the RF30 but that’s only information received via the internet. If you have a RF30 then it would be simple enough to … Continue reading →

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The Power Feed for RF25/30 milling machine is up and running!

Posted on 7 September, 2010 by Mike Freeman

Yes, the power feed is now up and running. I have a little left in relation to securing the brass safety cover and adding the lever to engage/disengage. That should be around 30 minutes work (getting a small set of … Continue reading →

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Success – Plumbago works well as a parting powder!

Posted on 1 September, 2010 by Mike Freeman

Well today was the first time for many reasons I have been able to do some real metal work! I decided that I would fire up the furnace and melt and mould the coupling between the wiper motor and the … Continue reading →

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Pattern making Seal engine parts and ‘other’ items progresses.

Posted on 29 June, 2010 by Mike Freeman

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 … Continue reading →

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More wood – bit this time metal will be used when patterns cast!

Posted on 27 June, 2010 by Mike Freeman

I have decided to make use of the fretsaw before putting it away after making a couple of wooden toys for my grandchild. I need to have two castings for the Seal that are handed different from the norm, allowing … Continue reading →

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New Seal Block ordered from Hemingways!

Posted on 10 June, 2010 by Mike Freeman

Not a lot of work this week in the workshop on the Seal engines due to working in part on some wooden toy’s for my new Grand child Freya (and I hate wood!). However it has given me time to … Continue reading →

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