@@jeffnisly5851 I know that's why I keep barking when he does garage work on other vehicles on this channel I say put it on the other channel just customizing on this channel we love your quick minded thinking complishing tasks that most wouldn't tackle
I think we should all appreciate your level of commitment to this project. At great self sacrifice you've been collecting the raw materials for CAD templates and now castings. All power to the elbow. 🍺🍺🍺
When casting and using an original part as the master mold, the duplicated part will always be smaller. Metal expands when hot, so it's at it's maximum expansion when liquid. As the cast part cools, is shrinks or returns to it's normal size at ambient temp. Shrinkage depends on the metal being cast. For a first attempt, you did a great job!
We just have to congratulate you for the job you've done, because it seemed to be a quite hard work to mold such a piece. And it's always a great pleasure to learn by watching you. 😉
Very cool casting! if you do this again for another project you could weld aluminum nuts where the holes would be to give you more depth? It's a re great Idea. you inspire me to do things like that. great job.
Hopefully my comment will not run on too long. Jonathan W. channel is the man for doing casting of aluminum and other materials as in brass. He did accomplish pouring his own motorcycle block and the engine ran. Mind you, its the old style rudimentary style but it ran. It has been some time ago before his avid interest in restoring steam engines. I do believe you have heard of him there in N. Carolina. You show a lot of courage to video your first attempt, its actually quite good looking from here in alaska. A bit more than the required "Ten foot look" LOL
Brent, a delight to watch you work but I find it humorous to see aluminum cause you so much effort whilst you have total mastery over steel. Thank you sir.
Considering the quality of the aluminium and your first time casting anything, let alone alloy, I would say you did a great job. I agree painting it would be the best outcome now
Hey Brent,sorry about the casting bloop, but I've used JB Weld to fill rusted out areas in my A roadster windshield. The two part stick you knead together with your fingers into one mass. You can build up the area in the shape you want, in this case that more roundy cturve you desire then file and sand it tnto that smooth roundy curve on the ends you're looking for. Worked for me!
Tips (if you don't already know): when sawing aluminum (I saw band saw and Sawzall), lubricate the sides of the blade with a bar of soap...and when setting up a top-pour cast make a little (bowl) next to your casting with a channel that leads to your cast...pour your molten metal into the bowl and let it run through the channel into the casting...for a long casting like yours, you may need a bowl on both ends.
Don't beat yourself up the window you made is an awesome first attempt, try making an emblem that is a more sturdy body shape as a practice piece. I remember from my school days damp sand and molten metal do not mix hence a big bang and nasty burns please don't give up these are the bits that make your show so enjoyable👍
I use to work in a Foundry making parts for tractors and cranes, and I did sand casting. When casting metal, your mold needs to be bigger than the finished part. Because you will have slag and shrinkage of the metal/part to the final size you need. There are so many other things that go into sand casting, that I could write a book right here. But it might be better for you to either look at other cast molding videos on TH-cam or you can read up on it online.
For aluminum drill holes 1 size bigger for tapping. Use a bottoming tap which you can make yourself from an old tap of the size you want. Use a thin oil while tapping and use a lot of patience and clean out hole frequently, viola, you will have tapped blind holes.😊
Wow, brent, now you're in Foose league making trim from stratch now that's customizing. That's what I watch the channel for so cool. I can't wait to see this truck finished. hopefully, you can find a grinch costume and drive around at Christmas in the grinchmobile in the summer it's the kermit the frogmobile, hahahahahaha 😀 😄 😁 😉 lol! I'm starting to like the name the grinchmobile better
As usual you're being far to modest. That casting looks very, very good for a first attempt. Think it looks great in the roof. Suits the truck very well. Look forward to seeing the roof progress. Be safe and stay well.
I'd really like the top to stay as it as with no vinyl or body work. Sum new that looks old on somthing old restored to look new. Gives it the a bad ass look. I'm in love with the top just like it is.
First time i have ever seen anyone cast aluminum besides the pot makers in China . but i think ya did really well Considering you have never done this kinda casting and pouring and volume . now ya got me thinkin on hard to find trim parts . lol anyway ya did awesome Brother no fear just adapt and overcome that's how ya get stuff done . Good job Brent
Really enjoyed your video Brent. I have done some casting in brass. I won't add my 2 cents on how you did it, but will say for your first casting, especially for a larger item I think you did great. I admire how you're willing to jump in and self learn new skills. That is awesome. This truck is going to be so great 👍
My eyes say good enough! Enjoyed all your work and video, i found some good totorials on sand casting on utube. Can't wait to see the 49 complete, good stuff. Jesse
Learned to cast things at highschool we used VW engine cases for metal, trickier than it sounds, Green island sand was the stuff we used for the cope and drag. could no do it now. Good effort.
Two things. First, you can actually weld zinc diecast (pot metal) using and oxy acetylene process. When I took my first year of welding many years ago we had to do one small weld, but yes, it can be done. Second. pop cans are not a great choice for casting aluminium. Old transmission cases and mag wheels work much better because they are of an alloy made for casting to begin with. Pop can alloy is made for extrusions.
That was a lot of work but good on you. You can easily make a ram from a hunk of wood. Look up what it should look like. The wedge shaped end will pack the sand in much tighter than the sledge hammer head. If you put little reservoirs in the sand along the sides that will do 2 things. 1. it will provide extra metal to and help with shrinkage and 2. it will give you just a few points to cut off and grind instead of the little flash bits where you overflowed the mold. If you pour into the reservoirs then it will keep sand from getting knocked into the casting. Everything in casting has to do with the preparation since a little effort there saves a lot of fixing on the back end.
Best mixer tool for mixong sand or tiling cement is old car coil spring, works charm. Using linseed oil best, no defects in castings. Using rubber hammer with flat side to compact sand. Just after thought seeing you have mill, buying right dia alu rod and bending to shape then mill flat, also takes fun out of casting it..
hey HI again Halfass customs Brent and Ester from the D MI USA 😄 thanks for sharing another great video update on your progress with the Truck and I think it's not bad for a home built cast 😁💪🤩👍😎
Someone said it below, the old trim is pot metal/diecast aluminium, not really weldable at all, so you're not doing anything wrong with that. The new trim looks great for your first go, in fact I'd say it's awesome for a 1st shot. What about TIG welding some lumps/nubs on the back of the new trim in the positions of the screw holes, that can dressed off and drilled, that way you'd get more thread length. Also as it's aluminium use a bottoming tap to do the threads. Great work with Ryder too, you are a skillful teacher and he'll go a long way under your tutelage. Keep it coming Brent, we love it, no matter what you do .... Oh yeah BTW .... I'm still hanging out to see the Phoenix back in the shop one day .... Cheers TJ
I bet a 2 part epoxy would of filled that gap? Either way, the molded trim you made came out looking pretty good 👍. Love the channel and the music used for the work scenes. Keep up the great content and the awesome rides.
A tip when using cordless drills, if you release the trigger under a load, the chuck will back off and release whatever it is that it's holding. It's related to the brake speed. Pull the drill away from the load, mixing, screwing, drilling, it'll reduce the occurrence of chuck failure.
You did Everything all Wrong, I know because I watched a casting video about 3 years ago lol. It looks great, and now when people are admiring your handy work you can get them to guess which part you made yourself out of runny cans, it just adds to the story of the build.
Great job!! I remember in high school we did sand casting and it was a 2 piece box and pressed extremely hard then separated, removed the piece, replaced the top with a tube for hot metal and poured. Maybe 4 large bolts drilled into the work bench and make a press? Probably not explaining it well..sorry..lol
Pretty good casting job for this part id say , yes thin aluminum parts will shrink somewhat, I was doing casting for a few years making cast iron, bronze & aluminum engine parts ,don't do it anymore since me foundy guy passed away a few years ago.
Brent, I suspect many have responded with advice ref. casting. However when making casting moulds one has to allow for contaction of the material on cooling. Pattern makers use contraction rulers to allow for this. It varies from material to material. This explains why your casting came out smaller than expected.
I know that casting has been on your bucket list, but, I thought of a few other ideas. 1st was using the rubber windshield seal from a Chevy square body with the insert. That would not have any brightwork to it, but would be fast and easy. 2nd was to bend tubing to the correct shape and then mill off the back of it. You could do it in copper and braze to it for nut/bolts. There are a lot of great casting videos on here that will teach the reasons for solid built moulds and having two halfs. You'll get a far better finished pour with a closed mould and far less shrinkage... "That's what she said"!! Question, are you going to bodywork the top?? If not, how are you going to hide the welds from showing through the vinyl?
I love the fact that you try to do everything casting machining all that and just make sure you think that all you gotta do is try if you don’t succeed try again keep doing it although I don’t know about that top with the vinyl anyway love it
Saw some good comments on the casting already, but adding my two cents. You were wise to do it outside, but full, non-flammable body protection is a must. I once poured some leftover brass in a bread-mold, and though I believed it to be completely dry, it turned out is was not. The water in the cast iron mold (probably in micro cracks?) instantly got turned into steam which made the molten brass explode and land everywhere. Also, the shrinkage is due to the molten metal solidifying and then still shrinking further. Just like with welding. Only now the whole piece was Liquid Metal to start with. But hey, you got the rim 😃
I like the aluminum glass trim, whe you rap the vinyl top over the window you may not notice any wide gapes. Ryder did a great jobe on the panel plate for his quade. It looks trick.
I'm glad you have an endless supply of "casting material" Brent! And when you get thirsty, you'll have more 'casting material"!😆
Ryder is going to be decades ahead of kids his age as far skills in the shop. Nice work. Good kid!
@@laurensmith1828 for sure!!
On top of that hes a farm kid, so he already has skills and probably a work ethic beyond kids his age.
This truck is my favorite thing on youtube at the moment. Can't wait to see it in paint!
@@jeffnisly5851 I know that's why I keep barking when he does garage work on other vehicles on this channel I say put it on the other channel just customizing on this channel we love your quick minded thinking complishing tasks that most wouldn't tackle
@darrenbrisson4336 I think he works on other cars to take a break from sanding 😄 I don't blame him
Nice job Brent,I gotta hand it to you that your not afraid to step out of your comfort zone trying new techniques
I think we should all appreciate your level of commitment to this project. At great self sacrifice you've been collecting the raw materials for CAD templates and now castings. All power to the elbow. 🍺🍺🍺
For the first time casting it came out fairly good
When casting and using an original part as the master mold, the duplicated part will always be smaller. Metal expands when hot, so it's at it's maximum expansion when liquid. As the cast part cools, is shrinks or returns to it's normal size at ambient temp. Shrinkage depends on the metal being cast. For a first attempt, you did a great job!
For your first attempt casting, it sure came out looking pretty darned good. Lessons learned, the more ya cast, the better you'll get.
We just have to congratulate you for the job you've done, because it seemed to be a quite hard work to mold such a piece.
And it's always a great pleasure to learn by watching you. 😉
Thanks for another great video. Not. Not afraid to try anything 😊😅
Wow great job casting that back window piece Brent. What a learning experience it must have been. God bless
Very cool casting! if you do this again for another project you could weld aluminum nuts where the holes would be to give you more depth? It's a re great Idea. you inspire me to do things like that. great job.
Great job on the four wheeler tank
I took a foundry class in college in 1972. It was a lot,of fun and work.
Hay that's a great machine you have there for cleaning up that frame
Excellent video Brent :) Ryder :) , Pablo The Supervisor Dog 🐕 1949 GMC Roadster car come to plan and also Ryder 4 wheeler too!
Hopefully my comment will not run on too long. Jonathan W. channel is the man for doing casting of aluminum and other materials as in brass. He did accomplish pouring his own motorcycle block and the engine ran. Mind you, its the old style rudimentary style but it ran. It has been some time ago before his avid interest in restoring steam engines. I do believe you have heard of him there in N. Carolina. You show a lot of courage to video your first attempt, its actually quite good looking from here in alaska. A bit more than the required "Ten foot look" LOL
Brennt. You should cast a HAC badge for the from to replace the GMC badge.
I assumed that's what hes gonna do
Brent, a delight to watch you work but I find it humorous to see aluminum cause you so much effort whilst you have total mastery over steel. Thank you sir.
Considering the quality of the aluminium and your first time casting anything, let alone alloy, I would say you did a great job. I agree painting it would be the best outcome now
Always be willing to learn new things!
Good morning Brent and Ryder from Kalgoorlie Western Australia it is 3.05am here.
Just after 2pm cst here in Manitoba Canada
Remember metal expands when it's hot so it will shrink as it cools, you need to make the mould oversized for the size you want your part to end up
You never cease to amaze me!
Hey Brent,sorry about the casting bloop, but I've used JB Weld to fill rusted out areas in my A roadster windshield. The two part stick you knead together with your fingers into one mass. You can build up the area in the shape you want, in this case that more roundy cturve you desire then file and sand it tnto that smooth roundy curve on the ends you're looking for. Worked for me!
Glad you decided to weld OUR window molding!
Tips (if you don't already know): when sawing aluminum (I saw band saw and Sawzall), lubricate the sides of the blade with a bar of soap...and when setting up a top-pour cast make a little (bowl) next to your casting with a channel that leads to your cast...pour your molten metal into the bowl and let it run through the channel into the casting...for a long casting like yours, you may need a bowl on both ends.
Just started... New skill... cool let's go.....
Pretty good job for first time sand casting. The quad is coming along good.
Don't beat yourself up the window you made is an awesome first attempt, try making an emblem that is a more sturdy body shape as a practice piece. I remember from my school days damp sand and molten metal do not mix hence a big bang and nasty burns please don't give up these are the bits that make your show so enjoyable👍
Nice first attempt! Aluminum casting = Shrinkage!
Great job for never doing it before!
I think for a first time you did great! A couple more times and you will have it down
22:55 Aluminum shrinks, you have to make the mold large to allow for it.
I use to work in a Foundry making parts for tractors and cranes, and I did sand casting. When casting metal, your mold needs to be bigger than the finished part. Because you will have slag and shrinkage of the metal/part to the final size you need. There are so many other things that go into sand casting, that I could write a book right here. But it might be better for you to either look at other cast molding videos on TH-cam or you can read up on it online.
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks!!! Great job
Brent I just seen you have almost 200k subscribers that is so cool.
Ultimate job on the trim infact it makes me feel that it is factory built, doesn’t feel handmade.
really cool stuff that i saw about sand casting 💐
Most jobs/projects, ya spend most of the time learning new skills, and making one off tools to be able to do the said job..LOL 👍👍
Minty !
Thank You for sharing your video, and bringing us along .
Later ...
One suggestion for you find yourself a machinery hand book. Great resource for machining metal and calculating bolt circles without trigonometry.
That trim looks awesome. Great job Brent.
Ryder learning from the master. Great video.
For aluminum drill holes 1 size bigger for tapping. Use a bottoming tap which you can make yourself from an old tap of the size you want. Use a thin oil while tapping and use a lot of patience and clean out hole frequently, viola, you will have tapped blind holes.😊
Wow, brent, now you're in Foose league making trim from stratch now that's customizing. That's what I watch the channel for so cool. I can't wait to see this truck finished. hopefully, you can find a grinch costume and drive around at Christmas in the grinchmobile in the summer it's the kermit the frogmobile, hahahahahaha 😀 😄 😁 😉 lol! I'm starting to like the name the grinchmobile better
From Puerto Rico God bless,I like you video,and you work
Sand casting is fun. Haven't done it since 1994, but yeah, it's fun!
Looks better than I could have done.
Is it perfect? No.
Does it look good? Absolutely.
Great work as usual.
As usual you're being far to modest. That casting looks very, very good for a first attempt. Think it looks great in the roof. Suits the truck very well. Look forward to seeing the roof progress. Be safe and stay well.
I really admire your tenacity. I would have said to hell with it and done something else. Great job Brent
I'd really like the top to stay as it as with no vinyl or body work. Sum new that looks old on somthing old restored to look new. Gives it the a bad ass look. I'm in love with the top just like it is.
Like a old plow in a fresh cut field.
I liked it before paint as it showed off those panels were already in those shapes and just cut to fit.
Very cool!!! I have wanted to try doing something like this for a long time.
That was one of the best videos, seeing you drive that tractor made remember how much I miss my dad!
First time i have ever seen anyone cast aluminum besides the pot makers in China . but i think ya did really well Considering you have never done this kinda casting and pouring and volume . now ya got me thinkin on hard to find trim parts . lol anyway ya did awesome Brother no fear just adapt and overcome that's how ya get stuff done . Good job Brent
I thank it looks nice . I love your work . The window looks nice . Keep up the good work . Tell the wife a the boss I said hi .
Really enjoyed your video Brent. I have done some casting in brass. I won't add my 2 cents on how you did it, but will say for your first casting, especially for a larger item I think you did great. I admire how you're willing to jump in and self learn new skills. That is awesome. This truck is going to be so great 👍
My eyes say good enough! Enjoyed all your work and video, i found some good totorials on sand casting on utube. Can't wait to see the 49 complete, good stuff. Jesse
Hey Brent, looks pretty good considering first time doing it..... The truck is coming along nice. Can't wait till it's on the road
Learned to cast things at highschool we used VW engine cases for metal, trickier than it sounds, Green island sand was the stuff we used for the cope and drag. could no do it now. Good effort.
Two things. First, you can actually weld zinc diecast (pot metal) using and oxy acetylene process. When I took my first year of welding many years ago we had to do one small weld, but yes, it can be done. Second. pop cans are not a great choice for casting aluminium. Old transmission cases and mag wheels work much better because they are of an alloy made for casting to begin with. Pop can alloy is made for extrusions.
Yep! This one here, cans are not a good source unfortunately.
That was a lot of work but good on you. You can easily make a ram from a hunk of wood. Look up what it should look like. The wedge shaped end will pack the sand in much tighter than the sledge hammer head. If you put little reservoirs in the sand along the sides that will do 2 things. 1. it will provide extra metal to and help with shrinkage and 2. it will give you just a few points to cut off and grind instead of the little flash bits where you overflowed the mold. If you pour into the reservoirs then it will keep sand from getting knocked into the casting. Everything in casting has to do with the preparation since a little effort there saves a lot of fixing on the back end.
Hey friend,
Just a suggestion. On the gmc vinyl on top watch some vids on liquid vinyl options 😊. Keep up the great work. 😊
I think it came out really good. Keep up the great work
Brent I don’t give advice. Apparently you have folks telling your mistakes. I just love you and Esther as good friends. Thanks for the work! 💯👊👍💕
Best mixer tool for mixong sand or tiling cement is old car coil spring, works charm. Using linseed oil best, no defects in castings. Using rubber hammer with flat side to compact sand. Just after thought seeing you have mill, buying right dia alu rod and bending to shape then mill flat, also takes fun out of casting it..
I think that was a pretty darn good success for a first cast kinda...lol
But really came out great Brent, well done 👏
Hi Brent. After you made your casting mould. Sprinkle some baby powder over it. Blow exess of. Gives you a smoother cast.
Great work,Brent ,nice atempt on the casting not bad for a first time…looks good tho….
hey HI again Halfass customs Brent and Ester from the D MI USA 😄 thanks for sharing another great video update on your progress with the Truck and I think it's not bad for a home built cast 😁💪🤩👍😎
I think it's fantastic. just doing it was great move, thanks for the education, maybe I'll try it... looks like it was soooo much work.
That looks really good Brent!
Old man going to school, I love it!
Someone said it below, the old trim is pot metal/diecast aluminium, not really weldable at all, so you're not doing anything wrong with that. The new trim looks great for your first go, in fact I'd say it's awesome for a 1st shot. What about TIG welding some lumps/nubs on the back of the new trim in the positions of the screw holes, that can dressed off and drilled, that way you'd get more thread length. Also as it's aluminium use a bottoming tap to do the threads. Great work with Ryder too, you are a skillful teacher and he'll go a long way under your tutelage. Keep it coming Brent, we love it, no matter what you do .... Oh yeah BTW .... I'm still hanging out to see the Phoenix back in the shop one day .... Cheers TJ
Thanks will have to look into that tap deal, think I got it for now but good to know stuff like that exists. :)
Brent Caught on camera playing in the cat litter 😅 thanks for sharing your content take care.
Looks great and you made it your self
Nice for tying! Carona says you aren't scared! FAR from a fail, I was impressed! You are learning! Good to aee Pablo in the background.
I bet a 2 part epoxy would of filled that gap? Either way, the molded trim you made came out looking pretty good 👍. Love the channel and the music used for the work scenes. Keep up the great content and the awesome rides.
Holyeeee cow the work that went into that
It still turned out great. I would like to try doing some casting myself
Nice work on the window trim.
A tip when using cordless drills, if you release the trigger under a load, the chuck will back off and release whatever it is that it's holding. It's related to the brake speed. Pull the drill away from the load, mixing, screwing, drilling, it'll reduce the occurrence of chuck failure.
The casting looks real cool looking forward to you learning more so we can see it good luck you can do-it 👍👋🇨🇦
You did Everything all Wrong, I know because I watched a casting video about 3 years ago lol.
It looks great, and now when people are admiring your handy work you can get them to guess which part you made yourself out of runny cans, it just adds to the story of the build.
Great job!! I remember in high school we did sand casting and it was a 2 piece box and pressed extremely hard then separated, removed the piece, replaced the top with a tube for hot metal and poured. Maybe 4 large bolts drilled into the work bench and make a press? Probably not explaining it well..sorry..lol
Ya done good B.
J B Weld...works pretty good on most metal repairs.
REAR WINDOW IS LOOOOKIN ' GOOD !! BUT THEN, WHO EXPECTED LESS ????😂
We did foundry work.in high school. Junior year of shop class. 1970 😊
Pretty good casting job for this part id say , yes thin aluminum parts will shrink somewhat, I was doing casting for a few years making cast iron, bronze & aluminum engine parts ,don't do it anymore since me foundy guy passed away a few years ago.
Brent you can try welding your pot metal by using your scrap pot metal as the welding rod I've got that to work before
interesting have to try that yet
Brent, I suspect many have responded with advice ref. casting. However when making casting moulds one has to allow for contaction of the material on cooling. Pattern makers use contraction rulers to allow for this. It varies from material to material. This explains why your casting came out smaller than expected.
I know that casting has been on your bucket list, but, I thought of a few other ideas. 1st was using the rubber windshield seal from a Chevy square body with the insert. That would not have any brightwork to it, but would be fast and easy. 2nd was to bend tubing to the correct shape and then mill off the back of it. You could do it in copper and braze to it for nut/bolts. There are a lot of great casting videos on here that will teach the reasons for solid built moulds and having two halfs. You'll get a far better finished pour with a closed mould and far less shrinkage... "That's what she said"!!
Question, are you going to bodywork the top?? If not, how are you going to hide the welds from showing through the vinyl?
I love the fact that you try to do everything casting machining all that and just make sure you think that all you gotta do is try if you don’t succeed try again keep doing it although I don’t know about that top with the vinyl anyway love it
Thanks for bringing us along.
Saw some good comments on the casting already, but adding my two cents. You were wise to do it outside, but full, non-flammable body protection is a must. I once poured some leftover brass in a bread-mold, and though I believed it to be completely dry, it turned out is was not. The water in the cast iron mold (probably in micro cracks?) instantly got turned into steam which made the molten brass explode and land everywhere. Also, the shrinkage is due to the molten metal solidifying and then still shrinking further. Just like with welding. Only now the whole piece was Liquid Metal to start with. But hey, you got the rim 😃
I like the aluminum glass trim, whe you rap the vinyl top over the window you may not notice any wide gapes. Ryder did a great jobe on the panel plate for his quade. It looks trick.
Thanks Brent
Thanks for sharing 😀👍
Just keep trying you got the skills just gotta get all the steps. If your buddy could come by and do some casting with you. You will get it.
I think once you end up with a window in it and the vinyl roof is on it, it will look much much better! see ya on the next one Brent.
good show Keep on Truckin😎👍