EASY! Lost Foam Casting Process - Casting Foam - Turning foam into METAL
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ธ.ค. 2023
- lost foam casting process
Today I experiment with the lost foam casting process by turning Styrofoam metal. I used drywall joint compound, better known as drywall mud, to coat the Styrofoam. Once coated, I allowed it to dry before burying it in sand. The drywall joint compound is a great way to preserve the detail on foam objects.
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Nice, those will look great hanging up with the background painted and the borders and raised text/details shined up.
Heck yeah! I was thinking of mounting it to a wooden plaque in the same shape, but bigger. Black background would be 🔥🔥🔥
Who else was thinking about the movie “Terminator“ when Mark puts the piece of aluminium extrusion into the crucible with the molten alloy and the scene in the movie when the Terminator is being lowered into the pool of molten metal and gives the thumbs up👍
Lol terminator is awesome! I've gotten a few comments reminding people of the Terminator from my videos 💯💯💯
The more I watch these lost casting vids the more I am amazed at just how simple this process is. Since you have a cnc can you try to make a simple part to hold a specific measurement?
It is quite amazing! I have a bunch of these videos. I pretty much only do lost foam casting anymore. Yes you could. I however am not familiar with 3d carving like i've seen people make intake manifolds using lost foam. Like any other casting process you need to consider shrinkage. The part made out of foam would need to be larger. I believe people make the part 1.5% bigger.
@@HeinrichsMade Hey that's great information. I am finishing my furnace now so I start at 1.5% and work from there.
Good ajob👍
Thank you 👍👍👍🙏🙏
Looks great, came out fantastic and you certainly have bragging rights there!
Now, not knocking you in any way HOWEVER simple castings of plaques, busts, etc are so common they are almost boring at this point (key word there, "almost" since you video was NOT boring!). Do you have any plans for something a bit more complex in the future? I have been searching for diy videos of castings for such useful things as external engine parts (brackets, etc) and other items a bit more useful than something to hang on the wall or sit on a shelf. I am intending to do this in the near future that's why the search for more complex items and pitfalls that may come with doing that, still your video was very interesting since your castings came out so nice with extremely good detail, thanks very much for sharing this!
Also any plans for casting brass/bronze in the future?
Thanks you! I plan on making point covers for some motor cycles. I have to figure out how much the shrinky %. I have made something complex actually... I made a witch king flail. It involves actually making a usable aluminum chain with a spiked end. I have a playlist on the entire project if you are interested.
I have made a few things in brass and copper. Recently I made a brass spear head and a copper goonies skeleton key. Again not useful, but super cool. 😎.
No plans on brass, my projects just come to me. If I see something that inspired me, I make it.
Awesome. Looks like that superglue held together good enough to get the pour done. . Turned out great.
Thanks! Yeah, I know super glue works. I just don't like using it. I don't have low melting glue for it. I was afraid it would melt the foam. As soon as the glue melted I applied it.
Great stuff brother. You always come up with the best designs. Would be cool to see like a New England Patirots logo some time! Or a Chicago Cubs! Enjoyed as always.
Hey buddy, thanks! I'm always looking for ideas 👍. Some ideas come from comments like yourself. I have a list of stuff in my head to make. 🤣
Nice matched set! They turned out awesome!
Thanks buddy! I'm making a few more 👍
That turned out awesome. Do you think it would turn out just as good with copper.
Thanks! OMG, that would weigh a ton! lol. I think it would turn out just as good. However it would require a different coating. Because copper is heavy it will push out of the drywall mud coating. I made a video explaining what I did to cast a Brass piece.
th-cam.com/video/UgvLPQg24Yo/w-d-xo.html
Turned out great
Thanks 🦂
HM, i asked @stevesrt8 this question as well, what is your go to bit when carving foam? Very nice pieces!!
I usually only use 3 bits. I use 1/8 for a carve that has larger open areas. 1/16, and a 30° detail bit. I don't really have a single to go to bit. Multiple bits are usually required. 👍
cool stuff man.cheers
Thanks buddy! 👍. Any ideas for your next cast?
Nice....
Which coating (on which base) did you use, because what you showed is not available in Europe?
Thank you
Thanks! This is just drywall mud, r joint compound. Any brand should work
In your opinion, how did plaster thickness effect the outcome? I wrestling with large rings. If I try vibrating the sand to get good contact, the pattern wants to float and deforms to an oval. If I don't vibrate, I get blowouts in the undercuts where sand doesn't compact well. That makes it a real clean up chore.
With aluminum plaster thickness doesn't seem to matter too much. What metal are you using? I can see deforming a ring for sure.
If you are doing a heavy metal check out my most recent video.
@@HeinrichsMade I am using aluminum. The castings are usable; just a lot more remedial metal work afterwards than I had hoped.
@@markwhitaker7887 interesting 🤔. I usually don't have any blow out using aluminum. Try adding a little bit thicker coating.
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Thanks 🔥🔥🔥
Where did you get your cnc machine from? I looking into getting one
I actually don't remember where, but I got the FoxAlien Masuter