ALUMINUM CASTING A CONNECTING ROD BOTTLE OPENER, LET'S FIRE UP THE FOUNDRY!!!....

Sand casting an aluminum bottle opener shaped like a connectng rod.. 3d printed pattern off of thingiverse..
This particular pour I'm testing different sand water saturation, it seemed to be to dry and it lead to a couple small sand blowout's.. it's all a learning curve.. This would be only the 7th pour ever.. I have some big plans for this foundry down the road, so hopefully you will come along for the journey..
Thanks for watching

[@Ericapires12]

Nice

[@rcjunkie260]

That was awesome dude!!!
Memories of jr highschool shop classes came flooding back!!! Made two flying American eagle's to mount on hanging candles holders. Mom still has them!!! Too many memories would take 1/2 day to tell. Wow you brought me back to the 80's😮😯😲😳😱
Thank you!!! Some of the 80's need not too remember on the other hand!!!

[@camaroboy383]

Thanks brother..glad you liked it.. I will be filming alot more of this from here on out.. I have some plans for future cast's...😎... To bad the school systems phased out all the hands on curriculum.. now they just tap buttons, and we wonder why most youth is clueless...🤔🤣...setup for failure right from the rip..🤦

[@xKmotx]

Oh man, this brings back some cool memories for me from a long time ago! In my 9th grade metal shop, (1965), I learned sand casting. I made a pair of bookends that were of a horse grazing. Brother, you have a lot of talent, and a lot of cool equipment at your disposal. What's next? 👍

[@camaroboy383]

Thanks brother, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.. unfortunately when I went through high school they were just phasing all that out.. we were like the last generation to have shop and wood class.. casting had already been put to death..☹️.. of course being a gear head I went for auto just so I could breeze through..😂..
I appreciate the kind words man, really do.. once I get this sand formula down and can repeat some nice cast quality I have plans for several projects.. one of them being an inline four cylinder, four stroke I designed some years ago.. plan was to machine it... But now I'd like to cast the block, head, and oil pan, it would save me a ton of money as far as material...👍

[@RoughneckRC]

Yes sir it looks awesome, great video

[@camaroboy383]

Thanks man.. having alot of fun with it, and learning alot along the way..👍

[@navbes]

AWESOME great work !!!!

[@camaroboy383]

Thank you my friend.. it is a work in progress..👍

[@BarstoneRC]

That’s awesome man I love it!

[@camaroboy383]

Thanks buddy.. glad you liked the video my friend.. hope to get a grasp on this fairly quickly...😎

[@alexzarate8675]

How did you make the molding for that cast split into two parts.. I’m new to this and that’s the thing I am having trouble with because I want to make fuel blocks for my motor but I feel it needs to be a two parts for the ports in the block and the body to form properly unless I drill them all out of a solid piece but trying to eliminate all that and make a clean cast right off the bat.
Any ideas greatly appreciated thank you

[@camaroboy383]

The 3d print was printed in halves.. They are modeled in cad that way and indexed with dowel pins..
Being you want to make fuel blocks, with open passages, you can go about it in two ways..
The first would be to model the block in cad with the passages not threaded in a size close to what you plan to tap the holes at..(Typically it would be in the 3/8" NPT range)..
You can then use plaster casting to make the mold off of the 3d print, a glued or modeled sprue will be needed as well.. then do your burn out cycle and pour.. this will leave you with a cleaner 1 piece casting..
Second option would be to split the model in the center and index it with pin bosses.. you would then need to model the core into the model with core extensions.. this would be used for supporting and indexing your sand core..
I hope this helps some..👍