I agree, at least as interesting if not more so. Especially since I understand machining operations but know very little about casting. Learning new techniques from the master is what this channel is all about. Thanks Mr. Pete.
Showing the casting void was interesting. Things such as that is an attribute to TH-camrs. It shows that life is not perfect and we learn and push through our little failures.
Hi Mr. Pete. I have a couple things to say about this video. I don't understand why people are not interested in this type of shop work. The ability to machine gives you great latitude in making things, but casting opens up the experience to a level that can only be hindered by your imagination. Even of folks don't have the means to cast metal it is a great demonstration of what can be done. And for those who don't have the foundry experience it can be learned through trial end error. My first foundry was a flower pot submerged in some cement and fired with charcoal. My sand a mix of Playland and bentonite. Cost was pennies and what I learned was priceless. Finally, I enjoy every casting video you make. Coupled with your foundry course, they provide excellent working examples. So, speaking for myself, thank you for taking the time to produce them!! Joe
Hi Lyle, thanks for making another great casting video. The real eye opener was seeing the inside of the failed casting. The importance of a well dried core duly noted! Mark from Melbourne Australia
Thanks! it seems like I learn something every time I watch your videos! You are the only exposure to casting I have ever had.I really don't know of anyone around me that does foundry work as a business yet alone as a hobby.
What? WHO doesn’t like the casting videos!?!?! That’s just ridiculous. Casting is awesome, and takes your capabilities to the next level. Casting + machining is like the entire manufacturing process
Hi Lyle, Good Morning. Always find your foundry videos fascinating. I also watch those of Windy Hill and Myfordboy. Sometimes catch a few videos casting ant hills. Stay safe.
I think the casting videos are always interesting, even though I have no intention of ever doing it (then again I have no intention of ever machining anything either and I still watch!).
@@samhenderson2947 Hi Sam, greetings from North Carolina USA. I love that white silvery metal however it’s pronounced and have machined lots of it in my career. Good to hear from the land “down under” as we call it.
I think you should make the videos like you are! If a viewer doesn't care for a particular part he can speed view through it. The casting steam issue was very interesting. I like your "Warts and all" approach. Keep them coming.
I'd missed this one but returned to it when Chapter 3 was released today. Boy I'm glad I did, I loved this episode. Ted did a fantastic job printing the form; the optional plug or core pin, and the threaded holes for form extraction are genius features. I also really enjoyed seeing the sand core being made and used (if I'm honest that's the main reason I came here from Chapter 3 as I couldn't work out how your casting had the centre hole!). Mr Pete, you entertain but the education you share is priceless, thank you.
I love the casting process, Mr. Pete. I watch Windy Hill Foundry too but I like your sense of humor. It's dry like mine. That could be the Swedish in us.
Thank you. As always, I enjoyed this. Learning about the water glass was new and very interesting to me. I would like to know more about it. Thanks again, have a great week.
Common glass is soda/lime and it's very sparingly soluble in water. Sodium silicate, AKA water glass, is made by fusing silica sand and soda ash. Like almost all sodium compounds, sodium silicate is reasonably soluble in water. As the base is strong and the acid weak, a solution of the salt exhibits a pH above 7 (alkaline). The pH is high enough to warrant the skin and eyes safety warning on the bottle.
Water glass was also called "egg keep." I'm sure before I was born (1948) eggs in their shell were coated with this stuff to help reserve them. That's only what I was taught, don't know how well it worked. Love your videos. Jim
I, for one, enjoy your casting videos. On the rare occasions that you post something I'm not interested in I start the video, mute the sound and watch something else and hopefully you get credit for a view. I appreciate all of the hard work that must go in to making these.
Really like how much detail you went into on the casting very interesting . Amazing how you can 3D print threads in something. Thanks for taking the time to do this 👍👍
I see you corrected the 1st video and calling this a 4 part series. At first it was part 1 of a 3 part series and then I saw this one is part 2 of a 4 part series. I was going to say, I can't wait for part 3 of this 5 part series. LOL
Looks like a lot of fun Some of my fondest metal shop classes from high school were casting aluminum with my good friend who recently passed away thanks for returning that memory to me
Very interesting that they call that spiral bit a Core Drill in the casting world, in the world of general construction, a core drill is hollow and leaves a "Core" (a lot like trepanning). In construction, core drills are usually used in concrete or masonry for anchoring seating in the floor or for running cables or piping through a wall. Very nicely done BTW! Always enjoy your videos!? Thanks!
I also really liked to see the vertical core process, very interesting. I believe it is the first time you have had a casting failure with the core having moisture. It actually looked wicked once you cut it open. Great advice to keep your powder and your cores dry! Appreciate it.
I always love the foundry work. I think it is so cool that you can go from a concept to something useable. The possibilities are limitless. Thanks Mr. Pete!
It warms my heart to hear that Tubalcain hates 3D printing. When you originally got your printer, I was lamenting the loss of the wood pattern, thinking you would be 3D printing until the cows came home, but you have rejected it. I love Tubalcain CAD, WAD, and even PAD it's so much better than 3D printing.
Sodium Silicate I was able to reharden a spot in basement cement floor, that was damaged by a vinegar spill, using liquid laundry detergent which contained Sodium Silicate. I just mixed the detergent with a little water, soaked the area, and waited for it to dry. Before treatment the sand in the cement could be brushed away. After treatment it was hard as a rock once again!!! Thanks for this great video and sorry for the diversion!
Interesting video. That four flute core drill seems almost like a reamer. Suppose that's the point. To make a smooth finished and accurately dimensioned hole in a rough casting.
If you want to make some cores that are collapsible and a lot less complicated/expensive using molasses, go to my video on core making. You can get the molasses at your grocery store.
Thanks for showing the voids caused by moisture. Believe it or not the same occurs during plastic injection molding if the raw plastic granules (shipped and stored in airtight packaging) aren't dried before processing from micro moisture absorbed internally in each pellet. It will not be catastrophic as your example but a microscopic bubble collection in the last portion to fill. Every plastic part has some if you use a microscope.
3D printer filament will pick up moisture from the air as well. Making it not flow well through the printhead. I'm pretty sure the heat it takes to drive of the 'damp' means there's not enough wattage left to get the plastic thoroughly liquid.
Hi Mr Pete great video . I cant wait till i get to this point in my machine shop . but this will be later next year i still have to install dro on my mill BP clone and the Z power feed and build a double wide workbench one side for machining ( inset surface plate )and one for lite welding ,vise and storage under it before i can start on the foundry stuff . I never thought i would be doing this level of fabrication but your videos have inspired me to explore the world of machining .Thanks Mr Pete .
You could read the Sears catalog and I would be watching the whole thing. Interesting how the gas bubble got so close to the outside surfaces without showing through.
Hi Lyle! It's been a while since I stopped by and said hello! Great videos! A special THANK YOU for all the inspiration and encouragement that you've given me and probably millions of others. I also wanted to say that your dentist friend could pass as Fenner's double! 🤣
I like these videos as much as I like any of your videos. Please keep making them as long as you want to make them. I am new to machining in general, and find all of this very fascinating. I wish I had some time off from work coming so I could come and meet you and the others at ArnFest. It's only a 7 hour drive for me.
Thank you mr Pete Question have you ever watched the casting videos of men in the Middle East They do not sift the sand they shovel it in and pack it down. What is the benefit of sifting the sand.
I was thinking about ole' Mr. Pete a few days ago. I stopped by a yard sale and some old lady had about two-hundred Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and Mechanix Illustrated all mixed together and I was lucky to get all of them for a whopping $25 bucks. They date from the 1930s to the early 1970s
@@mrpete222 The thing I like most about those magazines is the tips and tricks for manual machining. I bought a South Bend 9A a few years ago because I'm a big fan of your videos.
Hi Mr. Pete, I don't know why anyone would not like the casting videos. It is such an interesting process and certainly something that not everyone is setup to do. I always wonder how did the early auto makers figure out how to cast things like engine blocks out of iron. I guess I don't completely understand the process so it is a bit of a mystery to me. Thanks for the video! -mike
I enjoyed that very much. I was also surprised you don’t often show any malfunctions but I found it very educational. You always learn more from the boo boos.
Speaking of steamy voids... 3d Printers don't like moisture either. Need to keep your rolls super dry(food dehydrator, or oven bake under 50c). Raw material absorbs moisture from the air and steam bubbles and pops as it goes through the 200+C hot end causing horrible finishes, also causes stringing! Just adding that steam is still a problem even in new technology. No chance of a print blowing up at least. Have a good one.
I have a clausing 12x36 identical to yours. Can’t wait to watch the rest of these. I have the 5c spindle insert but no draw tube so I will be making one after watching this series. Do you know what size spanner wrench for the chuck as that is one thing I didn’t get with mine?
The core plugs on the pattern are sheer brilliance! Little bit disappointing that you (well, Ted, I guess) didn't take advantage of 3D printing the pattern to put nubs on the backside, similar what you would have on the back of a steering wheel, to give you more of a hand grip. That would be a real pain in the keister to machine, but making a 3D print and then casting it is much less trouble. Still, an excellent video!
Thx Mr. Pete. If you were to pour that without a core, would you just pour straight in the center of the hub or would there still be a need for an offset pour spout?
Mr Pete, The casting is every bit as interesting as the machining.
Thanks
I agree, at least as interesting if not more so. Especially since I understand machining operations but know very little about casting. Learning new techniques from the master is what this channel is all about. Thanks Mr. Pete.
My philosophy when you're trying to learn something........"Close your mouth and open your ears". I could listen to you all day.
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Showing the casting void was interesting. Things such as that is an attribute to TH-camrs. It shows that life is not perfect and we learn and push through our little failures.
Hi Mr. Pete. I have a couple things to say about this video.
I don't understand why people are not interested in this type of shop work. The ability to machine gives you great latitude in making things, but casting opens up the experience to a level that can only be hindered by your imagination. Even of folks don't have the means to cast metal it is a great demonstration of what can be done. And for those who don't have the foundry experience it can be learned through trial end error. My first foundry was a flower pot submerged in some cement and fired with charcoal. My sand a mix of Playland and bentonite. Cost was pennies and what I learned was priceless. Finally, I enjoy every casting video you make. Coupled with your foundry course, they provide excellent working examples. So, speaking for myself, thank you for taking the time to produce them!!
Joe
Thank you very much Joe
Love the casting also.
Thank you for sharing the casting fail that interesting about the wet core.
Boy Ted did a bang up job on the mold.
I really like the casting videos! "Keep your powder dry." Sage advice for centuries!
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Brings new meaning to “go pound sand”. Excellent video. I enjoyed the whole thing. You’re a generous man.
Thanks
Morning, Lyle.
Are you kidding? I'd sit on the rocker on the front porch with you and listen intently while watching the grass grow. Pour that wheel!
lol
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Yessir. I’m in on that too.
Hi Lyle, thanks for making another great casting video. The real eye opener was seeing the inside of the failed casting. The importance of a well dried core duly noted!
Mark from Melbourne Australia
Yes, sir, I’ll watch the casting too. Thanks Mr. Pete!
As a machinist I always find the casting Videos interesting because its something I don't know a lot about.
Enjoying this series as I do all of them. Ted is such a wonderful friend to you, Mr. Pete.
Thanks! it seems like I learn something every time I watch your videos! You are the only exposure to casting I have ever had.I really don't know of anyone around me that does foundry work as a business yet alone as a hobby.
Thanks
Here's a casting video that YT recommended. I couldn't imagine moulding & casting in sandals. Lol.
m.th-cam.com/video/bjph2iqLf40/w-d-xo.html
The casting and molding is the reason I started watching your channel in the first place. Please never stop.
Thanks
What? WHO doesn’t like the casting videos!?!?! That’s just ridiculous. Casting is awesome, and takes your capabilities to the next level. Casting + machining is like the entire manufacturing process
Thank you very much, I wish everyone felt the same as you.
Hi Lyle,
Good Morning. Always find your foundry videos fascinating. I also watch those of Windy Hill and Myfordboy. Sometimes catch a few videos casting ant hills. Stay safe.
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I think the casting videos are always interesting, even though I have no intention of ever doing it (then again I have no intention of ever machining anything either and I still watch!).
Al you Min ee um is how we say it in Australia. Love your casting videos.
The first time I heard someone say it that way I thought he didn’t know how to pronounce “a-loom-I-num”
@@ellieprice363 I thought it was something you had and we didn't.
@@samhenderson2947 Hi Sam, greetings from North Carolina USA. I love that white silvery metal however it’s pronounced and have machined lots of it in my career. Good to hear from the land “down under” as we call it.
Very interesting Mr. Pete, certainly not your first day. Thank you
I think you should make the videos like you are! If a viewer doesn't care for a particular part he can speed view through it. The casting steam issue was very interesting. I like your "Warts and all" approach. Keep them coming.
Always love a casting! Nice finish also.
Great work sir.. I love watching your casting videos ! Looking forward to part 3 !
Thanks
I'd missed this one but returned to it when Chapter 3 was released today. Boy I'm glad I did, I loved this episode. Ted did a fantastic job printing the form; the optional plug or core pin, and the threaded holes for form extraction are genius features. I also really enjoyed seeing the sand core being made and used (if I'm honest that's the main reason I came here from Chapter 3 as I couldn't work out how your casting had the centre hole!). Mr Pete, you entertain but the education you share is priceless, thank you.
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I love the casting process, Mr. Pete. I watch Windy Hill Foundry too but I like your sense of humor. It's dry like mine. That could be the Swedish in us.
Thank you, I like to think that it is. Although my dad was Norwegian and he had a very dry sense of humor
Thank you.
As always, I enjoyed this. Learning about the water glass was new and very interesting to me. I would like to know more about it.
Thanks again, have a great week.
Common glass is soda/lime and it's very sparingly soluble in water. Sodium silicate, AKA water glass, is made by fusing silica sand and soda ash. Like almost all sodium compounds, sodium silicate is reasonably soluble in water. As the base is strong and the acid weak, a solution of the salt exhibits a pH above 7 (alkaline). The pH is high enough to warrant the skin and eyes safety warning on the bottle.
Water glass was also called "egg keep." I'm sure before I was born (1948) eggs in their shell were coated with this stuff to help reserve them. That's only what I was taught, don't know how well it worked. Love your videos. Jim
Yes, that is what my dad told me
I, for one, enjoy your casting videos. On the rare occasions that you post something I'm not interested in I start the video, mute the sound and watch something else and hopefully you get credit for a view. I appreciate all of the hard work that must go in to making these.
Thank you very much for that little trick that you use
Really like how much detail you went into on the casting very interesting . Amazing how you can 3D print threads in something. Thanks for taking the time to do this 👍👍
Thanks
Thanks Lyle! Love to watch your casting videos.
Great seeing the casting. Thank you for showing the failed hand wheel casting. Great illustration. Thanks for doing what you do.
I see you corrected the 1st video and calling this a 4 part series. At first it was part 1 of a 3 part series and then I saw this one is part 2 of a 4 part series. I was going to say, I can't wait for part 3 of this 5 part series. LOL
I guess I prefer the extra credit. My favorite videos are foundry work and machining castings.
Very interesting, enjoyed the content. Greetings from Namibia
Looks like a lot of fun
Some of my fondest metal shop classes from high school were casting aluminum with my good friend who recently passed away thanks for returning that memory to me
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Amazing! 3D printing will eventually (probably already has) replace foundry work completely! Love it!
Great looking project again!!
Very interesting that they call that spiral bit a Core Drill in the casting world, in the world of general construction, a core drill is hollow and leaves a "Core" (a lot like trepanning).
In construction, core drills are usually used in concrete or masonry for anchoring seating in the floor or for running cables or piping through a wall.
Very nicely done BTW!
Always enjoy your videos!?
Thanks!
Yes, I have seen them take core samples of concrete. For testing purposes
@@mrpete222
Yep, that too! 👍
I also really liked to see the vertical core process, very interesting. I believe it is the first time you have had a casting failure with the core having moisture. It actually looked wicked once you cut it open. Great advice to keep your powder and your cores dry! Appreciate it.
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Beautiful casting work.Thank you.
Thanks
we used to use water glass to coat our homemade cherry bombs and 1/4 sticks back in the day. havent seen any since. and i got all my fingers!
We favored those big M 80 t bombs
Even the defective casting looks beautiful.Excellent example of issues caused by moist on castings
I look forward to all of your videos and enjoy them very much thank you for doing them
Thanks
I couldn't be more jealous of your talent.
Nothing to be jealous about, I’m just an average old man muddling along
Good stuff Mr Pete, I did enjoy the video. I like casting, I don't do any of it, but I do enjoy watching others make castings.
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Thanks again Mr Pete
I always love the foundry work. I think it is so cool that you can go from a concept to something useable. The possibilities are limitless. Thanks Mr. Pete!
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i'm so glad to see your show
Thanks Mr Pete
I love the casting videos. I wish I were younger and able to try some myself. Keep all the great videos coming!!!
Thanks
I have needed this video for a whole year lol
lol
It warms my heart to hear that Tubalcain hates 3D printing. When you originally got your printer, I was lamenting the loss of the wood pattern, thinking you would be 3D printing until the cows came home, but you have rejected it. I love Tubalcain CAD, WAD, and even PAD it's so much better than 3D printing.
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Thanks for sharing! To think, it was casting that brought me to your channel but I stayed for the shenanigans.
lol
Sodium Silicate I was able to reharden a spot in basement cement floor, that was damaged by a vinegar spill, using liquid laundry detergent which contained Sodium Silicate. I just mixed the detergent with a little water, soaked the area, and waited for it to dry. Before treatment the sand in the cement could be brushed away. After treatment it was hard as a rock once again!!! Thanks for this great video and sorry for the diversion!
Always great to see the mistakes so we can hopefully avoid them! Keep 'em coming Mr. Pete!
Great work as always. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week :)
Thanks
I love watching
Interesting video. That four flute core drill seems almost like a reamer.
Suppose that's the point. To make a smooth finished and accurately dimensioned hole in a rough casting.
No, it is nothing like a reamer. This drill cuts on the lips at the point. The flutes Support and guide the drill accurately within the hole
Love to watch the casting process along with everything else you do.. thank you so much for your time..
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If you want to make some cores that are collapsible and a lot less complicated/expensive using molasses, go to my video on core making. You can get the molasses at your grocery store.
I have done that in the past. And use oatmeal or cereal. Very collapsible
Viewers do not like my foundry video so I think I’m going to back Off of them a little bit. They especially did not like patternmaking
Thanks for showing the voids caused by moisture. Believe it or not the same occurs during plastic injection molding if the raw plastic granules (shipped and stored in airtight packaging) aren't dried before processing from micro moisture absorbed internally in each pellet. It will not be catastrophic as your example but a microscopic bubble collection in the last portion to fill. Every plastic part has some if you use a microscope.
Thank you, I did not know that about plastic pellets
3D printer filament will pick up moisture from the air as well. Making it not flow well through the printhead.
I'm pretty sure the heat it takes to drive of the 'damp' means there's not enough wattage left to get the plastic thoroughly liquid.
Hi Mr Pete great video . I cant wait till i get to this point in my machine shop . but this will be later next year i still have to install dro on my mill BP clone and the Z power feed and build a double wide workbench one side for machining ( inset surface plate )and one for lite welding ,vise and storage under it before i can start on the foundry stuff . I never thought i would be doing this level of fabrication but your videos have inspired me to explore the world of machining .Thanks Mr Pete .
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Love to watch you make and pour parts , I want to try this myself someday .
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Love the casting videos
You could read the Sears catalog and I would be watching the whole thing. Interesting how the gas bubble got so close to the outside surfaces without showing through.
Thank you very much
Hi Lyle! It's been a while since I stopped by and said hello! Great videos! A special THANK YOU for all the inspiration and encouragement that you've given me and probably millions of others. I also wanted to say that your dentist friend could pass as Fenner's double! 🤣
Thanks.
Yes, there is definitely a similarity
I like these videos as much as I like any of your videos. Please keep making them as long as you want to make them. I am new to machining in general, and find all of this very fascinating. I wish I had some time off from work coming so I could come and meet you and the others at ArnFest. It's only a 7 hour drive for me.
Thanks
Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed.
I noticed you didn’t use a riser and still got a perfect result 👍🏻
That is true. I seldom use a razor
Thank you mr Pete
Question have you ever watched the casting videos of men in the Middle East
They do not sift the sand they shovel it in and pack it down. What is the benefit of sifting the sand.
I love watching those guys. Very crude, but it seems to work for them
Good job Lyle
Enjoyed…great video production/discussion /demonstration/build….the cut away was a tool for teaching an issue
Thanks. I will post part three on Saturday
I enjoy the casting videos! I am yet to get the nerve to do it!
Thanks
Thanks for the video.
Another excellent video.
I was thinking about ole' Mr. Pete a few days ago. I stopped by a yard sale and some old lady had about two-hundred Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and Mechanix Illustrated all mixed together and I was lucky to get all of them for a whopping $25 bucks. They date from the 1930s to the early 1970s
Wow, I would’ve bought them if I was there. That sounds like you hit the jackpot
@@mrpete222 The thing I like most about those magazines is the tips and tricks for manual machining. I bought a South Bend 9A a few years ago because I'm a big fan of your videos.
You our up early Mr. Pete very interesting video
Keep the foundry stuff coming MrPete!
I love the casting stuff
Great as always,, can't wait for part 3
Next installment on Saturday
Hi Mr. Pete,
I don't know why anyone would not like the casting videos. It is such an interesting process and certainly something that not everyone is setup to do. I always wonder how did the early auto makers figure out how to cast things like engine blocks out of iron. I guess I don't completely understand the process so it is a bit of a mystery to me. Thanks for the video!
-mike
Thanks, I enjoy the casting videos
I think every home machine shop should have a small foundry.
Yes
I enjoyed that very much. I was also surprised you don’t often show any malfunctions but I found it very educational. You always learn more from the boo boos.
Thanks for sharing ...
You have very entertaining and interesting videos. Thank u.
Thank you very much
Lovely. I hope to do that in the future ....
Interesting and up to your usual standard! Enjoyed watching (pity about the break, though...)
Amazing work!
Mr. Pete, while a different subject I would love a video of how to set the change gears properly on a Logan 210 change gear lathe
I like casting! ⭐🙂👍
Morning Lyle,
Love the video. Will you or Ted make those 3D files available for us to use?
No
Seems a shame _not_ to put them up on thingiverse, unless there are plans to sell them (or the castings)
Great video I enjoyed it. One suggestion "funnel".
Speaking of steamy voids... 3d Printers don't like moisture either. Need to keep your rolls super dry(food dehydrator, or oven bake under 50c). Raw material absorbs moisture from the air and steam bubbles and pops as it goes through the 200+C hot end causing horrible finishes, also causes stringing! Just adding that steam is still a problem even in new technology. No chance of a print blowing up at least.
Have a good one.
Thanks
I always enjoy your videos Lyle. Did the inner side of the spanner really need a draft angle?
Evidently not, because the pattern pulled from the sand very freely
Interesting series. Than you.
Thanks
I have a clausing 12x36 identical to yours. Can’t wait to watch the rest of these. I have the 5c spindle insert but no draw tube so I will be making one after watching this series. Do you know what size spanner wrench for the chuck as that is one thing I didn’t get with mine?
I did not get the spindle insert or a wrench
Please tell us what is the raw material you're using to melt? I'd love to see the heating process as well?
Old car pistons
The core plugs on the pattern are sheer brilliance!
Little bit disappointing that you (well, Ted, I guess) didn't take advantage of 3D printing the pattern to put nubs on the backside, similar what you would have on the back of a steering wheel, to give you more of a hand grip. That would be a real pain in the keister to machine, but making a 3D print and then casting it is much less trouble.
Still, an excellent video!
Thx Mr. Pete. If you were to pour that without a core, would you just pour straight in the center of the hub or would there still be a need for an offset pour spout?
Yes, straight in the center