Jim, a guy was telling me one time that he didn't like to use petrol to burn off the brush from when he was done trimming trees. He liked to use diesel fuel. I told him that was a good thing. If he used petrol, he might make a fuel of himself.
Unless you're planning on buying one, I'd say using those cast iron bits from the alternator to make a homemade drill head sounds pretty awesome! For breaking up soil and such I mean.
Steam explosions are why I always preheat my molds. And I hate doing alternators because the cast iron in them, I've used them to make stump pullers before.
With more air and fuel, you don't need no "stinkin insulation!! :0) I wouldn't recommend having the burning in the delivery tube, wastes heat. Have a pedestal in the furnace so the combustion starts below it and and goes up the side. Next time remember to put the molds over the the furnace to dry it out to prevent the excitement when you pour the copper in. The flame in the furnace looked a bit rich, maybe a jumping castle blower would do better? Loads of air and you can throttle them with a bit of cardboard over the inlet..... But much more fun to run full open! :0) Very entertaining as usual mate but heat those molds next time!!
Loud and clear mate, bidding on several bouncy castle blowers has begun and I'll get the moulds hot next time. Regarding insulation... I quite like it, makes the whole experience a little more comforting. The reason I want combustion in the pipe is so the bottom of the crucible gets some heat instead of what was happening here where even with the pot sat on bricks the top of it was white hot while the bottom was still turning red.
What's the churn made of a bloke on the farm told me they were made of zinc when I was a kid I remember being surprised that on the hottest days the churns was surprisingly cold.
This one is stainless but the majority of small ones were ally and the tall ones were hot dip galvanized steel, I think it gets chilled after it's pasturised.
James my last copper melt did the same copper beads all up in the air my safety adidas trainers bead right through lucky got a bucket of water to the side of me foot in bucket still held on to crucible nice scar on foot safety first
I've had weld go down in my shoe before, leads to a wee bit of panic I'd imagine if the lump of red metal was ten times bigger and you had a crucible in your hand it'd be worse. I've got complacent only playing with aly, this was probably a good reminder.
@ 8:56: That's physics made tangible. I love stuff like that too. Over here we can buy two grades of copper pipe, L or M, and I always buy the thicker stuff. Do you need thick wall copper plumbing? Not if you can afford threaded bronze. Or stainless steel. Both of which I have seen on repair jobs. One (very expensive) house I just worked on recently had all threaded bronze water pipe, and they were having me rip out an entire bathroom ... you can bet that all that pipe is in my garage right now.
I bet thats lovely to thread but hard to do without leaving any tool marks on your back under the boiler. Think most tradies use the press fit systems here which is fair enough given what they charge per hour.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Press fit ... 🤮 Usually when people have me in, its because they want a decent job done without paying the trade rate. I'm not licensed, but I can sweat pipe like a pro, and I do electrical as well.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 And yes, almost all of it has been painted and you can see the pipe wrench marks. Quality materials, I said. Actually the workmanship isn't bad, the real key was they put root valves on every service leg, both hot and cold, so it was super easy to remove just the sections I needed to take out.
@@forge20 root valves? Service cocks I guess, with a fladhead rather than a handle? Sweats pipe like a pro, easy tiger! Not fussed with wiring but enjoy plumbing jobs. Push fit looks rubbish but it's still fun, and very versatile, and if you're house catches fire it'll melt and help put it out.
One time now when i have advantage as a city liver compared to a country liver, i know because i spent 40 years in a small village, but here in the city i could fill a 10 ton lorry full of scrap from the streets every day, a totting license would perfect but modern day rules and regulations say no 😔
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 LMAO and rightly so, you messy tyke HEHEHE. PS. I hope that you remembered to throw them into your bucket to get reused!
Would those bits of cast from the alternator mesh together to work as a mechanical clutch? Not sure if that's the right term but you get my drift, maybe a PTO for some of your plant?
Yeah probably, dog clutch is what I've always known them as, having angled mating surfaces means they'd need constant pressure to stay engaged but that's the most creative suggestion so far 👍
Hey buddy, not that I’m an expert but I think you need to heat up the ingot molds before dumping hot metal in them. Good luck and thank you for the video.
Excellent stuff. You should really polish one up and use it as your thumbnail cos they’re fantastic! What causes the mini explosions when you pour into the mounds? Know Expert
It might be worth a try but rub some Brasso on that visor to clean it up. If it's anything like polycarbonate light bar domes that are yellowed and hazed that will take it off. I've restored a few light bars that way. The same technique works with gauges that are hard to read. Try to find an older can of Brasso as the formula has been changed over the years it takes less of an effort to clear up.
I'd be surprised if it wasn't polycarb, it's starting to craze but would definitely be nicer to use without the yellow cloud, I've got some perspex polish somewhere, I'll probably try that first, but when I give up trying to find it I'll hit the braso, cheers mate.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Headlights in cars yellow and cloud all the time here being they are all plastic lenses now. There are all sorts of expensive rejuvenation "Kits" but I get common old cutting compound and give them a good Polish and wipe off then go over with car polish which adds some UV protection and the things come up like New. Any mild abrasive will work, Brasso, toothpaste, kitchen cleaners like ajax , Jif etc. The windscreen on my harley also goes off and I give that the same treatment although regular polishing when I do the paint work seems to keep it pretty good.
cant wait for the filler video on rebuilding the forge , will be looking to see if I can find the original video now though. There is a great video out there on building a combo forge /furnace that you might want to take a look at . (I'll find the channel if you want me to). Also yeah cold moulds ... Glad you didn't get hurt .Do you think it'd be worth making a concrete platform for doing hot work/ smelting on?
I'll see if I can find it. Many mistakes made with the construction of this thing I'm glad it fell apart before I dropped a crucible from 4' trying to get it out.
Shame about the Brook motor. You could try making an aly housing to replace the cast iron. I wonder how that happened? Those bits of cast that came out of the alternator core could make excellent flanges for holding things to shafts. You even have the original shaft to tell you what a press fit would be down the bore. Any idea what caused the "excitement" during the pour? Also well done. I have a design of a cast iron melting waste oil furnace, the burner is the furnace. (As in that is where the burn takes place) rather than in the feed pipe. It also takes a slight feed from the furnace to preheat the burn as well.
Yeah it's a real shame, looks like it's been dropped or had something drop on it, the pulley is damaged and the case end moves longitudinaly when I turn the shaft so I think the shaft is bent. I didn't warm the moulds, and it was dark in the grass probably with moisture settling on them, pretty stupid really.
Most foundries will preheat the molds and soot them for a easy release..some even pour under a flame torch on the mold to have shielding from oxygen in the molten metal..oxygen is indeed a bad thing to have while pouring molten metals..
Nice one for the clothing recommendation didn't think of charity shop wool jacket, built a tiny less than half liter internal capacity crucible furnace the other week as a bit of a test for a bigger one already considering no hole in the lid exsaust at the side and some sort of heat exchanger
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 to preheat some of the incoming air a bit just to try to reduce the cold spot at the bottom where the air is blow in a hope of increasing the maximum tempreature and possibly crack vapourised the fuel up a bit once it hits the hot air. Could allways use a wheelie bin, pump, copper coil for the one man Spa or heating
I really like this idea, I tried making a micro oil forge many years ago, heating the oil slightly but it inevitably got too hot and coked up, hot charge air is just as good regarding getting the oil to burn while not causing the coking due dirty oil and as you say getting a few more degrees out of it. Biggest problem I can see is having to open it up every time you want to have a look at how the melt is progressing.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 I think a refractory slab on an lid with a hole best compromise, still got to move the thing to look bit it should not affect the burn as much as moving the whole lid to look. Fuel regulation is a problem with the small ones, end up having to thin the oil because its too viscous for small pipes run in through a fridge capillary jet spraybar type setup
What a great video James it had 🔥 fire and fireworks what more could a man want . I am pleased to see you are dipping your toe in the personal protection thing with the fireman's hat your so intertaining it's unreal but please do take care of yourself buddy we need you to finish the bunker so till next time take care. 👍👍👍💥💥💥
Jim, that heating element, as I'm sure you're aware of, is designed for the food industry, and attaches with a clamp to a matching flange on pipe or piece of equipment. I've seen them at the scrap yard in my area and typically buy the stainless steel nuts off of them for other projects.
Jim, a guy was telling me one time that he didn't like to use petrol to burn off the brush from when he was done trimming trees. He liked to use diesel fuel. I told him that was a good thing. If he used petrol, he might make a fuel of himself.
Impressively bad mate
Unless you're planning on buying one, I'd say using those cast iron bits from the alternator to make a homemade drill head sounds pretty awesome!
For breaking up soil and such I mean.
They're iron so not sure how long theyd last but we'll have a go
Treasure from trash is always a bonus and fireworks too. What's not to like. Be safe and be lucky mate.
Safe? When do you want me to start? Cheers mate
Steam explosions are why I always preheat my molds. And I hate doing alternators because the cast iron in them, I've used them to make stump pullers before.
With more air and fuel, you don't need no "stinkin insulation!! :0) I wouldn't recommend having the burning in the delivery tube, wastes heat. Have a pedestal in the furnace so the combustion starts below it and and goes up the side. Next time remember to put the molds over the the furnace to dry it out to prevent the excitement when you pour the copper in. The flame in the furnace looked a bit rich, maybe a jumping castle blower would do better? Loads of air and you can throttle them with a bit of cardboard over the inlet..... But much more fun to run full open! :0) Very entertaining as usual mate but heat those molds next time!!
Loud and clear mate, bidding on several bouncy castle blowers has begun and I'll get the moulds hot next time.
Regarding insulation... I quite like it, makes the whole experience a little more comforting.
The reason I want combustion in the pipe is so the bottom of the crucible gets some heat instead of what was happening here where even with the pot sat on bricks the top of it was white hot while the bottom was still turning red.
Those alternator cores are bunker door knobs!
Nighthawk has an interesting recipient for fire proving. Can you use the teeth thing on the lathe for logs.
What's the churn made of a bloke on the farm told me they were made of zinc when I was a kid I remember being surprised that on the hottest days the churns was surprisingly cold.
This one is stainless but the majority of small ones were ally and the tall ones were hot dip galvanized steel, I think it gets chilled after it's pasturised.
His great video as usual what is the radio station you listen to in your video 's please ty
Tom Clancy rainbow six at the moment
James my last copper melt did the same copper beads all up in the air my safety adidas trainers bead right through lucky got a bucket of water to the side of me foot in bucket still held on to crucible nice scar on foot safety first
I've had weld go down in my shoe before, leads to a wee bit of panic I'd imagine if the lump of red metal was ten times bigger and you had a crucible in your hand it'd be worse.
I've got complacent only playing with aly, this was probably a good reminder.
will you sell those ingots? or what, how you will get brass out of copper?
I'll try and alloy this with the zinc I recovered from the wheel weights and a bit of lead and it should give me some nice brass.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 very interesting, what will you be using the brass for?
@@enginelover1 bits and bobs in the underground bunker, light fittings and door handles.
very very cool
@ 8:56: That's physics made tangible. I love stuff like that too. Over here we can buy two grades of copper pipe, L or M, and I always buy the thicker stuff. Do you need thick wall copper plumbing? Not if you can afford threaded bronze. Or stainless steel. Both of which I have seen on repair jobs. One (very expensive) house I just worked on recently had all threaded bronze water pipe, and they were having me rip out an entire bathroom ... you can bet that all that pipe is in my garage right now.
I bet thats lovely to thread but hard to do without leaving any tool marks on your back under the boiler.
Think most tradies use the press fit systems here which is fair enough given what they charge per hour.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Press fit ... 🤮 Usually when people have me in, its because they want a decent job done without paying the trade rate. I'm not licensed, but I can sweat pipe like a pro, and I do electrical as well.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 And yes, almost all of it has been painted and you can see the pipe wrench marks. Quality materials, I said. Actually the workmanship isn't bad, the real key was they put root valves on every service leg, both hot and cold, so it was super easy to remove just the sections I needed to take out.
@@forge20 root valves? Service cocks I guess, with a fladhead rather than a handle?
Sweats pipe like a pro, easy tiger!
Not fussed with wiring but enjoy plumbing jobs. Push fit looks rubbish but it's still fun, and very versatile, and if you're house catches fire it'll melt and help put it out.
Morning💯👍
Morning mate
Always preheat your mold .
One time now when i have advantage as a city liver compared to a country liver, i know because i spent 40 years in a small village, but here in the city i could fill a 10 ton lorry full of scrap from the streets every day, a totting license would perfect but modern day rules and regulations say no 😔
Why do us men look at junk and think i will keep that it will come in handy for something
Junk? Mate, never admit it's junk, that's the quickest way to get forced into throwing it away
My bad mate but i have so much
Ffs hear your moulds broski. Could’ve been nasty if you hadn’t had all that safety gear on 😁
It's my new favorite hat...
Did you prewarm the ingot mold ? That was quite spectacular 😮
Cold moulds on wet grass, thank goodness for the fireman's hat or I would have eaten some of that!
This is exactly what I was going to comment. Jimbo no care...Jimbo Dr. Dangerous.
@@samc705 of course I care, took me ages to pick all those little beads of copper up this morning.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 LMAO and rightly so, you messy tyke HEHEHE.
PS. I hope that you remembered to throw them into your bucket to get reused!
@@samc705 must have been an alternators worth of copper in the grass, of course it went back in the bucket!
Your videos are a separate art form,🤤 I would watch them all day,👏 Well done, I wish you much success and good health 🔝🤝
Would those bits of cast from the alternator mesh together to work as a mechanical clutch? Not sure if that's the right term but you get my drift, maybe a PTO for some of your plant?
Yeah probably, dog clutch is what I've always known them as, having angled mating surfaces means they'd need constant pressure to stay engaged but that's the most creative suggestion so far 👍
Hey buddy, not that I’m an expert but I think you need to heat up the ingot molds before dumping hot metal in them. Good luck and thank you for the video.
Yup, won't do that again!
Excellent stuff. You should really polish one up and use it as your thumbnail cos they’re fantastic! What causes the mini explosions when you pour into the mounds? Know Expert
It might be worth a try but rub some Brasso on that visor to clean it up. If it's anything like polycarbonate light bar domes that are yellowed and hazed that will take it off. I've restored a few light bars that way. The same technique works with gauges that are hard to read. Try to find an older can of Brasso as the formula has been changed over the years it takes less of an effort to clear up.
I'd be surprised if it wasn't polycarb, it's starting to craze but would definitely be nicer to use without the yellow cloud, I've got some perspex polish somewhere, I'll probably try that first, but when I give up trying to find it I'll hit the braso, cheers mate.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Headlights in cars yellow and cloud all the time here being they are all plastic lenses now. There are all sorts of expensive rejuvenation "Kits" but I get common old cutting compound and give them a good Polish and wipe off then go over with car polish which adds some UV protection and the things come up like New. Any mild abrasive will work, Brasso, toothpaste, kitchen cleaners like ajax , Jif etc.
The windscreen on my harley also goes off and I give that the same treatment although regular polishing when I do the paint work seems to keep it pretty good.
Should try some k wool in Furness. Jim better than fire cement
Will do, already got some.
IGnits ! 😁
cant wait for the filler video on rebuilding the forge , will be looking to see if I can find the original video now though. There is a great video out there on building a combo forge /furnace that you might want to take a look at . (I'll find the channel if you want me to). Also yeah cold moulds ... Glad you didn't get hurt .Do you think it'd be worth making a concrete platform for doing hot work/ smelting on?
I'll see if I can find it. Many mistakes made with the construction of this thing I'm glad it fell apart before I dropped a crucible from 4' trying to get it out.
Shame about the Brook motor. You could try making an aly housing to replace the cast iron. I wonder how that happened? Those bits of cast that came out of the alternator core could make excellent flanges for holding things to shafts. You even have the original shaft to tell you what a press fit would be down the bore.
Any idea what caused the "excitement" during the pour?
Also well done. I have a design of a cast iron melting waste oil furnace, the burner is the furnace. (As in that is where the burn takes place) rather than in the feed pipe. It also takes a slight feed from the furnace to preheat the burn as well.
Yeah it's a real shame, looks like it's been dropped or had something drop on it, the pulley is damaged and the case end moves longitudinaly when I turn the shaft so I think the shaft is bent.
I didn't warm the moulds, and it was dark in the grass probably with moisture settling on them, pretty stupid really.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 You live and learn. Hopefully less exciting next time.
Sketchy is the only way to go..stacking copper bars have value and come in handy for several different projects..
Most foundries will preheat the molds and soot them for a easy release..some even pour under a flame torch on the mold to have shielding from oxygen in the molten metal..oxygen is indeed a bad thing to have while pouring molten metals..
I'll get them hot next time... And maybe not pour over wet grass, top advice as always.
Jim, the parts from the stator in the alternator could maybe be used to control the fresh air going into a stove.
Like it, I was thinking grate for a miniature coal burning stove
Nice one for the clothing recommendation didn't think of charity shop wool jacket, built a tiny less than half liter internal capacity crucible furnace the other week as a bit of a test for a bigger one already considering no hole in the lid exsaust at the side and some sort of heat exchanger
Interesting, what are you going to do with the recovered heat?
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 to preheat some of the incoming air a bit just to try to reduce the cold spot at the bottom where the air is blow in a hope of increasing the maximum tempreature and possibly crack vapourised the fuel up a bit once it hits the hot air. Could allways use a wheelie bin, pump, copper coil for the one man Spa or heating
I really like this idea, I tried making a micro oil forge many years ago, heating the oil slightly but it inevitably got too hot and coked up, hot charge air is just as good regarding getting the oil to burn while not causing the coking due dirty oil and as you say getting a few more degrees out of it.
Biggest problem I can see is having to open it up every time you want to have a look at how the melt is progressing.
@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 I think a refractory slab on an lid with a hole best compromise, still got to move the thing to look bit it should not affect the burn as much as moving the whole lid to look. Fuel regulation is a problem with the small ones, end up having to thin the oil because its too viscous for small pipes run in through a fridge capillary jet spraybar type setup
Can't wait to see that one fantastic video well done bud stay safe. 🍺👍
26:33 Chewbacca makes a guest apperance
That train horn sounded like a beer fart
What a great video James it had 🔥 fire and fireworks what more could a man want . I am pleased to see you are dipping your toe in the personal protection thing with the fireman's hat your so intertaining it's unreal but please do take care of yourself buddy we need you to finish the bunker so till next time take care. 👍👍👍💥💥💥
and special heat resistant wellies!!!
Jim, that heating element, as I'm sure you're aware of, is designed for the food industry, and attaches with a clamp to a matching flange on pipe or piece of equipment. I've seen them at the scrap yard in my area and typically buy the stainless steel nuts off of them for other projects.
Yes matey, this one is actually threaded but I'd already wound it onto the tri-clamp flange, like mechano for liquids.
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