This is absolutely fascinating, you have the knack of keeping it interesting but still putting the info in there in a way that won't be forgotten, THANK you for taking the time to do this. Can't wait for parts 3 and 4!
I thoroughly enjoy "all" of your videos. Thanks for taking the time putting them all together for those of us that are interested like myself. I have learn a lot from you over the years and it is indeed appreciated.
Great video. This is progressing very nicely. I can see a great advantage to making this plate if you need to cast a lot of things. Thanks for sharing.
Yet another great video, thanks. If you'd been teaching our metal working class I'd probably be an engineer today rather than a programmer. Damn shame engineering, and making things in general, is so much more rewarding.
Do you think it would work to make two 3/8" thick ears with holes for the smaller flask pins and then cast them into the match plate along with the patterns? This would mean you could get away with less metal in the plate.My idea is similar to the way some plastic parts have metal pieces or threaded inserts molded into them.
Gets better every minute and waiting with baited breath for 3/4. Was wondering when you did this with the short sleeves and shorts but make sense was much earlier than Nov. in IL. A real boon to our education on what it takes to do foundry work and the tools and skill (you make it look easy) to get to a final product. Thanks very much for sharing this Mr. Pete! By the way I'm real interested, if you had your prime back in the day what the heck is running around in shorts and sandals moving 80-90lb flasks and running up and down to the basement and back for 8-10hrs? @¿@ Thanks again...~PJ
Very interesting video. These look like the old Wagner cast iron ash trays/sample skillets. Wagner Manufacturing was located nearby here in Sidney, Ohio (also the original home to Monarch Lathes) After WWII, my Dad worked part time at Wagners to help out with funding for the farm he just took over. Dad worked to polish the aluminum Magnalite skillets and pans. It was a nasty, dirty job, but it was work.
Excellent work so far. I imagine the pucker factor was pretty high when you were separating the casting from the flask. And then relief in a job well done. Just like they drew it up. Just one question. Of all the things you could make a match plate to produce, why the mini fry pans?
I've failed 5 times at this thus far so thought I'd stop and ask for some tips. My skillet pan castings are giving me the handle, base and about 3/4 of the side walls. The 2 risers are filling. Pour temp is about 750 celcius. Basically part of the thin walls are failing to fill. Any ideas Pete? Many thanks.
Try these things. Increase the temperature of the metal To vent the mold in a few places. Make your gates and runners larger. Pour the metal in faster. Try a different aluminum alloys, some are more fluid and liquid than others
Thank you Pete. I think the vent is maybe the ticket as I've been down the other routes. Tell me Pete, sometimes people use a riser and a sprue, but sometimes only a sprue. How to know when the best way forward is, and, do the rules for aluminum stay the same when casting for example Bronze. Hope this message finds you well and thank you.
Love the videos, but I'd been looking forward to watching you pour the matchplate the whole time, and you skipped over that. For me the pour is one of the best parts. There have been a few things you did off camera in a lot of videos I'd love to have seen. Even when I know what you're doing and how to do it, I enjoy seeing you work.
I have to agree with the others, I would have loved it if we had metal taught by you I had great wood teacher but metal would have been more fitting with my future me.
I keep telling my grandsons you can make good money working with your hands. I tell them to learn how to make the electrons flow and keep the lights on, or learn to make the good water flow in and the bad water flow out, and you will have good paying job the rest of your life. I think now I will add pattern maker. They don't teach machine shop around here anymore.
I had a nice lathe sold out from underneath me. The company I worked for promised if he ever closed down or sold the plant I was to be given the lathe. I felt so violated when Mr Bill Cole passed away his daughter sold it one day while I was on my two week out of three week vacation. I went up to her office and she immediately told me not to get mad because she needed the money.she acknowledged she remembered her dad telling me it was mine in exchange for all the hours I worked until the job got out and for being a working foreman/ supervisor. Then she just said Glenn , please let this go, I'll make it up to you. I told her the only way you can do that is if you give me the Bridgeport machine. She smiled and said stop itGlenn. And smiled and then said can we talk about this at another date. I said yes. Anyway to cut this story short, they closed down and sold all the machinery while I was in Michigan doing some repair work. If it weren't for bad luck Pete? I'd have no luck at all. Talk to you later buddy .
another great video! if you are interessted in industrial molding, this video will maybe interest you: Wissensfloater - GIESSEN Der kurze Weg It is in german but very good. I can translate parts if you are interested! thank you very much for all your videos! It motivates me a lot!
mrpete222 It was! It brought back so many memories of my work past and the funny thing, I don't know German but understood 90% of the video. And as always, watched and thumbed up your video too Mr. Pete. _Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience, it's priceless._ *James*
This is absolutely fascinating, you have the knack of keeping it interesting but still putting the info in there in a way that won't be forgotten, THANK you for taking the time to do this.
Can't wait for parts 3 and 4!
Thanks for watching
How good you must feel knowing all the people who are following and admiring you. You have added one more with me.
Thanks you & welcome.
I thoroughly enjoy "all" of your videos. Thanks for taking the time putting them all together for those of us that are interested like myself. I have learn a lot from you over the years and it is indeed appreciated.
+DaSmokeDaddy Thanks for watching
Your shop class is the size of the world - Thank you for taking the time.
Thanks--never thought of it that way.
Keep 'em coming!! That July weather would be OK again right about now!! Thanks, Sean.
Thanks
That came out great. Really nice work. That's a lot of aluminum to melt and pour all at once for a home shop, done by one man. Wow great job!
I cannot thank you enough for having these videos
Thank you
So far this has been a great series! Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful project.
Freaking Awesome!!! Super cool demonstration and you are very entertaining!
Thanks so much!
Great video. This is progressing very nicely. I can see a great advantage to making this plate if you need to cast a lot of things. Thanks for sharing.
great series on casting. I will probably never do it myself, but enjoy seeing the process. Very informative. Regards
THANKS FOR VIEWING
excellent video mr pete cant wait for the next part
Just found your videos today, sir. Extremely well done and highly informative. Thanks so much for sharing!
THANKS--you now have 700 more to watch. Tell your friends
Hi mrpete,
Very interesting, don't give up on us...! We'll survive, and, come back for more.
Thanks.
Yet another great video, thanks. If you'd been teaching our metal working class I'd probably be an engineer today rather than a programmer. Damn shame engineering, and making things in general, is so much more rewarding.
Thanks
I'm pretty interested to see how this all comes out. Good work Mr Pete. I am missing those July temps in central IL right now.
Thanks--me too.
Another great video. Why doesn't the aluminum bond with the bar stock?
Perfect video.
Working on my matchplate now as well.
Hugs Anna
Do you think it would work to make two 3/8" thick ears with holes for the smaller flask pins and then cast them into the match plate along with the patterns? This would mean you could get away with less metal in the plate.My idea is similar to the way some plastic parts have metal pieces or threaded inserts molded into them.
Might work
Gets better every minute and waiting with baited breath for 3/4. Was wondering when you did this with the short sleeves and shorts but make sense was much earlier than Nov. in IL. A real boon to our education on what it takes to do foundry work and the tools and skill (you make it look easy) to get to a final product. Thanks very much for sharing this Mr. Pete! By the way I'm real interested, if you had your prime back in the day what the heck is running around in shorts and sandals moving 80-90lb flasks and running up and down to the basement and back for 8-10hrs? @¿@ Thanks again...~PJ
Thanks, but Im far from my prime (if I ever had one). I slept 10 hrs that nite.
thank for the vids teach ..i wish i would have had a teacher like u in school i was in alternative ed ..no shop class
THANKS
Very interesting video. These look like the old Wagner cast iron ash trays/sample skillets. Wagner Manufacturing was located nearby here in Sidney, Ohio (also the original home to Monarch Lathes) After WWII, my Dad worked part time at Wagners to help out with funding for the farm he just took over. Dad worked to polish the aluminum Magnalite skillets and pans. It was a nasty, dirty job, but it was work.
Enjoy ALL your foundry videos!
Excellent work so far. I imagine the pucker factor was pretty high when you were separating the casting from the flask. And then relief in a job well done. Just like they drew it up. Just one question. Of all the things you could make a match plate to produce, why the mini fry pans?
We'll stay with you Mr. Pete...
is part three out yet?
Even if your only doing light machining? No pressure
When you mentioned "body putty" I thought no worries there ... the missus has a 44 gallon drum full of that next to her make up mirror ...
I've failed 5 times at this thus far so thought I'd stop and ask for some tips. My skillet pan castings are giving me the handle, base and about 3/4 of the side walls. The 2 risers are filling. Pour temp is about 750 celcius. Basically part of the thin walls are failing to fill. Any ideas Pete? Many thanks.
Try these things. Increase the temperature of the metal To vent the mold in a few places. Make your gates and runners larger. Pour the metal in faster. Try a different aluminum alloys, some are more fluid and liquid than others
Thank you Pete. I think the vent is maybe the ticket as I've been down the other routes. Tell me Pete, sometimes people use a riser and a sprue, but sometimes only a sprue. How to know when the best way forward is, and, do the rules for aluminum stay the same when casting for example Bronze. Hope this message finds you well and thank you.
I will never do this myself but I'm still with you.
Can you cast it in iron ?
Love the videos, but I'd been looking forward to watching you pour the matchplate the whole time, and you skipped over that. For me the pour is one of the best parts. There have been a few things you did off camera in a lot of videos I'd love to have seen. Even when I know what you're doing and how to do it, I enjoy seeing you work.
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I have to agree with the others, I would have loved it if we had metal taught by you I had great wood teacher but metal would have been more fitting with my future me.
Thanks. Are you from Ottawa. OHS?
I keep telling my grandsons you can make good money working with your hands. I tell them to learn how to make the electrons flow and keep the lights on, or learn to make the good water flow in and the bad water flow out, and you will have good paying job the rest of your life. I think now I will add pattern maker. They don't teach machine shop around here anymore.
I had a nice lathe sold out from underneath me. The company I worked for promised if he ever closed down or sold the plant I was to be given the lathe. I felt so violated when Mr Bill Cole passed away his daughter sold it one day while I was on my two week out of three week vacation. I went up to her office and she immediately told me not to get mad because she needed the money.she acknowledged she remembered her dad telling me it was mine in exchange for all the hours I worked until the job got out and for being a working foreman/ supervisor. Then she just said Glenn , please let this go, I'll make it up to you. I told her the only way you can do that is if you give me the Bridgeport machine. She smiled and said stop itGlenn. And smiled and then said can we talk about this at another date. I said yes. Anyway to cut this story short, they closed down and sold all the machinery while I was in Michigan doing some repair work. If it weren't for bad luck Pete? I'd have no luck at all. Talk to you later buddy .
another great video! if you are interessted in industrial molding, this video will maybe interest you: Wissensfloater - GIESSEN Der kurze Weg
It is in german but very good. I can translate parts if you are interested!
thank you very much for all your videos! It motivates me a lot!
Thanks--that was a very good video
mrpete222
It was!
It brought back so many memories of my work past and the funny thing, I don't know German but understood 90% of the video.
And as always, watched and thumbed up your video too Mr. Pete.
_Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience, it's priceless._
*James*
That is no match plate. charlie Marvin
That was a really dumb way to mold that.. there are so many better ways..
Name a few better ways, and I will try them