folks even plastic buckets will work
all the steel or the plastic does is hold the refractory until it dries
and give the user more confidence in his or her foundry
now if you have to move yours a lot it needs a tin or steel outside just to keep
it from chipping the outside
i think a lot of folks forget to check out the web for web-pages of others that
have done it
people have make them out of clay flower pots pop corn tins whatever
i do believe gingery's whole idea was to have folks use what THEY had on hand
and
not what he had on hand or what i have in my junkyard
i have made at least 15 different forges and foundry's or furnaces and not one
was the same
each one was built from what i had on hand and i used what i learned from the
one before and made the next one better
when i moved i sold or gave away each one
i do not have one right now but i can and will make anther one when i need it
and it will be a very simple one again,
at home in new Mexico in my shop i have one that is built in the floor but i
haven't been back there in 10 years or so
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From: Clane Kaluna <gear@hawaii.rr.com>
To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, October 25, 2010 6:55:49 PM
Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Re: Propane Foundry Questions
Popcorn tins work? Heck I have a few of those :)
Clane Kaluna
Honolulu, Hawaii
On 10/25/2010 01:51 AM, oldstudentmsgt wrote:
>
> Dead or dying water heaters will work, also. Anyone reasonably close
> to the OKC metro area, I've got about 2.5 of them I can spare! ;)
>
> .5 20 gal(at a guess) and a complete (except for MAJOR rust and leaks)
> 30 gal. & 50 gal. Gas water heaters... I've got a couple of 5-gal.
> popcorn tins, and a whole bunch of #10 food storage cans that I'm
> going to start with.
>
> Bill in OKC
> --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:gingery_machines%40yahoogroups.com>, GREGORY WATKINS
> <banker_776@...> wrote:
> >
> > The Sherwin-Williams in my city don't have them but the stores here are
> > weird and its hit and miss
> > ..have you thought about
> > Selling some and shipping them??..if you ever do put me down for two
> of them
> > . All so the home supply stores sell cardboard concrete form tubing that
> > are used for putting post in the ground and they fill the cardboard tube
> > with concrete to set the post in...they come in many size and a 8 in
> > diameter one works great instead of using sheet metal for the form
> that is
> > in gingery's book....you can then burn it out when you fire the
> foundry up
> > or after it has been sitting for a few days wet from the liner it
> will peel
> > off in layers very easily.it is cheap to buy and you can cut the
> tube down
> > very easy with a saw...Gregory
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: Dale King
> > Date: 10/23/2010 10:09:59 PM
> > To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:gingery_machines%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Propane Foundry Questions
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > The local Sherwin-Williams paint store sells new 5 gal cans
> > For 8 bucks
> > Dale
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Oct 23, 2010, at 7:46 AM, "R.L. Wurdack" <dickw@...> wrote:
> >
> > You can still buy kerosene in 5 gallon metal buckets. Idon't know
> what you'd
> >
> > do with the kerosene but ...
> >
> > Zinc, galvanizing, is bad news at high temperatures.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "superclane" <gear@...>
> > To: <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:gingery_machines%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:10 PM
> > Subject: [gingery_machines] Propane Foundry Questions
> >
> > > Howdy all. Two questions here:
> > >
> > > 1. Can't seem to find any metal 5 gal+ buckets (and honestly didn't
> > > expect to) for the container for the foundry, but I did see a
> cheap ~10
> > > gal galvanized steel garbage can at City Mill that might do. But my
> > > question is, given the choice of materials that you could use for the
> > > container for the foundry, what do you prefer? (Oh, and I am
> terrified of
> > > cutting into spent propane containers, but if instructions are
> included to
> >
> > > ensure that it is safe to do so, I'd give it a try)
> > >
> > > 2. I'm sold on the propane foundry, but as far as burners go, the two
> > > that seem to keep popping up are the Oliver-upwind burner and the
> Reil
> > > burner. Both seem do-able. I haven't worked with gas before, so I'm
> > > fishing for advice on plans or instructions for a novice.
> > >
> > > Thanks guys!
> > >
> > > Clane Kaluna
> > > Honolulu, Hawaii
> > >
> > >
> > >
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