im in california the central valley and id like to cast aluminum...i have alot of old pistons and aluminum manifolds and water pumps...i was looking at lathe pictures of members and i cant tell if anyone has used steel square tubing for there base? thanks for the reply Jarod!!
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, Jarod Eells <jarod+yahoo@...> wrote:
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> Welcome!
>
> It would help if you said where you live and what type of metal casting you are hoping to do.
> That will help us understand what to recommend. Personally, I've built two furnaces.
> One that used the Gingery recommended recipe and one that used commercial refractory.
> I've use the Gingery one for Al for going on 5 years now of moderate use. The other
> one used Mizzou Castable to melt cast iron.
>
> Jarod.
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 05:25:56PM -0000, anthony wrote:
> > hello everyone im new here and wanted to know about the Gingery lathe...i wanted to know if instead of casting the bed if i could use steel square tubing and if i can what type would be good and where i can get it...
> >
> > also the ways what type of steel would i need? i've been googling steel plate and i go to sites and im not sure what steel is right for what i want it for...i havent finished my foundry yet...im using an old air compressor tank...got the bottom and lid done all i need is the refractory not sure where to get it though...
> >
> > did anyone mix there own or did anyone buy it already made and if so where did u buy it? thanks guys i really like this group and all projects and pictures are really nice!!
> >
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