[gingery_machines] Re: My first casting

 

Hello Dave,

My furnace is similar to Gingery's Lil Bertha, but follows Dan Hartman's design.

Advantages: quiet, electricity is cheap in my area, no exhaust (but sometimes smoke from melting) so maybe less hydrogen in melt, and good control of heat.

Disadvantages: slow, gotta have 220 so not portable, and worst thing - elements can fail in middle of melt! Element life gets better as you learn to start & end more slowly and not to overheat so much.

Hope it helps
CT2


--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "DaveSSI" <davegsc@...> wrote:
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> Electricity? What sort of set-up do you have, Brite? What are the
> advantages?
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> Thanks
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> Dave
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> From: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brite
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:31 PM
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [gingery_machines] Re: My first casting
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> Hello, Congrats, and Welcome to the illness!!
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> The lathe bed casting is a bit challenging, so a real accomplishment on the
> 1st try.
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> I melt w/ electricity, prolly even slower than charcoal, so won't weigh in
> on burners.
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> CT2
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> --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:gingery_machines%40yahoogroups.com> , "primepowerpro"
> <randycook@> wrote:
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> > 1. I poured my first casting today, Gingery's lathe bed. I used homemade
> green sand,

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