plans before? Seriously? If that's the case I'll upload them once I get them
done.
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Cole <coleston@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't actually sat down and done ZA casting yet, because zinc is a
> mofo, and I hate welding galv enough, but I've researched the hell out of it
> and have all the material. Just not even gonna bother doing practice pours
> until the patterns are ready, thanks for the heads up though.
>
> The piece I was talking about forging was a 70 year old Acme pipe label
> that I wanted to flatten and make a belt buckle out of. So brittle. Bye bye
> antique. I was sad but then a friend brought over a really old emblem from
> some sort of V12 car and I made bronze buckles out of that instead, which
> turned out pretty awesome, albeit ridiculously heavy for a belt buckle.
>
> Not interested in cast iron in the slightest though. ZA is more than
> interesting enough for me.
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Rick Sparber <rgsparber@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Cole,
>>
>> Not a lot of cast iron done with this bunch but zinc-aluminum alloys
>> machine
>> like cast iron (which is very good) yet the stuff melts at a lower
>> temperature than pure aluminum. You may want to do a search for "ZA".
>>
>> If a casting breaks, I would melt it down and cast another rather than
>> weld
>> it. As for attaching castings together, fasteners and pins work well. Some
>> use epoxy which seems to hold better than fasteners as long as you never
>> want to take it apart.
>>
>> Not sure why you would want to forge it since you can cast its shape.
>>
>> As for melting cast iron - very high temperatures done with a special
>> furnace. Not something I would do alone.
>>
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cole
>> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 4:59 AM
>> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Forge? Sand? Cope/Drag? Practice? Stock?
>> Tools? Tig? Everything? Check, Check, Check... Pattern Making?! Not so
>> much.
>>
>> And no cast-iron... I've tried welding it and it explodes, I've tried
>> forging it and it shatters, I don't even want to find out what it does
>> when
>> you melt it.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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