Aged well or well aged?
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Decided to do the brass melt. 500-600g of brass nuts went in the pot.
Set to 860c but I noticed it starting to rain, turned power up. Element went pop shortly after!
Happy with cows face, cant make out any 3d print lines so may have needed more head.
I didnt expect the text to come out well on the first go. Im a little disapointed it failed where I filled in the wax, hoped the outer ring would be complete... I think the plaster needed more heat - it couldnt have been further from the burnout/pour spec!
Set to 860c but I noticed it starting to rain, turned power up. Element went pop shortly after!
Happy with cows face, cant make out any 3d print lines so may have needed more head.
I didnt expect the text to come out well on the first go. Im a little disapointed it failed where I filled in the wax, hoped the outer ring would be complete... I think the plaster needed more heat - it couldnt have been further from the burnout/pour spec!
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Like matadors in corridors the German children ran
No thought was shown for young or old in bed or in the pram
With racous shouts from mothers mouth and fathers doors did slam
And round their heels with ringing peals the little Germans ran.
A little ditty i penned while on holiday in spain last week. An ode to a family of noisy Germans in the room next door.
No thought was shown for young or old in bed or in the pram
With racous shouts from mothers mouth and fathers doors did slam
And round their heels with ringing peals the little Germans ran.
A little ditty i penned while on holiday in spain last week. An ode to a family of noisy Germans in the room next door.
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A pour neck set so the wax form was on its side would have allowed you to centre pour and make up some sort of rotary centrifuge to push the brass out into every nook & cranny before it solidified. Pre heat the mould once it has de waxed . drained out then pour
In ancient times the casting pot containing the sand & wax form was wrapped in wet rope and swung around the Moulders body to get the molten metal right into every crack or crevice .
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Day off today, after 10 days of silly hours, but landed the last piece of this setup yesterday afternoon, then forgot to get a picture. 3rd tank, hadn't arrived on the day it was supposed. Ideal when you've got 2 cranes sat there waiting for it. 
When it eventually turned up the next day, 3 hours later than we were told, cranes had gone to another job, so had to rebook onto a later flight while we waited for them to finish and come back.
When it eventually turned up the next day, 3 hours later than we were told, cranes had gone to another job, so had to rebook onto a later flight while we waited for them to finish and come back.
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Exactly
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Last-minute-ish present for my other half's birthday next week (started yesterday evening, finished it off this afternoon - it was much quicker to make than I expected so less last-minute than I thought).
She drinks gallons of tea, mostly loose leaf, so I thought I'd have a go at a wooden caddy. I made it relatively small (125 mm high, about 76 mm square I think) as it doesn't have a proper seal so things will stay fresher if it's topped up fairly regularly. I might have gone a bit too far on the making it small; I suspect Carolyn might get through that much tea in only a couple of days! I can always make a bigger one if she likes the idea / design anyway. I'll fill it with tea before wrapping it up!
Mitred dovetails on the corners and my first attempt at a non-bought hinge (turned on the lathe out of some brass bar) and also my first attempt at carving (I thought I'd start with something without any curves!). All done with hand tools, apart from turning the brass bar and drilling the holes for the brass bar).
The colours look a bit purply in the photos, but that's just the problems associated with twilight photography. It's all American Black Walnut. Finish is a single light coat of mineral oil - I didn't want anything that might affect the tea flavour.
She drinks gallons of tea, mostly loose leaf, so I thought I'd have a go at a wooden caddy. I made it relatively small (125 mm high, about 76 mm square I think) as it doesn't have a proper seal so things will stay fresher if it's topped up fairly regularly. I might have gone a bit too far on the making it small; I suspect Carolyn might get through that much tea in only a couple of days! I can always make a bigger one if she likes the idea / design anyway. I'll fill it with tea before wrapping it up!
Mitred dovetails on the corners and my first attempt at a non-bought hinge (turned on the lathe out of some brass bar) and also my first attempt at carving (I thought I'd start with something without any curves!). All done with hand tools, apart from turning the brass bar and drilling the holes for the brass bar).
The colours look a bit purply in the photos, but that's just the problems associated with twilight photography. It's all American Black Walnut. Finish is a single light coat of mineral oil - I didn't want anything that might affect the tea flavour.
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Used in anger this evening, worked a treat, no splitting, cracking or catching fire yet.I couldn't find a rolling pin I liked, for a price I liked, so... £13 in Been&Queued and two hours later, I've got a set of 3 made to my exacting specifications.
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35mm diameter, I've got an 8, 16 and 24", plus 4 feet spare to make another set.
Not sure how to finish them, do Osmo make a food safe oil?
The nakiri isn't ideal for cutting noodles though, perhaps a menkiri (not to be confused with Mankini
) should be my next project.henry Kadzielski
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What is the cut surface finish on the alloy? Have you tried the raise the water level yet?Today was chopping up 30m of 3" x1/4" wall SHS and 6 sheets of 5mm 5083 and 1m x 1m of 12mm 5083.
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It is for a hopper I am starting on which will hopefully look like this
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At those pricesUsed in anger this evening, worked a treat, no splitting, cracking or catching fire yet.
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The nakiri isn't ideal for cutting noodles though, perhaps a menkiri (not to be confused with Mankini
I'd be sticking a Stanley blade into to a chop stick & use it like a pencil to slice strips off the dough 