Thursday, December 07, 2006

Sandcasting

Absolutely pooped. You can see the sand box with me pouring metal into the holes where the polystyrene is and the kids down on the right making hand prints to have metal poured into. The furnace is the tub with the sideways opening lid. The young chap on the left with the cap on is on duty with the sprayer in case I spill something where it shouldn't go. Aluminium is such a good condeuctor of heat little spills cool very quickly. About 90 percent success with the castings and no injuries, so a good go at it.