Aluminium casting show and tell - Saturday 3rd June!

@Spiro_Ketal (Chris) has kindly offered to bring along some stuff and give a demo.

What

This will be an informal gathering Saturday morning, with the option to hang around afterwards and perhaps order lunch.

The plan is to use an `odd-side’ mould and preform a smallish casting. There will be examples of more complex castings a home-built furnace, burner and forge, and discussion around other casting related topics.

Safety

As we will be working with hot materials please do not ware synthetic materials, and stick to natural fibers.
Be prepared to follow any safety directions and use safety equipment necessary.

When

Saturday 3rd June 1030 am

Who

Members and nonmembers welcome as per https://makehackvoid.com/join/

Where

The Space is located at
17 Tucana St, Giralang

A map can be seen at
https://makehackvoid.com/our-space/

Cost

Course will be $10 to help cover the materials.

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I’m hopefully in - if I’m in the country when it’s on.

I’ve shared at https://www.facebook.com/groups/357947732276/permalink/10155297096617277/ - please keep an eye on that thread in case people reply there who don’t have a forum account.

Would love to attend if I’m able.

Like to attend if able… Bob

I’d like to, but I’m almost certainly not going to to be able to attend in the next 6 weeks or so. I would like to sponsor some people to attend, though, if that’s possible/beneficial.

I’m interested and am in. Just let us know :slight_smile:

@M0les that is generous of you, what did you have in mind? - If anyone wants to attend and money is an issue perhaps they could message you?

This sounds fantastic, Count me in. Please update me when you have more info.

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Pinging me for funding would do in a pinch, but longer-term it might be good to get a pool of funds and identify sponsorship candidates for “Any thing in general”. Basically anyone with interest, aptitude and/or time to spare, but just lacking the funds.
Maybe I could just hand Paul Harvey an envelope of cash? :slight_smile:

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I just edited the join URL for you @ian :slight_smile:

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I would like to attend … what sort of time are ee looking at starting ?

10:30 was nominate as the start time. I might turn up a bit earlier and try to get myself organised…you know - ere’s one we prepared earlier:P

I am planning on being there for this. I have a little experience with metal casting, I did a Level II certificate in Foundry Practices back when I was 20. I don’t remember much of it but when I cast up something about six months ago It was not a complete mess. I will get there early as one of my kids has netball

Awesome! the more the merrier.

I’ve been thinking… I don’t really need to cover my costs - consider it a goodwill thing. And, as stated, I’m definitely not an expert -just happy to share what I’ve managed to achieve, crude as it might be. So, I was thinking, if you guys and girls are going to take up a collection for the morning then it might be worth putting it towards the purchase of materials in order to establish a small foundry at MHV, or to repair/replace some of your gear that it failing. I haven’t had the cash handy to buy proper stuff for my own projects so I’ve had to do a lot of improvisation but some of it has worked out reasonably well:)
Cheers, Chris.

Hope to wander by tomorrow evening:)

Hi Chris, that is awesome! but… I have a family thing tonight and can’t be there. Sorry.

I have asked a couple people that will hopefully be there tonight to introduce them selfs.

Notionally the space is open from 630, but in reality sometimes it doesn’t get going till 7, 730ish.

Cheers,
Ian

I’ve confirmed the space will be open at the usual time (6:30).

Cool. I’m aiming to wander over after work/dinner:)

Hi All.
There are the casting from today’s demo. Cleaned up a little and with the sprue and riser removed. I’ll probably drill these out and fit them to the lathe, tomorrow. I’ll post a separate picture of the lathe and the starting material. To a machinist, I know it would look pretty rubbish but when you consider what I started with, it’s not so bad. Also for any that are interested, I’ll see if I can find the exact composition of my refractory material.
Cheers, Chris.