The Jalopy Journal
I’ve always enjoyed your videos, Mart! Id love to see more of your Thunderbird! :) You have owned it for such a long time, would you really want...
Yes! I used it around the backside of all of the trim fasteners on my ‘55 Mercury. In fact, it’s fantastic for plugging up rust holes on my off...
Not necessarily an expert on ‘55/‘56 Mercurys, but I’m really liking the results. Cool color combination, ‘56 front bumper with a ‘55 grille...
I’ll have to give that a try with the 3xx alloy. The 6061 I was using would result in pretty poor machining qualities. “Gummy” being an excellent...
I’ve cut vertical and horizontal pours and never found any occlusions or obvious internal porosity. All of the porosity I have found has been on...
Thanks, Bruce! :)
Thanks, Jethro! What’s next? More practice! I need to do a little better ramming my molds. That should help improve the surface of my castings. As...
A final project update - I was able to get a pretty decent pour on a low humidity (38%) day. That’s rare for us! [ATTACH] Degassing was fairly...
I think I’m going to do a few more practice pours. It takes me forever to prep a mold and I’m still a little nervous pouring molten metal. :eek:
You and noboD are right. After relooking at it, the casting is pretty good. Once drilled and polished, it would look right with my three...
A somewhat successful pour, today! I changed my approach for inlet and outlet sprues. Though, the risers on the bosses remained the same. I did...
I read about tilting the mold during the pour to help distribution. But, I see where it can help the flow and keep it from washing out the surface...
I’m using the “United States Navy Foundary Manual” as my main reference. In the preface, it describes the book as more of a “how to” guide and...
This is a big oops! From what I’ve read, the pouring environment needs to be below 70% Relative Humidity. Looking back, all of my pours were in...
Thanks, everyone, for your input! I definitely have a combination of issues (and a lack of knowledge!) My biggest problem seems to be getting...
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