![]() Thanks for letting me use the forge and taking some lovely pics Aus!Īny tips and tricks, questions or constructive criticism welcome. Without degassing or anything fancy.ġ2, 13. Cut the runner? with pocket knife and press loose sand back in.ġ1. Pulling the pipe after ramming the top half.ġ0. Powdering the parting surface with an old tin of Johnson's Baby Powder.Ĩ. Cracked a crucible but proceeding anyway.ĥ, 6 and 7. Flat half of pattern, lightly powdered in the cope or drag. Cut in half with hacksaw and locating pins epoxied in.Ģ. Carved using mini milling machine, hacksaw, wax file, scalpel blade and various other methods. Upsetting is a technique often used by blacksmiths for making the steel workpiece short and thick, having probably been originally long and thin. Scaled from a google images pic to 90mm length on my pc screen then traced (paper on the screen style) and transferred to wax. Wow Aus! Your photos make it look so simple!ġ. Engrave them with Pure Herberton Tin (I'll do that for you) and I'll guarantee you'll sell as many as you can make … and for a lot more than $27!Īnyway, that's a great little casting and I look forward to seeing it in person at work tomorrow. And how about a tin anvil? Herberton was established on the back of the tin discoveries here. There will be a brass anvil on the horizon soon. I know that Morris likes a challenge and I think he won't stop with aluminium. So what a surprise to log on to IFI tonight and see that lovely little cast aluminium anvil! It's been a busy tourist season and it's the first day I have not done demos since May. Today I had a day off, so I did not catch up with Morris. ![]() He was just getting the metal to start melting when I left. (A couple of Al spanners I tried to forge and failed.) We found a reasonable sized crucible and a few scraps of aluminium. To fill you all in on the complete story, I left Morris at the forge yesterday after my demo. I'm absolutely sure that Ausfire will want one of these, so I will snap a few pics of the process of making his ![]()
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