23.7 Tips for Making Aluminium Castings at home!

23 tips that have really helped to improve the quality of the parts we can cast with molten aluminum, from our home furnace. In the process, we make a large casting for the CNC machine we have been building.

The next video, where we turn this casting into a precise part for the Z axis is here: https://youtu.be/fHPnA0e8lfk

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@Olfoundryman's channel: https://youtu.be/m6W71s-cd_0 this is a good video on the pouring technique to get started, but see his others too.

@luckygen1001's channel is also wonderfully good for all things casting related - you could start here with the video I referred to about de-gassing https://youtu.be/Z1iZMlEt9Pw
See also this video by MetalMusings, if you are interested in de-gassing: https://youtu.be/fBJMPXxYpmE

Our video about easy heat-treatment of castings at home: https://youtu.be/z5ejhb1t8BY

Andrew Martin's video about 'surge traps' aka 'spin traps' https://youtu.be/3Ozv7virlzM

Which alloy to use for casting blog post: http://www.floweringelbow.org/which-scrap-aluminium-to-use-for-casting/

00:00 Intro to the casting project and tips.
00:27 1. Why stop making aluminium muffins?
01:30 2. How to avoid 'drop out'.
02:19 3. Ways to modify flasks.
02:50 4. 'Directional solidification' and what it means for castings.
03:47 5. Notes on parting dust.
04:20 6. Rammer tech.
04:45 7. Consider green sand 'permiability'.
05:17 8. Prepare for mistakes.
05:38 9. How to coat patterns for easy removal.
07:00 10. Why add a 'spin trap'?
07:30 11. The 'very shallow drag' strategy.
08:57 12. The use of compressed air.
09:40 13. Put handles by the pins on the cope.
10:07 14. The pouring basin.
10:40 15. Which aluminium alloy to use?
10:59 16. Vent holes
11:45 17. Why be snappy about the melt?
12:23 18. Pre-heating and why it's important.
12:40 19. Doing a 'dry run'.
13:17 20. The crucible is how full!?
13:54 21. Pouring technique.
15:16 22. The significance of relative humidity.
16:49 23. How to analyse the casting.

Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys, Elwin L Rooy in ASM handbook vol.15 - http://s1.iran-mavad.com/ASM%20hanbooks/Vol_15_casting_iran-mavad.com.pdf
AFS Transactions 2005 American Foundry Society, paper the graph was from: https://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106573.pdf

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