#metalworking

Last year was my first experience with a greenhouse, I found out how hot it could get and really needed to do something about that. Ventilation is the most important part of keeping a greenhouse a habitable

English Русский Before I begin, friends, please forgive my translation. I went to engineering school in the United States, so my knowledge of technical Russian is somewhat lacking (perhaps @qwerrie can

English Русский This is a battery-powered chainsaw that I recently took apart. I was mildly annoyed to discover that I had to disassemble the entire machine in order to reach the gearbox. Это цепная пила

English Русский As you may know, I was a machinist long before I started 3D printing. My best work went into some model steam engines, which you will see at the end of this post. However, I was stuck running

Hello, hivers!Welcome to my page! For today's post, I'd like to bring you another episode of my on-going video series, Mini Lathe Amateur. I call it that because I'm an amateur machinist, I have no training,

Hello, hivers! Welcome to my page! For today's post, I'd like to bring you another episode of my on going video series, Mini Lathe Amateur. I call it that because I have no training as a machinist, I'm

If you have an hour to spare, I show off the entire process, from 3D printing through finishing the castings, for making rings out of silicon bronze. Once again, BitChute was less-than-cooperative, hence

As I promised yesterday, I finally cast the rings in bronze, which is my first attempt at making proper jewellery. I had previously shared pictures of the part tree here in the 3D Print Community, and

This is a huge improvement to the casting process, which means I think I'm done playing with tin for now, and can comfortably move on to bronze. My only regret is that I didn't film any part of this run,

This looks a good bit worse than the last one, doesn't it? The excess metal, called "flash," is the result of cracks in the mould (or from a mould seam, as the term is usually applied). As I

Today, I finally had a break from disruptions long enough to make another mould. The first improvement to my process that I'd like to make is part orientation. This next run doesn't include a slag trap,

This particular casting run provides some valuable information needed to improve the general process. Granted, my setup is somewhat limited at the moment, so not every alternative method is open to me

I'm trying something new with this post, since this is just as much about technology as it is about my do-it-yourself projects. In fact, this wouldn't really qualify as DIY unless I had built my own equipment.

The wait for wax rods and other supplies is of little consequence, as there are other preparations to be made. Today, that meant coating the inside of the crucible furnace. The furnace is lined with ceramic

Right, so my recent posts have been complete nonsense, but that's what mental agitation produces. Two days ago, I returned to my 3D print / thermoforming shop to begin setting up my miniature foundry!

A buddy of mine challenged me to make a 3D print of this, then cast it in metal. I looked at the full size mug, and thought that was a bit much. I mean...look at this! 2 days to print something that I

Hardening and tempering chisels