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A little bit of lathe progress:
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awesome work!
(but sure looks like a big pain in the ass!)
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That scrap sure looks like some friction stir welding at the joints?Comment
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Whats the word on this project?Comment
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Still going on! I was on spring break all last week so nothing much happened there. I put the time off into working on my car which now moves under its own power finally. I'll have some updates wednesday, I gotta machine a few parts up then i'll post. I've collected up a bunch of brass and im going to pour a brass cannon for a friend of mine that has a lathe/mill to finish it out on. Here is his pattern:Originally posted by turbostang View Post
A couple aluminum round and flat bars I poured so we could practice on the lathe/mill.
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Sweet. Every picture looks like your castings are getting better and better!Comment
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A couple from our last use of the plaster/silica investment method. I should have some stuff done using ceramic shell here pretty soon.
Bronze
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that's a pretty cool hobbyComment
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Try a mixture of %50 Al and %50 of Mg. It will yield a very brittle alloy that shatters upon any impact! I use it in fireworks.Comment
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Aluminum shell and fan assembly from our last casting. Ill add some more images ones it comes together I bit more. These are all in the layout stages so ignore the tape and shorter sections spun tube. Shell is about 18" in length.
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Nice work. WTF is it?Comment
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They call it art. The things I have posted were created within the sculpture department here at school.
The aluminum shell is basically a manifold for the open end of the tubes on this piece to connect to. I am making some potassium nitrate smoke bombs in hopes of it leaving some residue/mark when existing the outlets on the white shell.
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hmm... ok, if you say so!
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