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Re: Garys new hobby , with alot of help from his friends !
« Reply #90 on: October 23, 2009, 01:36:16 PM »
I think it looks very good to be your first pour
its still just a bit dirty
give it a nice polish and be proud, its your first born   ;D

now Im sure that all people here wants to see a lot of pictures
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Re: Garys new hobby , with alot of help from his friends !
« Reply #91 on: October 23, 2009, 03:12:49 PM »
My first Coehorn went back into the crucible but all the mountain howitzers were good.

The funny color is heat oxidation or reaction with the mould material.  It comes off with elbow grease.
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Re: Garys new hobby , with alot of help from his friends !
« Reply #92 on: October 23, 2009, 06:18:02 PM »
Your mortar looks pretty good to me; I can see a few shallow hollows on the surface, but if no inclusions are found when T&M bore it out, it should be good to go.
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« Reply #93 on: October 23, 2009, 10:20:56 PM »
 Gary,

 If I, having no experience, using materials and equipment I had put together myself, on my 1st pour of a fairly large bronze investment casting, came up with something looking like you've shown, I'd be tickled pink.

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« Reply #94 on: October 24, 2009, 02:36:46 AM »
Congratulations............never doubted you would do it............Sky is the limit now..........onwards and upwards...........clean it up..........put it on the shelf..........and plan the next one.
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« Reply #95 on: October 24, 2009, 05:09:02 AM »
Looks pretty good to me.  Sure, it's not perfect, but as Boom J said, if it's usable, once it's cleaned up it could be a very nice first try!

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« Reply #96 on: October 24, 2009, 05:21:57 AM »
Thank you's, Smee is looking pretty good this morning  8) proud daddy. I 'll get down to MTs pdq and get to cleaning /chasing a little ....

I'll post pics after clean up .   and that could be a while . :D


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« Reply #97 on: October 24, 2009, 06:25:04 AM »
Thank you's, Smee is looking pretty good this morning  8) proud daddy.

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« Reply #98 on: October 24, 2009, 12:10:34 PM »
Today smee, tomorrow a napolean.
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« Reply #99 on: October 24, 2009, 01:50:38 PM »
Napoleons are pretty big.  A full size one is about 1100 lbs, I think, and the sprues and shrink feeder and other casting devices would add at least 250 lbs to that.  That is a lot of bronze to melt and even more to pour manually.
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« Reply #100 on: October 24, 2009, 02:06:33 PM »
you guys kill me sometimes ! .... ;D .i milled off the sprue today , hach sawing just was silly at 1/3 of the way thru i said , the heck with recasting it ....,... theres got to be a better way ! but i got to look at every .010 " of a inch and a half of sprue milling down .  ;D . it looked good .

more clean up tomorrow. he's looking better . i think he's happy i saved him . ::)

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« Reply #101 on: October 24, 2009, 02:40:23 PM »
You need either a large power hacksaw or a large bandsaw, both with 4 TPI blades, to cut the shrink feeder off the casting.  A manual hack saw is self punishment.
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« Reply #102 on: October 24, 2009, 10:16:53 PM »
Napoleons are pretty big.  A full size one is about 1100 lbs, I think, and the sprues and shrink feeder and other casting devices would add at least 250 lbs to that.  That is a lot of bornze to melt and even more to pour manually.

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« Reply #103 on: October 25, 2009, 01:08:41 AM »
Napoleons are pretty big.  A full size one is about 1100 lbs, I think, and the sprues and shrink feeder and other casting devices would add at least 250 lbs to that.  That is a lot of bornze to melt and even more to pour manually.

that just means a casting party....... everyone transports their furnace to one location, a hole is dug for the flask, (have a crane on hand for removal)

everyone heats up the metal and is ready to continually pour the moment you start...........   ::)



This activity might also be known as a Chinese fire drill.........
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Re: Garys new hobby , with alot of help from his friends !
« Reply #104 on: October 25, 2009, 01:26:55 AM »
Rocklock,
I would like to order one soda can bore coehorn mortar.
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Re: Garys new hobby , with alot of help from his friends !
« Reply #105 on: October 26, 2009, 01:15:34 PM »
    O.K. finally the computer whiz, Zackary X showed up and made the loading of this video possible.  I told him never to go out of town again.  Yea right, that will work!! 

     Anyway, Gary told us no more photos of the new born were to be posted, so we decided to show you the sexy part, or How the Newborn came to be!!!  The title of the movie was toned down to meet with all GBO restrictions on content and now has a "G" rated title,
"A Smee is Born".

Gary is once again a proud Papa!

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Re: Garys new hobby , with alot of help from his friends !
« Reply #106 on: October 26, 2009, 01:56:21 PM »
wow thats great ! i had no idea you were on video rather than photo !

well you spilled the beans  ;). i was going to tell people i did it in the kitchen with a crock pot .....


with play dough ........

gary

i'll enjoy yours critique ......

just one more thing Tracy .....  , this Zack X ....would that be your son whose is 20 years old and smarter than you are smart at these things ?

eta  ;D as always Dan told me how to do ALL THIS ! its taken nearly 8 months to do . BUT now that most things have been gathered ,got , bought  ,made , and built , the BUILT PART is mostly due to Seacoast Arty's equipment and full help at every turn .
 
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Re: Garys new hobby , with alot of help from his friends !
« Reply #107 on: October 26, 2009, 02:26:07 PM »
Impressive!

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« Reply #108 on: October 26, 2009, 02:34:19 PM »
 ;)
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Garys new hobby , NOW with video !!!!!
« Reply #109 on: October 26, 2009, 03:02:52 PM »
 ;)
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« Reply #110 on: October 26, 2009, 03:13:28 PM »
My Computer doesn't like the video, I can't get it to open!  ???   

You'll have to send Mr. X to Virginia to make it work. ;D


When done polishing Smee you can send it with him for final inspection.....  ::)
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Re: Garys new hobby , NOW with video !!!!!
« Reply #111 on: October 26, 2009, 05:02:53 PM »
The video works best if you right click on it, go to "save target as...", and download it to your computer.  It's ~36MB, so it doesn't stream very well.

Very nice, BTW.  I'm really looking forward to the finished barrel!

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« Reply #112 on: October 27, 2009, 03:00:30 AM »
Nope I tried just can't open it.
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Re: Garys new hobby , NOW with video !!!!!
« Reply #113 on: October 27, 2009, 05:07:09 AM »
Allen,

Does you computer have Windows Media Player?

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« Reply #114 on: October 27, 2009, 05:11:00 AM »
Coooooooooooooooooooooolllllll Video!!!!!!!!!!!   8)    8)
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« Reply #115 on: October 27, 2009, 07:06:50 AM »
wow , thats really cannon freaks porno   ;D
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« Reply #116 on: October 27, 2009, 09:58:02 AM »
I would like to see some better protective gear.  That stuff is really hot, especially if it gets on you.  I know the gear is expensive but it's cheaper than a trip to the ER.
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Re: Garys new hobby , NOW with video !!!!!
« Reply #117 on: October 27, 2009, 11:30:58 AM »
you are right George we should have better and i will get some . i got a whif of flux fumes and you can see that in the film . a resperator ...not a simple filter mask ,although we didnt use those either . they were ready to use ,i had some ......but i spaced them and the arm protection ,which was only going to be a heavy jacket .

i doubt if i'll ever have a foundry suit or two but at least welding gear and arm covering . maybe those green sleeves :D things that welders wear ? we DO NOT look at the intense flame of the burner emits ..UV rays .

but i must say looking at that golden puddle in that cucible is very mezmerizing ....

thanks for the heads up ,next time i'll be sure and have Mike sign a waiver for ALL liability next time !

i'm sure Dan will address the issue privatly ..... :-[

George ,did you guys have any accedents when you were teaching ?
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« Reply #118 on: October 27, 2009, 11:41:06 AM »
I DONE SEEN IT! I DID! I DID!  ;D watched it on my work computer.

Looks like a good set up I'm not goning to say a thing about safety,

enough people aready adressed the issue....


SO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THIS CROUD WHAT IT WANTS ! ? ? ? ? ?


         MORE PHOTOS!!  ;D
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« Reply #119 on: October 27, 2009, 12:16:54 PM »
mmmmmmm I agree to 102%

LOTS OF THEM   ;D
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