Molding Bench And Casting Set-Up

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Mar 14, 2017, 11:02 PM
Carlos B

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Molding Bench And Casting Set-Up

Before you can mold patterns you need a bench to mix, hold and fill your mold flasks with molding sand. To that end I built this molding bench it is 2' X 4' and built very heavy with construction grade lumber and 3/4" plywood. It will hold 200 lbs of molding sand and 300 lbs in 5 gallon pails underneath. The roll over rails easily slide out for access to all the sand when mixing.

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And here are some pictures of my casting setup.
First setting up for aluminum pour.

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The safety equipment.

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The molds ready to pour.

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All poured and cooling.

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Setting up for casting iron.

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Open face iron pour, still red hot.

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And here is a pic. of some of the first castings I played with.

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Carlos
Mar 15, 2017, 06:19 AM
DIYer


Thanks Carlos B! We've added your Molding Bench to our Forging and Casting category,
as well as to your builder page: Carlos B's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-molding-bench-5"> <img src="/uploads/167233/homemade-molding-bench-5.jpeg"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-molding-bench-5">Molding Bench</a> <span> by <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/builder/Carlos+B">Carlos B</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/workbench'>workbench</a>, <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/molds'>molds</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>
Mar 15, 2017, 06:21 AM
DIYer


Thanks Carlos B! We've added your Casting Setup to our Forging and Casting category,
as well as to your builder page: Carlos B's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

<div id="blocks"> <div class="block b1 pngfix"> <div class="bimg"> <div> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-casting-setup"> <img src="/uploads/167237/homemade-casting-setup.jpeg"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="head pngfix"></div> <div class="left pngfix"></div> <div class="right pngfix"></div> <div class="blockover b1 pngfix"> <div class="title"> <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/homemade-casting-setup">Casting Setup</a> <span> by <a href="http://www.homemadetools.net/builder/Carlos+B">Carlos B</a></span> </div> <div class="tags">tags: <a href='http://www.homemadetools.net/tag/casting'>casting</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>