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31 - How to make a metal foundry at home and to melt aluminum to cast a motorcycle part

Custom Cez will build a homemade mini metal foundry to melt aluminum.

Making an homemade metal foundry or forge has never been so easy, in this episode we are going to make a foundry to melt aluminum and make a motorcycle piece.
#TheMetalFoundryProject is inspired by the great work of Grant Thompson - "The King of Random". I'm using his videos to get my children to like experiments so thank you very much Grant on so many levels.
Make sure to visit his channel and the video that started this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHD10DjxM1g

PART 1 Metal foundry project p1 - how to make a foundry at home

During part 1 of this 3 parte episode we'll go through the process of actually creating the foundry furnace out of readily available materials that you can find in a DIY craft store, or at an hardware store or by recycling construction material.
To make the mini forge we'll need some sand, some refractory mortar and some water then a few other tools and parts that you'll find in the video.
The metal foundry project is powered by a propane torch.
By the end of the episode we'll have learned how to make a metal foundry at home.

What did we do:

  • Prepare all the necessary ingredients
  • mix the sand, the refractory mortar and the water
  • pour the mixture in the bucket
  • prepare the lead mold
  • pour the lead mixture
  • let dry
  • make a hole for the propane torch

PART 2 Metal foundry project p2 - how to melt aluminum at home

In part 2 of 3 we'll use our metal foundry for casting some aluminum ingots, in our case we'll melt aluminum to make some motorcycle parts, specifically foot pegs.
But before we are going to start our freshly homemade melting furnace for the first time and we are going to make some aluminum muffins. We'll also test our diy crucible and see if you can use it for melting metal.
We'll start with some aluminum chips left over from the cnc machine but we'll have quite a surprise... stay tuned.

What did we do:

  • Run first aluminum melting test with cnc chips
  • Testing operation temperature and furnace heat resistance
  • Cutting recycled pieces of aluminum for repurposing
  • Melting aluminum in backyard foundry
  • Skimming the impurities
  • Casting aluminum muffins

PART 3 Metal foundry project p3 - how to forge a motorcycle part at home

In part 3, the final chapter of #TheMetalFoundryProject, I'll try to make the actual motorcycle part by designing them and using a polystyrene mold for casting.
I'll test one of those hot polystyrene wire cutting devices to design the mold that will be buried under the sand for the melted metal to take the place of.
We'll do a couple of tests and we'll put the ultimate test our home made mini forge.
I'll finally get some aluminum casting for my motorcycle!

What did we do:

  • design the shapes of the parts
  • transfer of the design to polystyrene
  • testing a hot wire polystyrene cutter
  • preparing the pouring channels
  • packing of the sand around the polystyrene mold for casting
  • pouring of the molten aluminum in the casting mold
  • parts clean up and sending
  • installation of the casted part onto the motorcycle
 

ep 30 01 How to make a metal foundry at home and to melt aluminum to cast a motorcycle part
ep 30 01b melting aluminum in a homemade foundry
ep 30 02 How to make a foundry to melt aluminum
ep 30 03 how to melt aluminum at home
ep 30 04 How to make a foundry furnace
ep 30 05 homemade mini forge
ep 30 06 homemade mini forge
ep 30 08 diy fundry on fire
ep 30 09 lighting up the DIY furnace
ep 30 10 melting aluminium in an homemade foundry
ep 30 11 pouring melted aluminium in a muffin pan
ep 30 12 DIY foundry
ep 30 13 red hot foundry
ep 30 14 homemade furnace on fire
ep 30 15 red hot diy foundry
ep 30 16 Custom Cez and his foundry
ep 30 17 aluminium muffin shaped ingots
ep 30 18 homemade diy foundry
ep 30 19 polystirene model
ep 30 20 foundry stamp polystirene
ep 30 21 cooling off forged aluminium
ep 30 22 cleaning forged aluminium piece
ep 30 23 forged aluminium motorcycle piece
ep 30 24 forged foot rest
ep 30 25 forged foot rest
ep 30 26 forging template shapes
ep 30 28 foundry process animation
ep 30 29 polystirene wire cutter
ep 30 30 polystirene foundry mold
ep 30 31 polystirene foundry mold
ep 30 32 foundry sand

Tags: metal foundry, forge, aluminum

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