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Scans_Turbine.jpg
Scans_Castings.jpg
Scans_Cold_E_Furnace.jpg
Scans_Electric_Furnace.jpg
Scans_Grabber.jpg

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These are pictures of casting related experiments.

Posted by Tim M. Williams <tmoranwms@charter.net>. 

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These pictures are some misc. that came in the roll(s) of
film we (at last) got developed.
(In no particular order, except alphabetical..  ;)
  Scans_Castings.jpg - Some misc. castings I've made, one was
supposed to be a bell, but it came out in the end to a chalice
thingy.  Wax model was turned on the drill press.
  Scans_Cold_E_Furnace.jpg - My electric furnace thingy, made
with some thin coat hanger wire and some heavy (#8) stranded
copper around a small microwave oven transformer.  About 8V
no-load, it's probably around 300W or so in the pic...
  Scans_Electric_Furnace.jpg - The electric furnace, hot
and glowing.  I never really did melt much more than solder
and lead in this thing, and even then, really small amounts.
  Scans_Grabber.jpg - a nice project I did, it uses 1/2" aluminum
angle, some 26ga. galvanized steel, and some coat hanger wire,
mainly for grabbing charcoal briquets in my furnace (or grill,
as the case may be).  There's a lot to be done with just a drill
press, hack saw and files...
(Also, I welded - with that MOT rig and pencil leads - the hinge
pins in place.  Those welds came out nice.)
  Scans_Turbine.jpg - A little turbine thingy I made, welded
with my pencil lead/MOT rig.  Too bad it's really only good
for a hot summer's day, I really doubt it could push any serious
RPM, not with the quality of my welds.

Tim