Monday, April 30, 2018

More Casting

I have mostly always been disappointed with the bottom side of my aluminum castings.  The sand has been on the fragile side.   As an experiment I tried using wetter facing sand.  It worked.

The 3D printed pattern.

The cast with the sprue and gates/

After it was cut.

A close look at the reproduction of the features on the 3D print.

OK yeah I see the lump too but this is the bottom side and but for the lump it is very good.


I tried smoothing this with a propane torch.  The top sunk.  Again you can see the pattern in the 3D print.  The face you see is the bottom.  It looks nice too.

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