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Foundry Furnace - Final

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 17:59 — Jake von Slatt

[Updated. Click through for the details. I gotta stop saying "final iteration!" - Jake]

Here's the final iteration of my foundry furnace. I've re-built the burner to be fired with propane and waste oil rather than gasoline and waste oil. I built my oil injector based on plans from the wonderful folks over at Lionel Labs, it's essentially identical to "The Brute."  

I also added a light pole. Since I have a day job, night-time is often my only opportunity for recreation of the metal melting sort.

 

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Babbington Burner upgrade to the Foundry Furnace

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 15:15 — Jake von Slatt

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Foundry Furnace Part 4 - Gasoline Burner

Sat, 01/16/2010 - 13:15 — Jake von Slatt

Part 4 of my foundry furnace build, the gasoline burner assembly. I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out and the test firings have all of the neighbors asking "What's he building in there?What's he BUILDING in there?!"

 

Click through for the full story as well as a larger version of the video and many pictures!

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Foundry Furnace - Part 3 - Casting the Refractory

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 09:12 — Jake von Slatt

More progress on the foundry furnace!

 

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Foundry Furnace - Part 2

Thu, 06/18/2009 - 20:53 — Jake von Slatt

Part two in my foundry furnace project, click through for more details.

[Yes, I do have a Persian rug in my workshop. What of it?]

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Foundry Furnace - Part 1

Tue, 06/09/2009 - 13:19 — Jake von Slatt

This past Monday I finally got started on my foundry project!  I've been collecting material for some time so I was ready to roll once Maker Faire '09 concluded.  The goal is to built a foundry furnace capable of melting brass and perhape iron, if I'm lucky.  

I'm using Dave Gingery's Building a Gas Fired Crucible Furnace as a general guide, but I intend to fuel my furnace with gasoline and waste oil (both veggie and motor) rather than propane (that would be far too easy!).  The main reason for the use of this dangerous fuel is to gain experience with petrol burners for application in a future steam car project.

More after the cut . . . 

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