elderguard
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My Forge
I built this to melt down aluminum cans.
Metal ingot
Pure aluminum ingot. About 30 cans in that.
My first casting
I carved my own mold for this and for my first time, I think it turned out pretty good!
First casting, but shiny!
I sanded it down to make it even and shiny.
My second casting
I used a store bought bold for this one.
Oops!
I ran out of metal halfway through now's it's only half a skull!
Hehe
Banlish
I really do enjoy metal working posts like these.
DaMinah1337
Now all you need to do is make some knuckle dusters to get more aluminium!
GovernmentCheese
PIER ONNNNNNNEEEE!
Friendlyneighborhoodsprinklerman
Needs more Iron daggers
xrufus7x
Got to get that smithing to 100 to access the Dedric armor.
th3renegade
Wear a mask when grinding aluminum
th3renegade
Actually just wear a mask when grinding
ParameterPete
2spook4me
kgburden
Oooh, hey. You should cast an aluminum can.
elderguard
Now there's an idea!
pumpseidon
What about iron daggers?
spazzygc
Congrats on meeting Papyrus in real life.
Trainwreck071302
So where do you get a bitchin pier 1 imports shirt?
elderguard
Haha that's actually my cousin who had recently gotten off work and came to see the forge in action.
thefrayedendsofsanity
Need a bunch of us to come over with beer so you can get more cans?
elderguard
Haha please drink it before hand. Having drunk people around a forge/foundry isn't such a hot idea!
Lrh72
Step 1: cut a hole in the can
udontneedtoknowmyname
Holy shit balls, and I thought my forge was a frankenstein.
KaJuN
Why skulls though?
elderguard
So for aluminum casting you use a "Reverse Mold" made of Styrofoam. There aren't alot of Styrofoam molds easily available, surprisingly.
TheBengalKatLady
Pier 1 imports shirt is on point tho
DaveTheGreatDrunkard
SAFETY WARNING - That can is galvanized. If it gets too hot, the zinc fumes can kill you, or at least give you "fume flu."
werewolfen
I need to work with my foundry again.
elderguard
Get back to it man! The only problem I was having was no ideas, however somebody suggested a chess set so yeah!
deusexmachinae
Did you name the forge Geordi?
Notmyprotein
Ive been wanting to do this for ages! King of random makes it look so easy.
Berzelus
Not a forge if you are just melting stuff, just saying.
Stevesdsds
What did you carve the mould from please?
elderguard
So it's a reverse foam mold that you bury in sand w/ just a tip showing then pour metal into foam. foam evaporates leaving metal in place.
elderguard
http://imgur.com/KRBiptQ This is the mold for the skull
Iforgotthetopic
Well done on recycling
elderguard
Thank you!
doomscrollerextroadinaire
Is that a foundry or a forge?
elderguard
Foundry specifically.
doomscrollerextroadinaire
Cool. A friend and I made one out of a microwave years ago. Used an iron oxide lined crucible. Couldn't melt much more than tin and lead.
SeriouslyEveryoneCanSearchWikipediaHereIsARealReference
Yikes! Sitting on wet concrete!!
elderguard
Fun Fact! I have no idea what that mysterious liquid is! After I fired up the forge it started slowly bubbling out of the seam on the can!
SeriouslyEveryoneCanSearchWikipediaHereIsARealReference
You built your forge well. If there was a problem with it and the bottom got too hot, the concrete could have exploded.
elderguard
Yeah I made quite sure that the bottom was the thickest part of my foundry for this reason.
ArtieFowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHD10DjxM1g
elderguard
This is the video which inspired me to make it!
ArtieFowl
Ive wanted to make it so bad, i just need the time. and the money
elderguard
Honestly I only paid maybe $30 total? Mostly for the can and then concrete. Pipe's really cheap, as is the hair dryer.
Barjack
Did you use Thekingofrandom's design?
elderguard
I did in fact!
Barjack
I did that too, it works great
TheUserCommonlyKnownAsJackFrost
How much was it to make? The video said around $50 but I figured it'd turn out closer to $80
elderguard
Honestly it ended up around $30 for me. The can was $25 and concrete and pipe is cheap. Bought the hair dryer used for 2.50. Then the coal.
elderguard
Honestly it ended up around $30 for me. The can was $25 and concrete and pipe is cheap. Bought the hair dryer used for 2.50. Then the coal.
TheUserCommonlyKnownAsJackFrost
sweet. I planned on making my with my last paycheck but that plan fell through.
elderguard
Go ahead and start gathering pieces you know you need like the hair dryer. having part of the project will encourage you to finish!
TheUserCommonlyKnownAsJackFrost
I already have half the stuff but I was gonna buy all new stuff just to be sure it comes out good
IlikeOverExplaningJokes
my poor selfs first thought was... i wonder how much you could recycle that for?
daelith
Not nearly as much as you could make casting artistic pieces from it.
IlikeOverExplaningJokes
million dollar art, no doubt.
daelith
Ain't gotta be million dollar, make $15 off of $3 in materials and soon you can drop the "poor" selling random shit on eBay.
IlikeOverExplaningJokes
no recycling, not ebay. think about global warming bro jeeze. im recycling a material not trying to sell used garbage.
elderguard
Hell I could sell the skull for maybe ~$10-20 and I'm only paying for coal.
IlikeOverExplaningJokes
il give you tree fitty
elderguard
PROFIT!!!