Hmm. here we go, home sandcasting for complete amaters.]
Is the bullet shaped object a specific car part, or is the final product ornamental?
59 Floride, am I warm?
Last week I had my smelting furnace running at full revs i.e. gas full-on and compressed air full-on and achieved a temperature of 1047C in the firebox so there are about 953 reasons why I won't be doing any cast steel engine blocks any time soon. :disappr:
Grasshopper Rob, I just use a 9"calico wheel from Bunnings and some green rouge also from Bunnings.
I wonder if I may be audacious enough to attempt a sand cast version of this with a hollow centre (to reduce weight) and a mirror finish. Time will tell I suppose..
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