Recent content by RGerlach

I am looking for someone that can apply a ceramic shell to an existing wax pattern. I have the ability to burn out the wax and fire the shell. I just don't want to go thru the expense of buying Suspendaslurry or the trial and error hassles of home brew slurry mixes. Hi, I have done a little...

Abby I have good news to report. I have had great success melting my sprinkler parts and various other cast red brass parts. I bought one of those small 3KG electric furnaces that use the cylindrical graphite crucibles so all of my melts have been small (under 2-1/2 lbs). I used your...

Abby Thanks again for the feedback. Can you enlighten me a bit more? I have a few nuby questions. 1. Potash seems to be a common term for several types of potassium salts or compounds. Is it potassium carbonate or potassium chloride or something else? 2. What are the portions of each and...

Excellent! Thanks, that's the kind of info I needed. I'll report back on my progress.

Thanks

Hi, I am new to this forum. I have done a little bit of aluminum foundry work but now have a need to pour some parts using Red Brass (aka C836, C83600, 85555, SAE 40, Gunmetal, Ounce Metal, Composition Bronze, Leaded Red Brass etc etc). I have yet to find a source in Southern California and...

Thanks for the pic but it looks different than mine. I did finally figure out how to get mine all apart with some help from Andrew at Jubilee Machine Tool. I have all the old seals out and waiting for the new seals to show up next week. I did not have to remove the wheel spindle cartridge. I...

Not sure how to start a new thread so I will post a reply with my new message. I picked up an MG12 machine that was a little rough around the edges. I have gone far enough to make everything functional and have actually done some OD grinding. The BIG problem is the leaking wheel spindle seals...

Marv I won't even try to add more expressions of amazement but simply say that I blown away by these videos and photos. The problem is I'm losing sleep and not getting enough work completed at the office because I’m reading more posts. On one hand, I am sorry I didn’t start visiting this site...

There is a story behind the color. First of all it is not as pink looking as the photos appear. I had picked out what looked like a light Burgundy color which looked OK in fluorescent and sun light. However, my camera tends to shift the color a bit and under certain incandescent lighting it...

Wow, I'm glad to see several fellow SCHSM members on the forum. Details: 2" bore X 2.5" stroke The engine was designed by John Palmer. He sells the hard copy plans. I am not sure what he is asking for them now but they were only $25 a few years ago. A bargain by any measure. He lives in...

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This is my first post to the forum . I wanted to show my first engine. It is a bar stock engine that I finished a year ago. I had a lot of fun building it and enjoy showing it to friends. It starts easily and will run for hours with no fiddling or adjusting. With 12" flywheels, it is fairly...