Home made cast iron

[100model]

Some time ago I visited a Foundry and watched how they made cast iron from steel scrap. So I did an experiment in my furnace to see if it would work in my backyard furnace and to my surprise it worked. Have a look at the video how I did it.
The home made cast iron was professionally analysed to see what the recovery rates were for carbon and silicon. [ame]http://youtu.be/pqMB9EumHQg[/ame] http://youtu.be/NkTM4-O7z6E

 

[jasonh]

Good stuff - on the next rev of my foundry (with an oil/propane burner) I hope to do similar work. As an ex-Perth boy it's good to see the Peter's ice cream container put to good use.

 

[Herbiev]

Wow. You have mastered the art of what many thought impossible in the backyard foundry. :bow::bow::bow:

 

[thayer]

Looks awesome, save one detail. It looks like you are working over concrete. My understanding is that is a potentially fatal no-no in the foundry world.

I'm at best an armchair enthusiast in the foundry world, but my dad used to cast a lot of iron years ago.

Thayer

 

[Omnimill]

That pulley looks really nice, well done mate!

 

[Beachside_Hank]

That's amazing results for a first- time shot, good work man!

 

[Generatorgus]

Woderful, well done (casting and video), makes me want to get into a new phase of this hobby.

GUS

 

[RManley]

Looks great! Would love to know how well the pulley machined.

Rob.

 

[100model]

Thank you for watching the video. Did anyone click onto the link on the bottom lefthand side of the video thumbnail where it says four people liked this? I made a video about my cast iron being analyized to see what the recovery rate was for silicon and carbon I added.

RManley Have a look at my video machining the pulley [ame="http://youtu.be/R6tIhaM2We0"]http://youtu.be/R6tIhaM2We0 [/ame]

 

[rythmnbls]

Very impressive, the iron looks like it machined very nicely.
Thanks for posting.

Steve.

 

[Wizard69]

Nice work!

 

[CallMeAL]

Great result! This is something I would like to try, but will have to build a new furnace to get to stand the heat required.

Maybe I'll just stick to aluminum ,a lot less messy to machine and I have a crap load of scrap!

Al