Vitcas sells rammable refractory as "Mouldable Refractory"

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Well done mate, pinning in case someone looks for it.

The voice-over recap was perfect. Maybe a gantry would be useful? - wouldn't have to be complicated, just something to help support the crucible tongs during the pour. Great fun, as always.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

The crucible was only half filled as well. I should do voice overs more I think, does end up being a little cleaner and easier to follow.

Nice setup mate. You understand the importance of retained heat which many fail to realise how critical this is in burning waste oil. I gave up on insulation simply because I couldn't find any that wouldn't melt. Insulating the outside of the furnace is interesting. Should greatly reduce heat loss but still have the steel to take the heat instead of melting ordinary insulation. The copper must have been very hot to pour/ splash like that. Was like water! Well done as usual James!

@Gaark

Жыл бұрын

The Legend! Oil Burner himself! Your neighbours still whingeing about noise? Also, not to make light of a disaster, but could your incredible BTU output capacity evaporate the floodwaters in East Aus?

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

I thought the copper was popping like the last time I poured it into cold molds, looking at the vidy I can see it wasn't, like you say just splashing out. Cheers mate, always a blessing to get your approval.

@glumpy10

Жыл бұрын

@@Gaark Given enough oil, I could dry anything! :0) Haven't done any vids but have been playing and getting a lot more power than I used to out of the same burners I have been using for years.

Great video mate. You’ll never die wandering James 👍.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Cheers blue

AWESOME - A good rope seal may stop those hot gases escaping. 👍👍

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, just so happens I've got some... Thanks for the bits mate.

Fun video James. I’d recommend you make a long hoop shank. You’ll def find it easier to pour and keep away from the Heat too!

great video, when I was a kid I enjoyed melting lead in a saucepan with old oil in the back garden and pouring it in pie dishes, I didnt have your nice ingot trays, and filled a coke can once, nice to see your foundry

If that would turn the oil burner into a sissy ... sure turned me into a cry baby. Amazing.I wish I had space to do that. They dug up some stuff from the volcano Pompai and there was this brass or bronze skillet. It looked perfect...shines and everything.Metalology is such a cool science. Great furnace by the way.Many thumbs up.

Looks like it’s working really well mate, I can’t wait till I can do some casting again

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

What are you heating with?

Jim, you reminded me, I bought a kerosene torpedo heater at a local scrap yard, and found out that the ignition transformer had gone bad. I priced around and none were to be had at a reasonable price. I finally found a neon sign transformer that was of similar voltages, and I was able to retrofit in, and after that it worked quite well. I just didn't like the "lingering fragrance" from using it.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Nice one. It's sweet and acrid at the same time isn't it.

That's mighty impressive, and equally scary - the crucible of molten copper looked heavy at the end of the tongs!!! It'll be great when you've made your smelting shed type thing, you can build in a few little aids to make the job that bit easier.

@BensWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

The books I've read on the subject have lots of safety warnings about molten metal....

@GrumpyTim

Жыл бұрын

@@BensWorkshop Yep, I've long been aware of the risks, and that's probably why I just admire other peoples foundry work rather than doing it myself - it's still mighty impressive.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Hot and heavy, I did way too much dithering, really gave the heat time to work it's way into my gloves and up the thongs. Cheers chaps.

@GrumpyTim

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Ah yes, the unmistakable feeling when the heat makes it's way through the gloves and you can't put the thing down because that would make the situation worse - I've had that when welding stuff, but way more scary with a crucible full of molten metal.

@BensWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Thongs? ;)

Hey mate, my cats were looking to see what cat was "talking" when you were. It perked up their ears.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Must have been a little confusing for them

Interesting stuff. I remember old blacknwhite video of Africans a clay chimney, a bellows, feeding it with straw and reeds and iron ore and iron slag oozing out th bottom.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

I bet their product was as brittle as glass, all that sulphur, pretty impressive though.

If you heat your molds to a red heat you won't have the prorossitee on the copper, it will come out much smoother...

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, I'll give it a try

I was reading about bootleg coal. Years ago people used to sneak into old coal mines and bring it out. Maybe it was just a USA thing..

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Like what the Nigerians are up to with crude, those boys have bootleg refineries set up in the jungle. I'm sure it happens everywhere its worth it in some shape or form.

Turbo conquering mega RAMMER! Good to see some more casting. 😀 can you make yourself some leather spats to protect your feet?

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

And some foundry clogs perhaps

Hey - here is a build video of a successful waste oil burner - looks like its more controllable.

Good work there Turbo. Be interesting to see how you get on. If you can melt the ceramic I wonder if you can melt cast iron.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Ha, let get a bit smoother with the cupro alloys and then we can find out, at those temps the life of the graphite crucible is drastically reduced so it'll be a real test of the lining.

@BensWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Very much so.

Fantastic video bud now that's a lot of B B Qs did you say rum stay safe all.🍺🤣👍👍

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Yes matey, tis rum season again

weezel now haha? I always love your intros. good job on that, try make them more level for next time ?

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Yes mate, need to get everything laid out better before I start next time.

I want to make one ! Can you show the burner construction and dimensions please ? Thanks matey. BTW - vacuum could help de gas the copper. I have been using an old school diaphragm air pump as a vacuum pump - will need a long tube to get rid of the heat before it gets to the pump though.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

All interesting stuff mate, I wanted to try and put a vac on ally casting for detail, hadn't really thought about it effecting the copper, I'll give it a go. I'll draw a few pics next time I do a vidy with it, really is very simple.

@madpete6438

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 Awesome. Diaphragm pumps are best at vacuum. Mine is a 50's spray gun compressor from Canada. Thank you.

I reckon the Dunlops would take it fine 😂

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Purofort mate, foamed polyurethane apparently, doesn't really matter, all I know is they're the nicest focking wellies I've ever owned, can work in a freezer with them and the cold doesn't come in like rubber boots, soles as soft as a duvet full of angels tits yet still up for a bit of punishment and water tight after a year.

@farmerfuller87

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 brilliant reply laugh so hard I farted. Now then sounds like good welly !! do they make your socks fall a sleep nothing worse than socks around your toes.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

@@farmerfuller87 Lycra boot socks mate, the future really is here right now! Modern technology sees to it that even a boot wearer with fat calves doesn't suffer slippage. No hope for wool though.

❤

Shiny ingots!

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Oi oi, Dooley!

I've never tried smelling would it be possible to have a gate to drain the crucival into a second chamber with pre heated moulds

You use way more ppe then I do..... might need to get some rubber boots for when I next cast something.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

I'll do Aly in flip flops mate, there's a bit more energy in copper though

@smithbuilt

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 I've not needed to melt copper yet sounds like it might be interesting.

Do some Vacuum casting and you'll not get ugly finishes to them cos it sux all the gasses out :)

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

I'll give it a go mate cheers

@arwelagrimachinery

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 stick a blowing attachment at a angle in a steel pipe for ventury effect or how you spell the blokes name

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Some safety issues there mate i used a castable refectory cement works a treat not cheap tho

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

Yup, the castable is bloody expensive, I'm sure this stuff wasn't cheap but it was given to me.

Robert Murray Smith. Chaeck his KZread. Pure carbon air filter makes a great wick for heavy oils.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

What witchcraft is this?

@squod1

Жыл бұрын

@@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006 kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXeDks97j6iyl5M.html At about 2:03. The first of a few videos. Think he even uses steel wool as a wick for engine oil. Interesting character.

@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006

Жыл бұрын

@@squod1 what a guy, he's got all the trimmings of a school teacher.