Never knew there was such a thing as a "sand rammer" ... good to learn. Remember "SAFETY FIRST" always! Another great video! :)

I expected the abrasion finger to get dipped in snow too-ice is my injury-prone best friend. I appreciate the muted cutting/grinding. watching your videos is not time wasted---andy

The tipped part of the rammer is used to first pack the sand on the nearsest parts of the sand to the edges of the casting box. This prevents the sand from falling out of the box when lifted. Other thing is that I am worried that you will pack the sand too much with a brass sandrammer. I casted mine in aluminum and it is more than enough and you do not get tired so quick. A thing to consider….

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Ah that makes sense. I’ll see how it goes.

@DragonAtelier

Жыл бұрын

@@lundgrenbronzestudios cant wait to see in you next videos how it went 😁

You aren't kidding that accidents happen fast with power tools. I inadvertently drilled into my finger a few years ago by holding a part as I was drilling. I hit the exact spot to sever a nerve and leave half my fingertip numb. Fortunately it has 80% recovered since. The rammer turned out great, and with a bit of character to it!

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Oh geez. Drill bits to the finger scare me. I think I fear table saws the most. Glad your finger has mostly recovered though.

Looks great to me! The secret with the feeder is to make it even chunkier than the thing it's feeding. Your feeder was a bit small, so it froze before the rammer, which can make the shrinkage on the casting even worse. I'm sure it will work just fine though 👍 And welding on brass? You're brave! Hope you didn't get sick!

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

There is a fine line between bravery and stupidity 😆 Thanks.

Can't wait to see it in action! I think my favorite part of this video was seeing the snow melt 😂

Very nice!

Very neat! I like homemade tools.

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Yeah when the world ends we will need some people who know how to make their own tools.

@MuskratOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

@@lundgrenbronzestudios Yes Sir!

That turned out really cool looking. Great job! That thing looks like it means business. A glue stick will solve your bed adhesion problems in the future. It come off with water afterwards.

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I’ve heard of people using glue sticks but I haven’t tried that yet.

Nice video! I think you did a good job with this casting.

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Lower the bed temperature instead. That usually helps

I think you could have gotten a better result of your messy weld by hammering it flat before grinding. Brass responds quite well to that.

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Ah, I didn’t think of that. That might have helped.

Business end is perfect and weight could be too. Large radius fillets where sprue meets casting maybe, and/or either a core, or thicker and/or extra gates, not sure? You could always recast it but why bother, it's a rammer. Casting is perfectly functional and will work exactly as intended. She's a beauty, and THE RAMMER will yield many a masterpiece. Compare this to a shinny ingot hunk of metal sitting on a shelve with zero functionality. Sorry about finger. Just another battle-scar that makes you a tougher, smarter, stronger super-hero.

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Yep. I would much rather use my ingots than to stack them on a shelf.

hey just fyi some elmer’s glue sticks work wonders for cheap bed adhesive especially for abs printing where a brim might not be enough

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Ah Elmer’s glue. For some reason I thought people used hot glue sticks!

Great video. I need to get me a 3D printer. So many things you can do with one.

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

I resisted for a long time because I felt like it was cheating. But now that I have one the things has been running like non stop.

@Plinkster

Жыл бұрын

I would love to see some lost PLA videos. I’ve been trying to sand cast some coins but I can’t get good details. Possibly because the angles are too straight and grabbing the sand when I remove the coin molds from the sand. I think vacuum casting the coins would work a lot better.

@mevk1

Жыл бұрын

@@lundgrenbronzestudios For simple faster patterns make TKOR's foam cutter. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gGaiwaebgt3AYMo.html

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

@@Plinkster I've got some lost PLA videos in the works,

@Plinkster

Жыл бұрын

Awesome 😎

Do you go to a foundry to purchase your brass/bronze/aluminum?

what oil do you add ?

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

I save the vacuum pump oil from the pump that I use for vacuum casting. That oil seems to work well.

Brazing probly been better to try looking forward to seeing in use

@lundgrenbronzestudios

Жыл бұрын

Brazing is a skill I haven’t picked up yet. I’ll need to get a torch someday. A big pice of metal like this takes a big torch to get hot.