Here's A Video Of Me Melting Cans

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Here Is A Link To Watch Me Melting The Cans On The Furnace I Built Out Of Scrap Wood From Home.

 It Gets Soo Hot 🔥🔥🔥

You Can Hear The Aluminium Boiling.

I Use It Just In My Shed Door So I Can Be Blocked From The Wind. 

I Have A Hose On Stand By Encase

There's An Accident. 

Always Be Careful!! 

My Pocket Rocket Cast

This Is Once I Had Sanded It Down. 

Check Out The Power Of The Pocket Rocket Here <<<

This Is My Smallest Catapult Cast So Far (The Pocket Rocket)

It Nearly Went Back Into The Melting Pot (Crucible). 

But Alot Got Took Off Of The Prongs, Where The Pour Didn't Goto Plan. 

This Is What Is Was Meant To Look Like. 

But I Managed To Salvage This One. 

I Put Some Blue Electrical Tape Around The Handle & Tied On Some Big Oversized Black Tube Bands Onto The Prongs.

This Is The Finished Design. 

It's Not Pretty But It Comes With Lots Of Power. 

Check Out The Short Video I Done Of Shooting With It In My Garden Here

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My New Handle For Pouring Liquid Metal

I'm Tyred Of Burning My Hands With 3000 Degree Burns 🔥🔥🔥

They Take Too Long To Heal Up, Even From Wearing Fire Proof Gloves.

So I Decided To Get Creative.

I Loked Around My Shed For Some Bits I Could Use.

I Managed To Find An Old Square Frame, Which Was An Old Bracket For Something I Had A Long Time Ago.

It Had A Rivet Either Side In The Middle, Which Give It Movement, So This I Thought I Could Use.

I Then Got Some Old Draw Handles & I Bolted Them Onto The Sides, Using A Big Nut On Each For The Washer & To Fill The Space So The Bolt Would Tighten Enough Into The Handle. 

By This Point I Had A Frame With A Solid Handle Either Side. (Nice).

I Put My Crucible Inside The Frame For A Size Check.

With This I Then Got 4 Bolts The Same Size & Length.

I Had To Drill 4 Holes Big Enough Into The Frame So The Bolts Would Fit Nice & Then I Bolted The Bolts Into The Frame, With 2 Either Side.

On One Side I Added An Extra Piece Of Metal 3/4 Of The Way Down 2 Of The Bolts, Which I Used 4 Butterfly Nuts To Keep In Place To Act As A Crucible Gripper. 

All These Bolts Act As Grips Both Sides. 

I Used A Butterfly Nut On Each To Tighten Them All To The Frame. 

When I Give It The Lifting & Pouring Test, It Stayed In Place & Did Not Slip. 

So I'm Very Happy With My DIY Homemade Handle. 

I Will Post A Video Of This In Action Soon. 

Enjoy 😁

My 2nd Cast

This Cast I Decided To Make Into A Different Shape & Size.

This Catapult Frame Turned Out Better Than I Expected. 

With The Size & the & Shape Of It. 

I Done The Same Technique With The Sand Casting Mold, By Making My Shape With An Old Wooden Frame Which I Had Made Out Of A Tree Branch Along Time Ago. 

I Got The Wooden Frame & Placed It Into The Sand & Gently Tapped It Down With The Rubber End Of The Hammer. 

Once It Was Firmly embedded Into The Sand, I Pushed The Sand Around The Edges Of It With The End Of The Hammer & Also Using My Fingers, Making It As Hard & Strong As I Possibly Could. 

Once I Felt That This Was Ready, I Carefully Removed The Woodn Frame Out Of The Sand Being Very Careful Not To Disturb Any Of The Pattern. 

There Was A Couple Of Bits That Needed Touching Up Once It Was Out But That Happens. 

I Then Started To Get My Fire Going Next To Me, Nice & Hot & Started The Process Of Melting The Cans. 

Once I Had Melted Enough Aluminium, I Poured It Into My Sand Mold I Hade Made Earlier. 

Once The Pour Was Complete, I Waited A Few Seconds & put The Hot Metal Into A Bucket Of Water, With Some Metal Tongs, Which Boiled Instantly. 

In About 10 Seconds, I Was Able To Pick It Out With My Hands. 

Theres A Picture Of The Wooden Frame I Used To Make The Mold & The Finished Melted Pour I Got From It Once I Pulled It Out Of The Bucket Of Water. 

So Now It Was Time To Make Sure The Fire Cooled Down Safely & While I Done That, I Started The Sanding Process. 

A Few Hours Later After Some Dremal, Filing, Sanding Down N A Few Coffee Breaks I Had A Nice New Shiny Catapult Frame, All Ready To Band. 

My 1st Aluminium Cast

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This Is My Very 1st Aluminium Cast I Made Using Cans.

This Was What It Looked Like As Soon As The Aluminium Set.

Then I Put It Into A Bucket Of Water To Cool.

Within Seconds I Was Able To Pick This Out With My Hand, As It Wasn't Hot Anymore.

Then I Got My Sandpaper, Files & Dremal Out & Got Sanding, Taking Off All The Rough Edges & Making This Smooth.

This Is What It Looked Like After & Once I Had Put The Grooves In For The Bands. 

Once I Was Happy With This, I Decided To Give It Some Colour. 

I Had Some Old Land Rover Black Gloss Spray Paint On The Shelf Which Had Been There For A While. 

So I Hung Up The Catapult Frame From The Roof Bearers With Some Wire & Give It A Spray. 

Once It Had Dryed After About 30 Minutes, I was Pleased With The Shiny Black Look Of The Frame. 

So Then I Needed Some Elastic Of Some Kind. 

So I Then Remembered That I Had Some Old Black Rubber Tube Elastic From A Long Time Ago. 

This Was Somewhere In My Shed, I Hope'd So. 

I Had A Search Round & Found The Elastic In A Box Under A Pile Of Dust. 

So I Give The Elastic A Good Clean & To Preserve It, I Used Vegetable Oil & A Little Bit Of Vasaline. 

I Then Put The Bands On To The Frame & Tied Them Over The Top Using String. 

Once The String Was Tied, I Used Electrical Tape Around The String & Band. 

This Give The Bands More Strength Of Staying On The Frame. 

It Is Now A Catapult. 

This Is How It Turned Out. 

The Catapult Is Big, But It Is Strong & very Powerful. 

With The Shape That I Designed, It Is Made To Fit My Hand. 

I Went Outside To Give It A Test & It Has 100% Accuracy & Lots Of Power.

I Will Be Making Many More Of Different Shapes & Sizes.

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