Molten aluminium - making something useful
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2019
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Hi everyone.
You are watching my second approach to aluminum melting, so please be understanding and I am asking your advice on how to do it better :)
Thank you also for ideas such as adding charcoal to aluminum, and cooling aluminum for a long time.
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What's up with the piece of charcoal?
Probably to create a low oxygen environment. As the charcoal (C) combusts, it converts most of the oxygen (O2) in the furnace to CO2 and minimizes the formation of aluminiumoxide.
@@dinosaurier2531 And how about salt?
@@adekmenti
Salt is used to clear the aluminum from impurities
They will float on top ;)
@@kacperwandas5069 I always thought it is a self-acting process. Thank you!
@@adekmenti
Well
It kind of is
But there will be something left in the bottom everytime
Also Id like to point out that salt doesnt work like this with every metal
The best way to clean your metal is to use something called borax
Look it up on google ;)
Because you have an electric furnace you can actually do some temperature cycling.
One heat the ingots to about 400-425C (just below melting point), and then cool em in boiling water, do that back and forth a couple of times making sure the ingot gets thourougly heated and last cycle you dunk it in cold water.. That will leave you with something more machineable in the range of a -T4, -T56 type of hardness.. The process is called aging and is not super easy to get accurate in a home setup.. But i found it makes the alu ingots nicer to machine.
Good luck. :)
A suggestion for clearing the aluminium from the pots without oiling them
place them in a freezer for an hour
Aluminium is more thermally conductive than steel so the billet you cast will shrink by a few thousands of an inch at a faster rate than the steel pot
You can also use this thermal expansion trick as an easy way to fit bearings -
freeze the shaft and heat the bearing and they will fall straight into place with no press needed
Edit: Also I would recommend a HSS tool for machining the Aluminium - As it is a soft material it tends to gall and cling to carbide inserts giving a rough finish
@Will Swift its because of how the 2 cut.
Carbide doesn't really "cut" it tears
Hard materials are more brittle to shock, so carbide has a more rounded edge as a sharpened edge would almost instantly chip and break
HSS on the other hand is soft enough to sharpen to a razer edge cutting the material.
The ripping of carbide makes more heat which essentially can melt and bind soft materials causing gauling and gathering on the tool
I look forward to every video you make - I have enjoyed all of them. So happy to see you with this new ability to cast - I know you will make even more awesome projects!
Now that's making something useful especially for small engine's needs....
When you are making pulley ,make sure that bottom of the belt and bottom of the pulley has space between.Vbelts work on sides,as you tighten them,so its good to use parting knife and make bottom of the pulley wide for the small dimension of belt and depth half of that dimension:For example 10x5 belt-bottom of pulley 5-6mm wide with clearance between belt and bottom of pulley of 2.5mm.This way as pulley slowly wears it will always have friction.
I'm a machanic and I love your videos.
Thanks for encapsulating a very practical process of reusing aluminium so succinctly Made in Poland.
Podobała mi się produkcją tego pieca! Jest super 😍👍
Your videos are great. I look forward to them. The variety and you skill make them so much more unique compared to most CZcams videos. Being an American of Polish heritage make me more happy for you. Keep up the great work and Congratulations on all of your success. Sto Lat!!!
David Cornwell from Gdansk? I knew yer Father! I picked spuds with him in Listowel. A grand lad.
@@jamescornflake1542 no sir. I am in America
I really like your electric foundry, I feel inspired to make one for myself. I use a lot of propane in mine, so just plugging in a cord would be a luxury. If you plan to do more aluminum casting you would be doing yourself a big favor to get a proper foundry flux to get rid of the impurities, then degas with some chlorine to get the bubbles out for a perfect solid casting.
Way cool thanks for sharing what most of us don't have in the garage, nice to see you making a pulling.
When you melt aluminum, you need to add some magnesium and nickel in small percentages. This will make the material age harden and be super strong. Keep up the good work too.
using old car parts don't they have that already in them ??
Hah. I've Seen so many videos of people melting aluminium into blanks. First time I actually saw someone make them into something!
Hello from Chicago , excellent work .
Nie przestajesz mnie zaskakiwać. Dobra robota!
That was a great video! You are super talented and I learn a lot from you. Greetings from Arizona.
I had no idea plasma cutters could cut aluminum. You learn something new every day!! Thanks for the video.
TRANSLATION:
Nie miałem pojęcia, że przecinarki plazmowe mogą ciąć aluminium. Każdego dnia uczysz się czegoś nowego !! Dzięki za film.
24,000 degrees will cut just about anything
Lo felicito es usted un genio, sepa que he visto todos sus videos y me maravilla pensar como ustedes que lo tienen casi todo, usted se empecina en hacer sus herramientas de sus propias manos, siga así que nos motivas a los demás, un saludo desde Cuba.
Witam wśród zdrowych, już nie mogłem się doczekać powrotu Twojego 😁
Thank’s guy from Brazil !!
I would have liked to see you pre-heat the extra alu chunks to drive off moisture before dropping them into the liquid alu charge. This reduces the number of steam explosions. Also, a low tech way of breaking up large castings is to heat them in a wood fire in the garden. The alu turns soggy and easily breakable a good bit below the melting point.
Beautiful work man!!! Really great Idea👌🏽
nice to see that there was a purpose to doing this in making that pulley. There are too many people posting melt/cast videos where they're making ingots for no real purpose.
Yes there purification of the metal ... to reduce slag for later projects.... Or just making utube Vjayo!
Hello from Oaxaca México ..you are fantastic. Great work...I love it.. thanks
Nice job. Btw, you can make keyway slot on your lathe , so no need for file work. Lathe with rapid travel its more faster.
When filing keyways it is easier if you use a file with a safe edge. As in it will not cut on one edge, you don't need to worry about cutting it two directions at once.
Eccellent work! Congratulations Sir
Gracias x su video muy práctico Exitos desde Duitama Colombia
Nice castings you've got there.
Всё, как всегда интересно😉! ЛАЙК 👍✌️
Ziomuś naprawde jest zajebisty. Wszystko zaplanowane, zaprojektowane i na swoim miejscu. Takiego pracownika mieć to złoto.
Excellent work. Congratulations.
i see your hand is fully recovered :) ....looking forward for some new innovation
Cool work 👍👏
Good work and useful well done
Pretty interesting process, dude! 😃
Really well done!!!
I have a big bin of scrap engine parts I've been melting down into little blocks for future use. Been putting off chopping up the big V6 block and DOHC heads (there's about 250lbs between them all), but I'm now totally trying the plasma cutter idea! I was going to just get some anger out with a 10lb sledge hammer one weekend. ;)
We need a workshop tour!
Дружище, руки растут откуда нужно, красавчик просто)
Единственный комментарий на русском
Excellent my friend
Interesante Exitos saludos desde Duitama Colombia
Very cool. You Rock!
That's impressive!
The first beat in the background 🔥 Had to reload that one. Got me spittin mad bars 🤣
going to leave the like. Good video
nie musze oglądać łapka w góre od razu majster
bien hecho como todo saludos desde mexico ciri
Excellent aluminium alloy pour, great video.
Thanks for sharing and best regards from the UK.
thanks to this I was able to cast the whole engine block;)
Porządne odlewy. Po obróbce widać, że uzyskany materiał jest bez pęcherzy i jam kurczowych.
С выздоровлением!)
Jak zawsze ciekawy i fajny film :D Pozdro!
Perfect master!
Very good
Glad you like it!
Świetny film, super się ogląda. Dobrze Darek że ręka już ok. Pozdrawiam
Dzięki!
wow! very awesome !
Good job, greetings from Russia! Do you think about melting under pressure?
Nice one. Thanks
Best work 👍
Zajebista robota!
You should keep some charcoal dust around (air float) or laser printer toner. You can dust the moulds with that and it works very well to release the metal when it cools and it doesn't stick to either!
Pamiętaj o pyle aluminiowym podczas obróbki, jest on bardzo szkodliwy.
Perfect!
Fantastic!
Darek :) jak zwykle łapa w góre !!! co tak mało tych filmów?
Nice music good video . thanks
I started out thinking I didn't like your setup cause it wasn't Propane like BigstackD's setup, but after watching all the way till you took the box inside, I've realized your setup is much safer and easier to pour and control than his! How much power does that thing draw/add to your electric bill? Would probably be less than refilling propane bottles!
Keep it up 👍
God job friend 👍
I am from Algeria working in the field of converting aluminum and mining cans I want a good recipe to increase the purity and purity of aluminum and thanks for the information
Awesome video
I need to get into casting.
Sweet!
I do love a cup of molten aluminium in t' mornin
Anezing.and sponsor from indonesia
Tak na przyszłość radzę uważać na alu o stopie 7xxx gdyż przy takim domowym topienie jest bardzo niebezpieczne. A jak chcesz uzyskać czysty stop taki jak przestaniesz albo bardzo zbliżony to lanca z argonem i organizowanie. Bardzo fajny kanał prowadzisz ja osobiście też buduje różne rzeczy fakt że zaplecze słabe ale zapał i chęci się liczą jak to będzie wtedy wszytko się zbuduje. Pozdrawiam i trzymaj się
... Time to make a new useful device: A grinder/shredder for metals.
That would cut down on the time 👍😂
BFH!
I was just thinking the same thing. I build one off aluminum boats. So I have tons of long thin scrap plate pieces. I want to make a kind of chopper that can take say 1/8-1/4 plate strips and cut/smash them into small bits that will be more easily melted down.
@@Mad.Man.Marine Hydraulic actuated power shears may be the only fix tbh, metal is surprisingly tough, need so much torque to slice it. Especially multiple slices at the same time. Every slice you do needs 1.2x that in diameter on the shaft. Gear teeth would just snap off like toothpicks. To drive it would have to be a splined/hex shaft with multiple chain sprockets.
Well done :-)
Witaj, wyjaśnisz mi proszę celowość domieżkowania soli i węgla drzewnego do aluminium?
W odpowiedziach do przypiętego komentarza piszą że węgiel jest do wytworzenia środowiska ubogiego w tlen, żeby zmniejszyć ilość wytworzonych tlenków, a sól ma pomóc w pozbyciu się zanieczyszczeń stałych ze stopu
That's brilliant! What was the salt used for?
Thanks 👍👍👍 continued
Muito bom gostei do video!
Let's think about your back, especially when working with a hammer. Good that you have plasma cutter :). Nice video.
Rgcfv. Vvbbbvb. ....
Jak zawsze świetna robota 👍 tylko ja nie kumam tej soli bo raz z nią probowałem i miałem więcej problemu niż pożytku.
Też nie wiem, czy jest to dobre rozwiązanie, ale trzeba poeksperymentować :)
I like it. 😍😍😍
Блин похоже опять будет машинка для бритья и стрижки из мотоблока 😁👍
Muito bom trabalho, a peça ficou ótima, pena que faltou a máquina certa pra fazer o rasgo pra chaveta.
Salam From Indonesia,,,
And you can also reuse chips from lathe.
Nice man
Interesting crucible!
Cool!
So is the part considered billet or cast?
Nice vid but i wanna know where you got the hand hamner idea from ?
Genius
Maravilha. Excelente trabalho. O que você colocou no fundo antes de derreter o material?
Depois colocou o que envolto no alumínio?
Ele colocou carvão em baixo do aluminio, e depois foi sal enrolado no papel aluminio. Só não sei o motivo....
@@acarlosmonteiro Em um comentário acima, alguém disse que o carvão serve para diminuir a formação de óxido de alumínio e o sal para fazer as impurezas boiar, assim facilitando a sua remoção.
Nice video
VERY GOOD WERKS !!
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what's is that covering the wood box use to pour the aluminium mold's ? that's asbesto?
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