Recent content by FallibleFlyer

Same exact pros and cons I already came up with haha. To add to it, 1 car has better power than 2 car. Two car has external dirt that gives me some airflow. And yeah, in sure the HOA is going to love the casting Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, after that massive update and haitus, we're moving. Still in AZ, but a new house with a new shop space to setup... The house has a 1 car and a 2 car garage. With two cars needing housing, my shop either takes the one car or half the two car. I've been flopping back and forth, any...

If I had a table saw... That's a really fantastic idea though! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Same ones that drive me to try this, look nice, just too much for my use Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rather than use the cheapo magnetic right angles sold at harbor freight to make right angles, I'll use these and the have cutouts so I can use clamps. Much more rigid and I think less likely to move when the weld starts cooling.. also won't just fall off making me swear more Sent from my...

I'll happily trade castings for machining [emoji3] I'll have to check my stash to see if got enough for 8 total. (If you were serious) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cast Aluminum Squares I've been eyeballing some of nice cast welding squares out there. As it sits today, I'm still using the cheapo harbor freight magnetic squares (the little red arrows) and while nice, at times I just wish I could clamp it all together. The ones for sale out there that I...

For those curious, you can check by using vinegar. Magnesium will bubble some, aluminum won't. Had to look it up once scrapping a motorcycle engine that had some magnesium parts.

Utility Cart Update And here we are, at what brought my back onto the forums. I created this cart when we first moved into the house and I've used the **** out of it over the last few years. I love having a small metal cart I can bring around to projects with me. Its a convenient place to park...

New Casting Flask Design Credit: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4033453 I had found a design for a modular flask that I really liked. My wooden flask was starting to break down (burns from the hot metal and separation of layers from the steam.) The upside to this design was it allowed you to...

Other Castings I was pretty hooked after that first project and kept going. I can happily provide more details on any specific project for those that care, but I figure theres only so many times I should show compacted sand and hot metal ;) Aluminum Bronze Bottle Openers Made the alloy myself...

Casting a Brass Clay Stamp From the previously mentioned drawing my mother gave me, I created a stamp in CAD and 3D Printed it. The plastic stamp would serve as my pattern, but also let me test it in clay to ensure the depth and draft were all going to work. After some testing I landed on a...

Metal Casting Its something I had always wanted to try, metal casting. Around the holidays this past year, I was looking for gifts for family members, the sorts that just buy what they want when they need it. My mother had recently gotten into pottery making and offhanded had mentioned she...

An Actual Workbench Up until this point I had been hauling out my saw horses and an old stainless wrapped MDF workbench top anytime I needed a work surface. It was a royal pain in the rear.. A miscalculation of the steel required to build the bookshelf meant I had lots of 1x2" tube steel laying...

End Tables These came along not long after I finished the bookshelf. My wife liked the style and requested I make some end tables for our new living area that could double as dining trays pulling under the couch. The wood tops are red oak just screwed in from the underside. Steel supports are...