Rainbows Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Picked this up from auction as a "vintage metal casting mould". Pretty certain it isn't a mould. It has some sort of refractory lining in the middle. Also has a hole in the bottom Anyone know what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I cannot wait to find out myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Looks like a small coal fernace for small castings, its missing the grate and of corse the crusible. Not an uncomen peice of aperatuse a 100 years ago or less. Looks like a small coal furnace for small castings, it is missing the grate and of course the crucible. Not an uncommon piece of apparatus 100 years ago or less. -- translation by Bing -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 How about another picture with a ruler in it so we can get a handle on the size. At first glance intuition says it's a small furnace of some sort. With a crucible inserted it could be packed with charcoal for the melt. If nothing else, a little grate, some charcoal and it'd be a pretty neat BBQ grill/mini smoker. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Picts won't enlarge for what ever reason for me tonight. I'm wondering if it might be a salesmans sample of a stove or heating furnace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Is my spelling so bad it needs to be translated by Bing?! Lol Yes it is we have been gettting requests for translation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Charles, some of thought than maybe you were using a Chinese computer with Chinese software and it was Their spellcheck that was playing up! Just kidding mate. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I have long exepted the fact that my spelling is atrocious, Ian. Spell check helps, but short of google nothing can catch every misspelling, much less my type "O"s accasinaly Glenn or another of the moderators will come along behind me and clean up my mess (much appretiated). But if I'm so proud I cant laugh at my self i would simply be a fool. And I appreciate a good man or woman who likes me enugh to poke a bit of fun at me, and share a laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Charles, I have one of those surface(windows 8.1) tablets and sometimes it's flipping frustrating when it "fixes'" what you want to say! ie it won't accept that tig is what you want and keeps changing it to tug so you have to keep "fixing" it. Otherwise it's very good especially the predictive text. BTW. I don't think most of us care about 'how' you put your point across it's the 'what' that counts! And you seem to have good 'what' my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thank you, Ian. I have a Iphone and an I pad, had to shut off the adaptive text on the phone (so I didnt run afoul of the moderators, lol) The pad keeps up a bit better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbows Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 8" in diameter and 6 1/2" deep on the outside. All the refractory on the top half crumbled out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Rainbows, i have a copy of "Metalworking" by Paul N. Hasluck. In it he shows plans for, and descuses small ferneses for casting. I realy looks the sort. Withe the adition of a telescoping chiminy to increase draft small castings, such as jewlry and hardwar are well with in its capabilitys, do bolt it down, hot coals and molten metal spilling as you upset it opening the top would be very bad as Frosty would say hell on earth" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I have long exepted the fact that my spelling is atrocious, Ian. Spell check helps, but short of google nothing can catch every misspelling, much less my type "O"s accasinaly Glenn or another of the moderators will come along behind me and clean up my mess (much appretiated). But if I'm so proud I cant laugh at my self i would simply be a fool. And I appreciate a good man or woman who likes me enugh to poke a bit of fun at me, and share a laugh. You're spelling is bad Charles!? Here I thought you were just a really creative thinker. I have spell check shut down to only Show my mistakes and the grammar, etc. checkers are shut off as completely as possible. Unfortunately every time Windoz "upgrades" it reactivates the stupid things as well as downloading and trying to install a bunch of dross I do NOT want. Yeah, I have it set to need my permission to upload and install stuff but I think if you pay Micro$oft enough they'll get around that for you. Most software upgrades now days are marketing tools to track what you do, where you go, etc. so someone can sell you things. If you don't want every marketing hack on earth to know it, don't put in on a computer that goes online. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hey now, who are you accusing of being creative?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbows Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Rainbows, i have a copy of "Metalworking" by Paul N. Hasluck. In it he shows plans for, and descuses small ferneses for casting. I realy looks the sort. Withe the adition of a telescoping chiminy to increase draft small castings, such as jewlry and hardwar are well with in its capabilitys, do bolt it down, hot coals and molten metal spilling as you upset it opening the top would be very bad as Frosty would say hell on earth" "Metalworking: Tools, Materials, and Processes for the Handyman"? Found a pdf of it and while there are a few furnaces described none at the start of the book look much like this one. They are all tubular going upwards rather than horizontally or made of brick. edit: Don't know why the font has gone blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 My first thought was a soldering iron heater...if the missing portions could be found and assembled. When I encounter Charles' misspellings, it makes my day! Hey, keep 'em coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Thank you Frank, at least some one apretiates me ;-) there arnt any ports except the exaust. I guess you could heat it over that. I agree that it is of a different design, but Im pretty shure thats what it is. Tho with a second grate you could fire small ceramic peices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Rob, how hor dose it need to get? Cant think of many gas burners that get hot enugh that are that need that big of a hole. Metalergical charcoal would be my bet, again with a grate in the bottom. But I have been wrong once or twice ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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