ornametalsmith Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I just brought these two foundry furnaces home this weekend. The lil one is a commercial model, called a Foundryette. And I made the Beer Keg model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Looking good Bill, I think the keg looks better than the commercial model. So, whatcha meltin? Frosty GCOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Stegmeier Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 my father in law is an enabler he found me a Johnson Gas Appliance model 133 trough forge its rated at 400,000. BTUs per hour for 40$ nearly 8k new. I need to convert it to propane, and have a job big enough to warrent it, and a tank big enough it won't freeze up in a couple hours... :-) but very nice if you ned ti feed a power hammer :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Nice score Finn, till you try feeding the beast anyway. I have a 133A I've never hooked up. I have thought about using a layer of insulating refractory under a layer of high temp hard refractory and see if I could get the heat and economy up. If I only had something needing that kind of heat. Frosty GCOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Is that a water pump used as a fan on the kegger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseRidge Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Saw a house being cleaned out (how someone lived it that mess I'll never know!) and there was a welded steel truck rack, a large O2 cylinder, and an old acetylene cylinder lying outside in the junk pile..... Wrote a note with my name,phone number, and what I was interested in and tied it to the trash trailer parked out front..... Got all three for $40, O2 tank was swapped this morning for a full one (BTW - was originally made in 1917!), acetylene tank will get scrapped (ICC8-style, not made anymore, made in 1946), and the rack only needs minor adjustments to fit my truck..... Any ideas on uses for the acetylene tank? MooseRidge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Just take the tank to the dump and dispose of it properly. A friend of the family just blew up a 55 gal oil drum last week with a plasma. Lost a lip & ear and has major burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Acetylene tank is full of a porous material and ACETONE, you have a problem now of disposing of it, the welding supplier may be able to dispose of it for you, but be prepared to pay for the service as it is classed as a hazardous material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ornametalsmith Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Looking good Bill, I think the keg looks better than the commercial model. So, whatcha meltin? Frosty GCOA Thanks, Frosty. I've been melting aluminum, bronze......mostly. But copper,gold and sterling are also options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ornametalsmith Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Is that a water pump used as a fan on the kegger? MarkB..........nope, just a nice BIG orange blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 REALLY? How many oranges per minute? OPM? Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ornametalsmith Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 10 gallon per minute :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLMartin Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) this fallowed me home this morning, sadly 325$ stayed. bought from a family friend, be used no more that 10 hours! just need to buy a argon/co2 bottle. i set it on top of my old thunderbolt stick welder, any reason that it would be bad to stack one welder on top of another? Edited June 20, 2008 by Mlmartin15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooseRidge Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Only if you use them both at the same time, in the same circuit.... Only issue might be ventilation (blocking the other's air vents).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skunkriv Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Followed me home from our monthly hammer-in today --- 250+ soft firebrick, very clean, some lightly mortared on one side, FREE A guy brought a whole truckload, I took what was left after the first 2 guys had what they wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Ooooh! killer score! Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I picked up a super nice cole drill at the Las Cruces NM flea market Saturday; also a couple of ballpeins of intermediate size for hawk-making, a wooden icecream maker bucket and a socket chisel. Spent a total of US$15.50 and was quite happy---the cole drill had the original V block for it's "table", ratchet handle, 0-1/2" jacobs chuck and in great shape, I'd guess it was used for only 1 job and then spent a few years in the back of a shop gathering dust... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I use my drill press and a HS bit. Low RPM plenty of oil, no problem. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Frosty; now try that with the leaf spring still on the truck and that 20 miles from the nearest electrical outlet. The cole drill lets you drill fairly major holes in place and without electricity---think of it as a "poor mans mag drill" One of the more common uses is drilling into tempered truck frames, something it's a bit hard to put on the drillpress or to do with a hand drill without a lot of hassle say for a 3/4" hole. AppMan; Sorry I have 2 daughters and so have to have 2 of everything so they can each get a full set when I'm gone...Of course *both* of them are unmarried...in college too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 Mechanic ask if I wanted some *special* leaf spring steel. Well, not sure what the special part was but yes. Seems there was not one unbroken spring in the assemble. So it would not fall apart the owner of the vehicle used the *special* leaf spring tape to hold it all together. Gotta get some of that tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nett Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Jeez louise, that looks like electrical tape! Any self respecting idiot would use silver racing tape. Like Red Green says, "Be generous with the duct tape, you know; spare the duct tape, spoil the job." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 It is/was electrical tape !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Electrical tape is under rated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Electrical tape is under rated. Yeah. Don't sell it . . . Short! Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 it hasn't got to home yet, but at least it's in my truck!!P6 Flypress - Blacksmith Photo Gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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