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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. May. 29, 2018 4:51 pm

Artists and cast iron art enthusiasts from all over the world are meeting this week at the old Scranton Iron Furnace site to show off their foundry skills.

I stopped by this afternoon as they were beginning to set up and got to meet some of the artists.

There is a first pour scheduled for 8pm this evening so ........ You can guess where I will be tonight and probably the next few days. :D

Dang........ Wish I was 30 years younger. :o

Here are some links.


http://www.pahomepage.com/news/-fire-at-the-furna ... 1205315559


https://www.icccia.com/

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Post by freetown fred » Tue. May. 29, 2018 8:50 pm

Thanx for the link P. 30 yrs younger & a couple hrs. closer. Enjoy my friend.

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Wed. May. 30, 2018 10:30 am

Yes Fred, a very interesting evening it was! So far there are about a half dozen batch and continuous flow furnaces ov various sizes and styles set up on the site.

Last night's featured furnace was a continuous flow, and the team put on quite the show.

Everyone on the team had a job, some smashing up old cast iron radiators, engine blocks, brake rotors, others starting up the furnace on propane, filling it with layers of coke, scrap Iron, and limestone, and others carving random slots and grooves in large blocks of ice.

By 9pm the slag was running out the side, two men ran for the ladle and placed it under the spout, while another carefully removed the plug. The sky lit up bright as the iron began to pour. When the ladle was filled, the spout was replugged, and the molten iron was poured into the carved ice blocks.

It was a sight to see !

I'm headed back up there now and will post some pictures of the finished art.

I was invited and will be attending a seminar at 1PM on lost wax casting.

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Post by freetown fred » Wed. May. 30, 2018 11:59 am

Lookin fwd. to pix.

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Thu. May. 31, 2018 10:38 pm

Here are some of the pieces of modern art they made Tuesday evening by pouring 2500*f molden cast iron into a block of ice. :D

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Post by Pauliewog » Thu. May. 31, 2018 10:53 pm

Been busy at the iron works convention this week so I'm a bit behind on updating.

Spent all day yesterday learning lost wax and green sand casting.

The instructor is in charge of the Memphis Iron Museum and did an excellent job in explaining the art of making green sand molds.

His project mold consisted of what is considered a mold makers test. It's a cup, saucer, and spoon poured in one piece.

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Post by Pauliewog » Thu. May. 31, 2018 11:28 pm

There was an opening today in the Resin sand mold making workshop and I decided to take a chance and sign up for it.

I wish I knew about this earlier in the week because time is short and the last pour is on Saturday.

This was the perfect opportunity to mold and pour the master pattern of the Glenwood #6 magazine I've been working on.

Because of its size I only had 1/2 of the latex and mother mold completed and began last week on the inside. I found out about the opening at 10 am and immediately headed to the shop, removed the magazine from my partially completed latex and mother mold and headed back up to Scranton.

Got back at 1PM and immediatly started working on building up the recast magazine I borrowed from Sunny Boy with clay to make up for not only the original shrinkage but also to compensate for the anticipated shrinkage when recasting this master pattern.

Cut up some foam blocks to fill in the ends, put together a quick mold box, powdered it up with talc release, and got some help from the other students mixing up a batch of resin sand and packing in the first half of the two piece mold.

The instructor seems confident that we will have time tomorrow to flip it over, drill in the register marks, and pack and cure the second half.

On Saturday morning I can drill in the sprue, cut in the runners and gates, clamp and glue it together, and mount the fill cup.......... All in time for the last pour of the convention.

Hmmmmmm ..... I hope so!

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Post by Riddlerlloyd » Fri. Jun. 01, 2018 12:41 am

Looking good Paul. I've been in a few foundries and barely understood how they were doing it but was amazed at walking through the entire process. Good luck on making that last pour.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Fri. Jun. 01, 2018 5:07 am

Outstanding P.Thanx for the pix!!! :)

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sat. Jun. 02, 2018 6:53 pm

Yeah, that pattern looks familiar. :D

Darn, I wish I could have joined in. That looks like buckets of fun stuff to learn and do !!!! Got a taste of that with an ex brother in law that was a metallurgist for Connecticut nuclear reactor manufacturer that was into a lot of "art" metal working on his farm on weekends. Taught me lot about black smithing and metals, but we didn't get to casting before he divorced the Sister in law.

Glad I drilled the bolt holes in that one while I had a good working one to register off. That second, and the third recast I have did not have a hint of where the bolt holes need to be drilled to have the nut fit into the flange recess and still not be too near the outer edge to cause a heat stress crack.

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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 6:45 pm

This past week spent at the ICCCIA convention was outstanding. Between the green sand, lost wax, ceramic shell, and resin bonded sand mold workshops combined with the 3,000+ lb gray iron pour on Saturday evening I'm exhausted.

It was a bit too much for this old guy to absorb in one week ........ but it was really worthwhile trying. As it turns out for once my age may very well work out to my advantage and I should know more details in a few days.

This senior citizen may very well have the chance to enroll in 3D Art Sculpture Sand Cast Molding & Iron Casting classes at Marywood University in the not so distant future !

I will attempt to catch everyone up over the next few days and share what I learned.

On Friday's resin- bonded sand mold workshop, first thing in the morning I separated the wood flask, flipped over the cured drag portion of the mold, and removed the foam plugs from the ends of the magazine.
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Using a combination of wood, plastic, and steel carving and dental tools, the excess clay that surrounded the foam plugs was carefully shaved off. I then proceeded to smooth out the clay shrinkage extention, clean up and slightly taper the sand mold along the separation line. Next was to take a drill with a round ball shaped grinding disk and place some registration marks in the drag.
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Next step was to screw together and extend the flask for the cope portion of the mold. Once the flask was in place it was time to powder it up with some talc which is used as a mold release.
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While waiting I helped a few other students build their flasks and prepare their molds. When enough flasks were prepared it was time to mix up another batch of no bake resin sand.
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Once the batch was ready we all pitched in filling and tamping the remaining flasks.
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While waiting for my cope to cure, I jumped back and forth between the green sand and ceramic shell workshops, helping out other artists and students asking a ton of questions and learning what I could.
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More to come .................

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Post by freetown fred » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 6:53 pm

Nice P, don't forget--ya gotta go home at some point!! LOL

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 8:20 pm

freetown fred wrote:
Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 6:53 pm
Nice P, don't forget--ya gotta go home at some point!! LOL
Maybe not Fred ! If I can make a good deal on this cute little cast iron melting cupola and Carol finds out .............

I might not have a home to go back to. :lol:

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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Jun. 06, 2018 8:23 pm

holy moly, i see actual cast replica's of high class vintage stoves in the not too distant future. as in much sooner than all electric cars being more than a niche or flying cars ever being more than a design exercise.

i hope i hope i hope

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Jun. 06, 2018 10:52 pm

Pauliewog wrote:
Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 8:20 pm
Maybe not Fred ! If I can make a good deal on this cute little cast iron melting cupola and Carol finds out .............

I might not have a home to go back to. :lol:

Paulie
Oh, my aching back !!!!!

I figure anything that big and heavy and needing that much fire is way too much work for me. I broke out in a sweat just looking at that picture and thinking about what it takes to use that. :o I've worked in a blacksmith shop and that was hot enough hard work. I'll stick to firebrick size cold-casting projects.

Your a brave man, Paulie. :D

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