Anyone cast Aluminum

One of the new kids PMd me askin about this. Help him out, seems like a good kid. Wants to do things you would like!! Who does aluimium casting?......OLDBEET

 

"whizzerrick" is the man. also hit up "search", he's very helpful

 

Chromedrat does aluminum casting.

 

I think O'Brien Truckers does aluminum casting. I know he at least does club plates. He's on here as 59BuickWagon. Phone: 508-248-1555. I talked to him not so long ago about doing some club plates for us, He's a really nice guy. Give him a jingle, I'm sure he can help you out or at least point you in the right direction.
Flatheaded

 

Beetle,
is he looking for someone to cast something for him,
or to cast his own stuff?

here's a link to a whizzer how to in the Tech Archives
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11578

and a site dedicated to backyard melting
http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/

 

I just started casting about a month ago... it's pretty easy, not too expensive, and quite fun. Very good sense of accomplishment! Anyways, feel free to direct him to me, or my website: www.henrysrodshop.com

Ben

 

Thanks!!!..........OLDBEET

 

I remember doing it in high school, but forgot everything I learned

 

Creative castings in Tacoma does nice work reasonable.
Paul

 

I emailed him a bit, looks like he's wanting to do more than just get started in casting... anyways, it's over my head (for now ). Maybe someone else with more experience could step up?

Thanks,

Ben

 

I have been casting parts for a few years. Everything I have casted was for antique tractor pulling. Here is a rearend cover I done for a Case. It is about 20 inches tall and 14 wide. This is the biggest part I have done. My castings are pretty rough as most of the pullers paint it to look like cast iron castings (cheaters). I don't cast for a living, but would be interested in casting as long as it's not a real complicated part.
Here is a radiator cap I done for a Case tractor also.

 

6inarow is his name if you want to contact him.........OLDBEET

 

According to a post he did, he's looking for help in casting a GM 6 valve cover. Pretty ambitious undertaking as a start in casting.

Dennis

 

I did a bunch of sand casting when I was a kid in the summer with an older cousin of mine who was a metal shop teacher. I did some hollow parts too. I remember going with my cousin to a sand casting place to buy some stuff called "green sand". It was a special sand that you could use to make the cores for hollow parts. I think it had mollasses or something in it to hold it together. It was kind of sticky and really held its shape well. You had to chip the core out using a stiff wire afterwards. The secret to getting nice parts was to not have too much moisture in the sand. When you pour the hot metal in, if there's too much moisture, it would boil and put lots of bubbles in the metal and it would be impossible to polish nicely. Wear leather "spats" on your shoes and ankles, because that's where the hot metal likes to splatter and land on you. I'm not sure what the reason for it was, but my cousin used to toss a few copper pennies (real copper not the zinc ones they have now) into the molten aluminum. Also he'd throw a bunch of borax in there and then scrape off the slaggy crap off the top before pouring the metal. We made some really nice looking parts that polished up to a mirror finish. We mostly made stuff that we could give away like salt and pepper shakers, ice cream scoops, foot-shaped gas pedals, and stuff like that. It was pretty fun work.

 

My son and I cast aluminum parts in our shop.We've made a 3 carb intake for A.O.K. Racing (old chrysler 6 cyl. U.S. block) and we've also done some cast aluminum oil pans /valve covers,etc. We could use the work and have references! Contact us .Can you tell I'm new at this message board stuff! Ph.360-663-0354