Design to Production, The Casting Process

Video i have created showing the entire process from start to finish on how an aluminum casting is made. I know this isn't really hamb related because it has nothing to do with cars but i've seen a lot of thread asking about casting and machining processes so i figured i would share it.

While this video is of a hammer i created, the design, processes and techniques are all the same for any part being made.

 

Thanks for posting. how it's made is always appreciated.

I'm liking the sbc valve covers.

 

Where was this information when I was writing my final paper for my Manufacturing cl*** on casting engine blocks?? I could have made that paper so much better... Oh well, I got an A in the cl***, lol.

THAT was cool. I really enjoyed Manufacturing Processes and Engineering Graphics, there was just too much math for me to stay with the M.E.T, lol.

 

That took a lot of time , thank you.

 

lots of cool toys to play with, yay
and thors hammer should be at least 10lbs heh. good luck on your head design.
chris

 

thx, im going to be doing videos on foundry basics, mold and pattern design, building your own forge at home and eventually how to build your own CNC for 3D machining so anyone can cut their own patterns right at home. If anyone is interested in that ill periodically post the videos on here or just subscribe to my channel.

 

Cool, Dzuari! Thanks, I think many folks only have a vague idea how casting works, but little grasp of the steps like pattern design (a real craft!), from which the all-important molds/cores are themselves cast so that they can stand molten metals. I was sort of lucky to work for seven months in a steel foundry and, so, got to see (and often touch) all the steps, right through finishing. Metalury -- all of it -- is very, very fascinating. Thanks again, man.

 

Thanks for posting that!
You are a VERY fortunate young guy to be in the position you are. It's good to see young guys doing foundry work and CAD/CAM,etc. modeling. Way to go!

 

Thanks foir the video. You obviously put a lot of work into it. I look forward to future ones.

I think it's important for people to realize, there is a LOT more to making castings than the video could cover. Even basics like draft, shrinkage, and gating, etc, etc, etc, were not mentioned.

 

ya there is a lot to know, but once you understand the basic methods its pretty universal between any material you are trying to cast. Die casting is the hardest type of molds to design(that i'v seen). i've seen a couple thousands of an inch machined off a die in the wrong spot and every part after it was s**** :/

 

Excellet thread. Great to see you using the new high tech methods to make traditional parts.

Keep up the good work.

Dennis

 

Very helpful, thanks.

 

nice video thanks for sharing that knoledge.
btw is ivan drago your dad?

 

Great Stuff!! Thank you

 

Excellent. Thanks for taking the time and $$ to show how it's done. Ever think about casting aftermarket "traditional" flathead parts?

 

Excellent video!

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don't really like to talk about it

 

Thank you for posting this.

 

you never say what the hammer is for. i mean, hammers are avalible. why is this one needed?

 

its the hammer of Thor from the marvel movies, i just did it for fun and to test out our new 3D printers capabilities of creating tooling and to get a cost ****yses for 3D printed tooling.




also, I wasn't aware of it till after i had already designed it and showed my dad, but Ironically my grandfather created tooling to cast a thor hammer for my father when he was a little kid so i guess you could call it a family tradition also .

currently the hammer resides at my house, it's mostly just a thing for people to say, "what the hell is that?" when they come over but lately i could use it at the shop at times, its brute strong, almost a 1" thick of aluminum on both faces, cast from 713 aluminum which is a natural age hardening aluminum. being 11lbs I've smashed it against some very hard things and it doesn't even dent.


We still have the tooling for it if anyone would like to buy one

 

So, when are you going to cast me up a nice Buick 300 high rise four barrel intake?