OK - am building a ramp which will take a wheelchair and “pusher” about 4m long - using 6” x 3” C24 timber as joists (4 across a 1m span and supports every 1.25m or so so it will be solid).
The wood is treated but obviously not designed for outdoors, and have no access to creosote or similar -...
Is it anything like the Lurem C2600? If so have the manual (in French) which a mate has asked me to try and translate as he can’t find an English manual!
It’s got a lot of schematics in it that may help
I bought my a couple of bags of this - Green Sand Foundry Casting Bromsgrove
For my purposes 2 bags is probably a lifetime supply!
I also bought some parting powder although it’s basically just talc so I could have saved a few quid there.
the copes and drags and the tray I sit it all in were...
proof of concept at least, but the amount of time cleaning up around the pedicles has lead to a slight change in plan - going to continue trying to refine the casting (lots of issues as you can see in the pic) and it’s way better than my first few goes however when I have made a decent couple of...
With you all the way - that was my first lathe - second hand - not stable enough for spindle turning, although it will teach you tool control and buttock clenching at the same time!
Yes - it’s an old steel saucepan - Pewter melts at around 200C (depends on the alloy, some melt lower some higher). The burner is a relatively inefficient butane double burner.
Just don’t use an aluminium pan or one with a non stick coating!
I don’t melt on the hob inside - partly because my...