Recently the Wasteland Beautification Project Truck has been spotted outside of a Guilford, CT residence which is undergoing a major renovation. In dealing with some of the usual construction debris (such as aluminum cans and shreds of electrical wiring), the WBP has been employing fine metalwork practices.
Foundry (FUN-DREE FUNNY-DREAM, FUNNEL-DRILL) FUN facts and tips
METAL CASTING is older than Jesus! Do it in your own backyard, tell the cops you’re grilling burgers! Don’t set the house on fire.
There is a ton of literature on how to do it, we’ll be happy to share what we know.
FOUNDRY SAFETY personal SAFETY personnel SAFETY your SAFETY my SAFETY
EVERYTHING NON-FLAMABLE!!! Synthetic fibers only good for scarification
Wear: COTTON, WOOL, DENNIM, LEATHER LEATHERS!
SUNGLASSES the less stylish the better à makes for fun costumes
Closed-toe SHOES – leather is best
Long SLEEVES/pants
GLOVES- bring ‘em if you got ‘em
Our Furnace is named WASTOID
Runs on waste cooking oil à free from restaurants
Gravity fed no pressurized explosive hazard
Oil burns only when atomized (what the myster spraybottle does)
And combusts only in temperatures above 620ºF
Wastoid likes greensand
Greensand is a casting process where impressions are made in a bed of sand and then filled with molten metal. The word “green” refers to a state of a refractory material rather than color. Greensand is a mixture of sand and clay lightly dampened (thus “green”) to allow a certain stickyness in order to maintain shape of impressions made to be cast. This is what we will be doing.
Another casting process is called lost-wax method, this we will not be doing.
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