make your own cast aluminium pulleys.

[r_chez_08]

i am planning on doing something like this
http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/castingpulleys1.html
and i will put video progress here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83FMPJgQTm8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBWTHrzR-D8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mY4VLrpOLs

 

[devino246]

I really wanna see how this turns out!

 

[r_chez_08]

Same :L I am just making the flasks to hold the sand.

 

[brendonv]

awesome.

 

[devino246]

have you made any progress?

 

[r_chez_08]

I Havent really, I am still making the flasks, I think I hav a vid, but I'm kinda busy, it will probably come at the weekend, then after the 21st I have pretty much finished any important stuff at school,like exams and I am hoping I will have finished in my spare time, and it will be melty time I will probably need to do a few melt sessions as I need to use the same mold twice.

 

[r_chez_08]

part 2 and 3 are up!

 

[freakboy]

did you make the wood pullys slightly bigger?

 

[r_chez_08]

Yeah a little, but it won't make much difference.

 

[freakboy]

alright good...

 

[r_chez_08]

If they are too small I will make some bigger molds, didn't take long. Or I could get them machined bigger. I am hoping to finish making the flasks and maybe break down all the 1.5kg or watever I need of aluminium at the weekend

 

[freakboy]

if you made the molds a little bigger you will be good cause if there to big you can always turn them down to size.. you cant machine more material on there tho

 

[freakboy]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=464599 there you go you might wana read that

 

[EagleTalons]

This is quite awesome!

I can't wait to see the finished pulley

 

[Raywelder]

This is very interesting stuff, Would be cool to be setup to do it.

 

[r_chez_08]

Well my stupid greensand is frankly ****, and just fell straight outta the flasks. I will do it at school using my own aluminium which I will hopefully melt at home, make little aluminium blocks and bring in. I will be sure to get some finished pics tho

Edit: this didn't work, because I got a 6" x 4" aluminium block bar for free so I machined them.