Monday, May 7, 2012

vacuum casting pewter

Here is a video I made to show my students. I hope you can view it. It is about vacuum casting pewter.  I have tried all kinds of casting methods to get pewter to work for me but none of them worked that well. When I used centrifugal casting the pewter would run back out of the mold about half the time. Then I finally bought a new vacuum with a casting side, and I love it. The flasks are 100˚ Fahrenheit.
If you have any specific questions let me know.

3 comments:

  1. I guess I don't know how to upload videos. I will try again, but if you want me to email it to you, then let me know.

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  2. Thank This blog post is very helpful thank for sharing it. Vacuume casting is a important modern part of prototype.

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  3. I did pewter casting for a couple of years before retiring, because it was so easy. no vacuum needed, or centrifugal. heated the investment slightly, not too much (like 250-300 degrees) or the pewter runs through. then took a torch to the bottom of my metal serving spoon
    to melt the pewter drops (that I had melted into water off a large ingot) and poured it in. never a problem, worked too easily.

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