I just picked a color so the letters wouldn't blend into the background. They wont matter when I cast it in bronze... if I ever get that damn foundry done. I finished the burner assembly yesterday.
You mean fire clay? Yes, I found one place that has it. I have to drive a good bit to get it, but they have it. I'll probably go tomorrow to get it. Then I can finally mix the refractory formula and cast the oven. I have two forms to choose from. One is taller and metal (a good thing) but it's a smaller diameter (not so good, but doable) so that I have enough material to make the lid. The other one is larger in diameter and it's clay (not as good as metal as far as I can tell, but it'll still work) but.... no lid, I'd have to fabricate a form for a lid. I hooked the burner up to my air compressor and turned the regulator way down and it has that beautiful perfect rushing hiss sound. Can't wait to hook it up to propane and see that perfect three stage blue flame shooting out.
Points are electrical contacts that open and close to either complete the circuit (closed) or break the circuit (open) that supplies electricity to the coil which ramps up the voltage and sends that ramped up juice to the spark plugs which produces an electrical arc in the combustion chamber, igniting the air fuel mixture causing an explosion that blows the piston back down therefore forcing the crank shaft to turn. The opening and closing of said points is timed by a lobe on a cam to cause the explosion at exactly the right moment just after the piston has reached it's highest point in it's linear up and down path inside the cylinder. The point cover on a Harley is basically a metal disk that is held in place by machine screws to cover the access hole to the points. You need access to the points to adjust them periodically and I want to make a point cover that is groovy cool, man.
Sounds like the Harley's heart! Thank you:D
So you're going to cast an oven!...cast a point cover, fire it like in a kiln and weld? Can you point me to your comment where you explained your oven idea? This is more interesting now. Sounds very groovy cool, man.
Still looks dangerous, but fun. You said something about "i have an idea!", but I don't remember where it is either. Did you get the red clay today? I hope you keep us posted on this. It's very interesting.
I just got back from going to get the "fire" clay...FIRE clay. And I couldn't find the damn place! I'm driving around and around and around.."two blocks west of Federal...two blocks west of federal..the guys said two blocks west...there's nothing but residential houses here...what the hell..drive drive drive....nothing. Drive all the way back home.... on the way I think well hell, I'll just stop at Burger King and get a sandwich. I order at the drive through..."Please pull up to the front of the store sir, were waiting on fries. We'll bring it out to you." OK...I pull around...and wait....and wait... and wait.... AND WAIT!!! Finally I go in and ask what the hell is up with my order. Of course they have no idea. So I ask for my money back. Takes a few minutes, but they finally give it back without so much as a glance or "sorry about tat sir" Nothing... just walks by, hands it to me and keeps on walking. Every single employee there was Mexican and could barely speak English. So fuck it...I start to drive back home. I get a few blocks and see this dude on the corner, looks pretty rough, holding his cardboard sign. Traffic slows so I watch him for a while and no one is stopping to give him a dime the whole time I'm stuck there about a block away. So traffic starts to move and I take my fucking Burger King money and hold it in my left hand out the window as I approach this guy, he sees me coming and we connect with our hands and the money while I'm still rolling and I let go and he's left holding the Burger King money and I heard him mutter something about brother. So I get back home and call the fire clay place and explain that there are only residential houses two block west of Federal and that I just drove all the way out here for nothing. Then the guy says "Uh...yeah...I said it's two block west of Santa Fe... not Federal." so I'm like "Oh...OK sorry. See you tomorrow then."
ok, ok, FIRE clay. haha, rhymes...last time I went to BK, I roll up to the window and ..are you kidding me??..at the window, yeah, a student's mother. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree and 'neither does the nut..if you know what I mean..so I get my order and listen to her carry on about her son for more than a few minutes till the guy behind me blows his horn so I wave, ok, ok, and leave, park to gobble it down, cause now I am in a hurry and go about what I have to do. Then the BK hits while I'm in the plumbing aisle at Home Depot, and I HAVE to LEAVE and drive like a maniac to get home and I LIVED in the bathroom for the next 12 hours!! I was so sick. Never again. Never. At least she was a local, that's saying something, I guess. Good going getting your money back. Too bad you have to go all the way back again but looking forward to hearing what happens with the FIRE clay.
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So you're going to cast an oven!...cast a point cover, fire it like in a kiln and weld? Can you point me to your comment where you explained your oven idea? This is more interesting now. Sounds very groovy cool, man.
http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/guest_david.html