Foundry (DIY flower pot)

Foundry 1.0

• following Lionel Oliver's Flowerpot Crucible Furnace instructions

Materials

• already have
  • popcorn tin
  • scrap steel for lid walls (from cubicle wall cut offs)
  • wire for lid refractory retension (bicycle spokes from West Town)
  • bits of pipe & angle iron (any time from home depot)
  • blower (have one to salvage, if it works)
  • refractory materials
    • portland cement
    • silica sand
    • clay planter
    • broken clay planter bits
• need
  • a couple bricks (dry, safe places to set down hot things)
  • pipe/rebar/angle iron for:
    • tongs
    • air spreader
    • air intake (necessary?)
    • crucible
  • charcoal
  • something for a lid handle (more wire?)
  • slotted steel spoon for slag removal

Ideas for Moldmaking

Lost Foam

• Carve a block of foam Lost Foam howto
• Cast a styrofoam positive in a plaster die following this information

Greensand

• I have this book [1]