Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Living
Outside
Play
Technology
Workshop
Table of Contents
Lost Foam Casting- a basic walk through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Related Instructables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lost-Foam-Casting-a-basic-walk-through/
Author:ktow
I'm a junior high "shop" teacher- aka the "engineering teacher" at South Middle School in Waukee. I love making stuff, learning, playing ultimate frisbee, and
flying kites. I live with my 2 boys and my lovely wife Heidi.
Related Instructables
How to Cast
Amazing
Aluminum
Sculpture by
Tany Foundry
Spider-man
Lost Foam
Investment
Casting by
Creidhne
Entwined Hearts
Cast in
Aluminum by
spike3579
Paint Can
Furnace with
Accessories,
Lost Foam
Casting, and
More! by
Morgan_Demers
Quick and
cheap
aluminum
melting furnace
setup by
robbtoberfest
Press
Aluminum Cans
into Ceiling and
Wall Tiles by
robbtoberfest
Advertisements
Comments
27 comments Add Comment
knoxarama says:
So the mold isn't a hollow spot in the sand, its just that the foam mold burns away and the metal takes its place?
RangerJ says:
Good Instructable, and one less reason to keep delaying getting into the casting hobby.
th30be says:
You used a hack saw? What kind of blade did you use?
ktow says:
theoldguy says:
This is a version of, "lost wax casting", where the wax is heated to empty the mould before casting.
Sometimes frozen mercury is used, allowed to melt and poured out for reuse.
Sometimes flowers or insects are used.
The idea is to produce a mould for each casting. Foam is just another medium. It could be set in a latex shape then covered with plaster and dissolved with a
petroleum solvent to leave the empty mould.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lost-Foam-Casting-a-basic-walk-through/
It produces very intricate with low dimensional tolerances, it is used to make items like jet turbine blades at very low cost.
curvy77 says:
pyrogreasemonkey says:
curvy77 says:
tinstructable says:
sokamiwohali says:
pyrogreasemonkey says:
curvy77 says:
haha so iv found out. after i use my pit forge i always end up cleaning up a ton of ash.
cryophile says:
ktow says:
CrazyClever says:
ktow says:
Tupulov says:
ktow says:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lost-Foam-Casting-a-basic-walk-through/
Tupulov says:
mattthomas992003 says:
pfred2 says:
That is pretty ironic to caption a picture of someone pouring over a concrete floor with "Pour safely." I get a kick out of it :)
ktow says:
pfred2 says:
msmith94 says:
Pretty sure that the longhorn logo is already a branding iron at UT :) Nice video Kevin!
mikeasaurus says:
Great video of the process, and that KHPT is very neat.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Lost-Foam-Casting-a-basic-walk-through/