The Bucket Foundry

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Printing Update

[Michael Moore]

What printer was used for those, and what type of material/resolution? They look much nicer than the typical hobby filament deposition printer outputs.

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Zortrax m200
Res. 0.14mm
Filament Z-Ultrat

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[ken seeber]

Zortrax m200
Res. 0.14mm
Filament Z-Ultrat

Excellent job. Really good surface finish. We've just used an 0.3 Z increment, but must try to go down to the 0.1 and see if we can get anywhere that finish.

For A$2k, it looks a good package. Willy, you need one of these and take the lead in the southern hemisphere foundry technology stakes.

As a matter of interest, what was the time to print, say, one half of the C port corebox.

[Bert]

Zortrax m200
Res. 0.14mm
Filament Z-Ultrat

Excellent job. Really good surface finish. We've just used an 0.3 Z increment, but must try to go down to the 0.1 and see if we can get anywhere that finish.

For A$2k, it looks a good package. Willy, you need one of these and take the lead in the southern hemisphere foundry technology stakes.

As a matter of interest, what was the time to print, say, one half of the C port corebox.

Exciting stuff. Please keep us updated.

[Flettner]

FOS ready to mould up and cast.
Zurg water jackets in place
Sorry, still using turn of last century technology

[husaberg]

FOS ready to mould up and cast.
Zurg water jackets in place
Sorry, still using turn of last century tech.

First Pic brought me back to Saturday mornings or was it sunday?

[Flettner]

First Pic brought me back to Saturday mornings or was it sunday?

How cool is that, I had one of those once, FAB. (what ever that ment?)

Might have a hack at casting two of these FOS cylinders on the weekend ? Perhaps. One might be heading off shore.

[husaberg]

How cool is that, I had one of those once, FAB. (what ever that ment?)

Might have a hack at casting two of these FOS cylinders on the weekend ? Perhaps. One might be heading off shore.

Its short for fabulous isn't it? it was the 60's.
Yow has one now, he posted a pic of it about 2 years ago.

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As a matter of interest, what was the time to print, say, one half of the C port corebox.

The huge part for the core box took 18,5h. The matrial cost is about 8 EUR.
I had to print the part skewed, because there is a printer limit with 200x200x180mm.

[WilDun]

For A$2k, it looks a good package. Willy, you need one of these and take the lead in the southern hemisphere foundry technology stakes.

Too late Ken, when you're on the pension you don't even think about printers and all the other newfangled stuff - you just plod on with the tried and true, using standard 'Flettner' methods to obtain the same result.

If your objective isn't money making, then time doesn't really matter and you don't have to sit for hours on a computer trying to learn something you will only make use of for a couple of years anyway.

Don't get me wrong though,the printers are very interesting indeed and quite frankly I believe I could build the mechanicals relatively easily. I already have stepper motors and controllers somewhere, software really isn't all that expensive - just being a bit lethargic in my old age is the problem!

Of course, I do make money by not going on expensive overseas trips like most other people I know tend to do! - I'm happy just pottering in my garage.

A 'friend' recently said why don't you want to go on holiday? I said I was happy at home and he said,"yeah, why go overseas and be miserable, when you can stay home and be miserable".
Of course I then tried to explain that I was very happy indeed, the only thing which could make me unhappy was having to listen to the likes of him! - obviously not being able to understand how anybody could possibly be happy if not being happy his way!

PS.
What was wrong with steam? - if it's not powered by steam, it won't work!

[WilDun]

FOS ready to mould up and cast.
Zurg water jackets in place
Sorry, still using turn of last century technology

Just keep on keeping on with "tried and true" methods, I remember being at Tech. (trying advanced trade +) when the then new calculators were all the rage and I (having a new family and a mortgage to contend with) couldn't afford one. I loved trying to beat all the guys with fancy calculators by doing all the calculations in my head or on paper! (and I usually managed it too). - of course that didn't last, but it was fun - I can't understand how my brain has since turned to mush though! - maybe it's just laziness or lack of the enthusiasm I had then!

Anyway, I see that you seem to be persevering with both 2 and 3 exhaust port engines? - and that piston might have some significant clues as to what might be going on?

[Flettner]

Cylinder pattern finished, water jacket just needs painting now, jacket is made in three indentical castings. And a water inlet I guess.

[tjbw]

Just keep on keeping on with "tried and true" methods, I remember being at Tech. (trying advanced trade +) when the then new calculators were all the rage and I (having a new family and a mortgage to contend with) couldn't afford one. I loved trying to beat all the guys with fancy calculators by doing all the calculations in my head or on paper! (and I usually managed it too). - of course that didn't last, but it was fun - I can't understand how my brain has since turned to mush though! - maybe it's just laziness or lack of the enthusiasm I had then!

Anyway, I see that you seem to be persevering with both 2 and 3 exhaust port engines? - and that piston might have some significant clues as to what might be going on?

Calculations in your head! Could today's teenagers do that? I couldn't, I had to resort to a Thornton slide rule, which was better than a digital calculator in some respects.