The Bucket Foundry

[F5 Dave]

or maybe he's just an enthusiast sick of everything going to China.

[Yow Ling]

I thought he was just an enthusiastic guy in the trade, its not like we are going to buy much SG cast iron parts from uK for our buckets is it ?

I hope he stays and can add some interesting content to the thread.

[WilDun]

its not like we are going to buy much SG cast iron parts from uK for our buckets is it ?

My thoughts precisely!
However, maybe I am being a little too harsh, I do hope he keeps on contributing (as a foundry or bike enthusiast)

Yow Ling, I hope you don't give up on your foundry aspirations or your thread - I realise that you probably have a job and a family to attend to, I have the time to do it but I'm no ball of fire like Flettner, so it's not too likely that I'll set this thread alight!
Just finishing up my furnace now and, wouldn't you know it, it's going to rain through the weekend.

[Flettner]

Good, I hope it rains hard! If I have to be in the workshop all weekend ( working ) I hope no one else is having any fun either. The VMX season starts soon and the F9 is still in a lot of peices, there is not much enthusiasm.
Hey, I managed to use one of those idiot face things.
You know I'm only joking, I'm just miserable.

[WilDun]

Good, I hope it rains hard!

It's raining here now and miserable too! so I hope this news cheers you up

I'm measuring up a very small part at the moment and doing a simple drawing of it (the old fashioned way - well, using simple CAD anyway). - I hope to make a pattern and core for it soon and use them for my first pour, would be nice it it's successful, it would encourage me mo end! ...... ie if the weather clears up for next week.

[Flettner]

I'm back having fun so you can all enjoy yourselves again. RG cylinder on the go again.

[WilDun]

I'm back having fun. RG cylinder on the go again.

Is it an optical illusion or just my imagination playing tricks? but the transfer passage cores look different ie. between the assembled and unassembled pictures - interesting shapes too!

[Flettner]

Yes I noticed that too. The assembled picture makes the transfers look steeper than they are. Also the exhaust eye port shape is distorted. Don't know why?The main thing is, I'm back on track again.

[WilDun]

Yes I noticed that too. Don't know why?The main thing is, I'm back on track again.

I thought it possibly might be a new scheme to bounce the charge around a bit to keep everything from seperating out!
I'm way behind in the latest two stroke development of course, but is it likely that there will be some charge mixing between the eye ports and the front transfers? (but I guess the EFI and correct pipe would take care of that? ie assuming you'd be using EFI.).

I'm off track again (grandchildren duties).

[Flettner]

No, nothing special, just a " normal " cylinder, no EFI lugs on this one. I have a number of different cylinders to complete but this one ( x four ) is / are for a customer so I had better get on with it.

[WilDun]

I had better get on with it.

Yes, i see there's a ton of work there!
No doubt there will be a lot of BB pellets and bog adorning it all soon!

[Flettner]

Moving along, core boxes are next. Probably the most important part of the opperation. This box will have to split many ways to get the box away from the sand without damaging the finished core.







There is another tapered collet thingy that fits on the top as well to hold everything together.

[F5 Dave]

those auxiliaries look total enormous. Here I am trying to replicate something modern by carving into an existing 1970s air-cooled block. makes me a bit sick.

[Flettner]

They are perhaps not as bad as you might think, the camera seems to distort things a little. Although when you make your own cylinder then you can make them as big as you want to.

[F5 Dave]

By that I mean mine are a bit pitiful. I have port envy.