The Bucket Foundry

[Flettner]

I believe you are right, most unfairly chosen I thought. They didn't like the house brush paint tank I think, buggers.

Water cooled Kawasaki 100 with a secondary reed and carburetor mounted out back of the cylinder. Special cable connection so it opened only at full throttle, mildish rotary valve timing. But sadly seen as a dungaheap.

[WilDun]

I believe you are right, most unfairly chosen I thought. They didn't like the house brush paint tank I think, buggers.

Water cooled Kawasaki 100 with a secondary reed and carburetor mounted out back of the cylinder. Special cable connection so it opened only at full throttle, mildish rotary valve timing. But sadly seen as a dungaheap.

Probably was a giant step forward for the two stroke but the organisers didn't have the ability to see ahead (stuck in a rut)!

[F5 Dave]

Or they liked mercilessly taking the piss.

Those Ohakea GPs were fantastic fun.

[Pursang]

Daryl, if I'm not mistaken, in order to become grandmothers, all these ladies first had to become mothers. And how do you suppose did they manage that?

Oh My, Mofo's? ........ I was referring to the F'n Adjective and not the F'n Verb.

Such are the subtleties and traps of International Communication. There goes my chance to be Secretary-General of the United Nations!

Nice catch! Cheers, Daryl.

[Flettner]

Or they liked mercilessly taking the piss.

Those Ohakea GPs were fantastic fun.

Absolutely

[husaberg]

Oh My, Mofo's? ........ I was referring to the F'n Adjective and not the F'n Verb.

Such are the subtleties and traps of International Communication. There goes my chance to be Secretary-General of the United Nations!

Nice catch! Cheers, Daryl.

Hey Dazza
so why is it ewe aussies'o like a's to the end of names and other vowels to the end of names and other things.
Sharron= Shazza
Daryl=Dazza
Barry=Bazza

Arvo
Bottelo
Povvo

[ken seeber]

Husa, it's a sign of affection …..if you get and a or o or y on the end of a shortened name, enjoy it...

[WilDun]

My son lives in "Brizzie" now and has become an Aussie - I did become a Kiwi a while ago and was thinking of eventually going to Oz to live near him ..... might give it a miss now! - and that guy with the 'larger than life' monster furnace didn't help - I thought he was only acting!......

Seriously though, when I think about it , Brizzie was a nice place and I didn't see any extreme Aussies like that over there and Ken and Daryl seem fine to me!

Anyway, going through all my old stuff I have a little bit of refractory concrete left over, some fine silica sand and coarse river sand, half a bag of Mullite refactory mortar, a bag of some special American flint, a small bag of fireclay, a bag of powdered limestone, some Plaster of Paris, some of that stuff Neil uses to harden sand for cores etc. (Sodium Silicate I think), ceramic blanket material and some graphite I got from Neil - a household water pump pressure cylinder and sundry bits of steel - (why the hell did I take the rest to the scrapyard - what was I thinking? .... now I remember, I was ordered to!).
Still have my old moulding flask c/w a small bucket of greensand already prepared, two big s/s containers / cooking pots or whatever (rescued from the Raglan tip! ..... best shop in town!).

All the rest of the equipment I will have to scrounge for, or make myself ie except for my two little budget 3D printers (which work very well - ( I hope to try some experiments with lost PLA casting ). - It should all be good fun, but the effort required seems to be increasing these days!

Ah yes and I'll have to manufacture another gas burner for the furnace (my very successful design is lodged somewhere inside my head) - it may be difficult to access though!

So I think I should be able to cobble together a (very) small furnace and its associated equipment for virtually zero dollars, but I'll have to scrounge for a clay/graphite crucible) - and of course it will all require a bit of hard work!

[Pursang]

Husa, it's a sign of affection …..if you get and a or o or y on the end of a shortened name, enjoy it...

So what should it be.... Husso? Bergy?

Or just leave it as Hussy?

Cheers, Daryl.

[Pursang]

I'll have to scrounge for a clay graphite crucible - and it will require a bit of hard work!

Well done Willo, (WilDo? Dunno?) pretty good inventory you have there. What size crucible are you thinking?

Clay and silicon graphite ones, in all sorts of sizes, seem to be plentiful on AU ebay & Amazon at the moment, under $40Aud.

If you're starting with Ally (Alu-bloody-minium), one bloke on the www is using the S/S inner from a damaged Thermos flask.
The only thing cheaper and easier would be a Baked Beans can! (Cheaper than dog food).

Cheers, Daryl.

[WilDun]

Well done Willo, (WilDo? Dunno?) pretty good inventory you have there. What size crucible are you thinking?

Clay and silicon graphite ones, in all sorts of sizes, seem to be plentiful on AU ebay & Amazon at the moment, under $40Aud.

If you're starting with Ally (Alu-bloody-minium), one bloke on the www is using the S/S inner from a damaged Thermos flask.
The only thing cheaper and easier would be a Baked Beans can! (Cheaper than dog food).

Cheers, Daryl.

Yeah, I'll have a look - they are getting cheaper now - I got my last one from Ceratec? - Certec ? ..... I do prefer the graphite/ceramic ones, they come clean after a pour and Neil suggested not using metal ones because it "taints" the aluminium and ruins the chances of it being any good for plating! ......Talking 'Alublinium' here, (to refine it further).

Probably round 110 mm outside up top - whatever that translates to - ( no big stuff needed here!) - probably get one for around $50, will make my own tongs burner etc.

Dunno?? - I dunno! - ah well, so long as it isn't Dunny I guess!

[Flettner]

water core box, first mold out.

[Flettner]

All three water cores in place.
Being just a single cylinder, two pistons, Id like use both crankcases so I need to devise a transfer passage (or passages) from the exhaust piston crank case to the intake piston end. Not that simple, there is a lot of stuff in the way, but I have a plan as you might expect.

[husaberg]

Well done Willo, (WilDo? Dunno?) pretty good inventory you have there. What size crucible are you thinking?

Clay and silicon graphite ones, in all sorts of sizes, seem to be plentiful on AU ebay & Amazon at the moment, under $40Aud.

If you're starting with Ally (Alu-bloody-minium), one bloke on the www is using the S/S inner from a damaged Thermos flask.
The only thing cheaper and easier would be a Baked Beans can! (Cheaper than dog food).

Cheers, Daryl.

Hes gone all gangsta so Wildog or D-willy.

[ken seeber]

All three water cores in place.
Being just a single cylinder, two pistons, Id like use both crankcases so I need to devise a transfer passage (or passages) from the exhaust piston crank case to the intake piston end. Not that simple, there is a lot of stuff in the way, but I have a plan as you might expect.

Fletto, wotcha going to do for the encore ??????????