Metal casting

**Madmax** · 15th February 2009, 22:58

heres a link to some demo software thats not to bad
WWW: http://www.mts-cnc.com

**Madmax** · 16th February 2009, 21:34

buy the way did anyone notice
they did not machine any twin cam heads for it
and it still needs steel slieives around the water jacket
(bloody cool stuff though)

**vfxdog** · 17th February 2009, 04:14

Chap in the Hutt I used to know did amazing restorations of complicated 20's and 30's bikes. For pistons he used to melt down truck items and cast them to suit the current project. Every one of the gorgeous machines he ended up with used to seize after a few miles running. Wrong alloy apparently (he should have been sourcing pistons from air-cooled motors). That minor problem aside, this was all backyard stuff.

**pritch** · 17th February 2009, 07:31

Friend of mine, when he was young, had an old Vauxhall car. A piston collapsed so he cast himself a new one. I'm not sure if he was still at school or had recently left at that stage.

I'm still somewhat in awe of his attitude and ability.