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DIY sand casting tool

Started by Piggiron, Jun 02, 2024, 09:41 AM

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Piggiron

I subscribe and get email notifications from "https://www.instructables.com/".
One of the articles this morning was this: https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-CNC-Thermocol-Cutter/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email

I think this would be a cool little tool from making Styrofoam sand casting forms.

Uglydog

Yes, hot wire cutting presumably works very well. I need to do more experimenting with foam density.

We had some very successful lost foam aluminum casting last fall. Getting the refractory cement right seemed to be critical to success.

Daryl