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Offline ironman

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9" cupola
« on: May 28, 2013, 08:23:06 PM »
vtsteam

Thank you for posting your cupola photos I thought you might be interested in my photos of it running.

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Re: 9" cupola
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 08:52:00 PM »
Wow, very interesting stuff, ironman!!  :clap:

It looks like you are preheating your ladle with oil from your pressurized re-purposed propane tank, or is that really propane?

And the extensions are really interesting. I had thought that if my little single charge cupola didn't work out, that maybe I could just add an extension -- and here you've already done that kind of thing.   :bow:

I know you're probably busy, but if you ever do get a chance I would really like to see a video of how you make your cores with Portland cement. I just mean a simple cylindrical core. I had real difficulty trying to keep a Portland cement core intact while removing from the core box.  Maybe you just let it cure in the core box?

Anyway, back to your cupola.......fantastic! That's a lot of iron.

I was hoping to manage up to a ten pound pour, myself!

I love it when a Plan B comes together!
Steve
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Re: 9" cupola
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2013, 10:06:18 AM »
That is a monster! 

By the way - Browne's Dairy called and they want their crates back!

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Re: 9" cupola
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 12:20:51 AM »
The ladle preheater uses propane.

With your portland cement cores rap them a little and then let them set before removing the core.

I will make a video about that in the near future.

I thought Browne's Dairy didn't want them any more.

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Re: 9" cupola
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 07:06:17 AM »
Thank you ironman.  :beer:
I love it when a Plan B comes together!
Steve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sDubB0-REg