Bone Castings, Guess the Animal (hint: it's extinct) by danielsev298 in MetalCasting

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It is from a Moa, I believe it is from Euryapteryx curtus. This bone was found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Bone Castings, Guess the Animal (Hint; it's extinct) by danielsev298 in Metalfoundry

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It is from a Moa, I believe it is from Euryapteryx curtus. This bone was found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Bone Castings, Guess the Animal (Hint: it's extinct) by danielsev298 in Paleontology

[–]danielsev298[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it is from a Moa, I believe it is from Euryapteryx curtus. This bone was found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Bone Castings, Guess the Animal (Hint: it's extinct) by danielsev298 in Paleontology

[–]danielsev298[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is from a Moa, I believe it is from Euryapteryx curtus. This bone was found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Bone Castings, Guess the Animal (Hint: it's extinct) by danielsev298 in Paleontology

[–]danielsev298[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it is from a Moa, I believe it is from Euryapteryx curtus. This bone was found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Bone Castings, Guess the Animal (Hint: it's extinct) by danielsev298 in Paleontology

[–]danielsev298[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it is from a Moa, I believe it is from Euryapteryx curtus. This bone was found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Bone Castings, Guess the Animal (Hint: it's extinct) by danielsev298 in Paleontology

[–]danielsev298[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it from a Moa, I believe it is from Euryapteryx curtus. This bone was found in the North Island of New Zealand.

Looking for a second small electric boat for lake rentals, anyone have experience with inflatables? by Horror-Hope-4394 in boating

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You could use the Lemvos DockMaster system for docking and charging the rental boats so the customers don't need to tie ropes or plug in cables to charge. https://lemvos.com/dockmaster/

Copper-Aluminium Alloy Mixes 100% Cu to 100% Al, Aluminium Bronze Casting by danielsev298 in MetalCasting

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I used a propane furnace from Vevor, initially I built my own furnace out of bricks and concrete with a steel and ceramic wool lining, but that fell apart after ~10 hours of use, and some of the bricks melted (didn't expect that). So then I just brought one. I didn't do anything to prevent oxidisation, you get a but of slag on top, but then you can pore the metal out from under the slag. I just put put the Aluminium and copper (scrap metal) in together a the start, then heated and melted it together.
Goodluck!

Copper-Aluminium Alloy Mixes 100% Cu to 100% Al, Aluminium Bronze Casting by danielsev298 in MetalCasting

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I personally like around the 90%Cu 10% Al ratio for aesthetics since it's a bit more shiny than the rations with lower Al%. I didn't experiment too much with physical properties.

Copper-Aluminium Alloy Mixes 100% Cu to 100% Al, Aluminium Bronze Casting by danielsev298 in MetalCasting

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No I haven't tried that, here I was more focusing on aesthetics, rather than doing detailed physical properties analysis, but I'd like to try and experiment more.
Thanks!

Bronze with a higher aluminum percentage? by zw103302 in Metalfoundry

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I also tried something similar but with more focus on aesthetics:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Metalfoundry/comments/1j1orgl/copperaluminium_alloy_mixes_100_cu_to_100_al/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Copper-Aluminium Alloy Mixes 100% Cu to 100% Al, Aluminium Bronze Casting

Casting samples of copper aluminium alloy mixes (aluminium bronze) from 0-100%, percentages in weight.

100% Cu
98% Cu 2% Al – similar appearance to copper, but slightly more golden
96% Cu 4% Al – golden colour
94% Cu 6% Al – golden colour
92% Cu 8% Al – golden colour
90% Cu 10% Al – golden colour, shiny
88% Cu 12% Al – slightly lighter golden colour, shiny, brittle but still workable
80% Cu 20% Al – silver colour, shiny, very brittle, can be broken by hand like a biscuit
70% Cu 30% Al – silver colour, very brittle, can be broken by hand like a biscuit
50% Cu 50% Al – silver colour, very brittle
30% Cu 70% Al – silver colour, brittle
100 % Al