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Lost Print Vacuum Casting in a Microwave

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Navarre Bartz

A red hot crucible is held with metal tongs above a white plaster mold. The mold is held in a bright pink silicone sleve atop a metal pan on a wooden workbench. Red cheese wax holds the sleeve to a metal funnel connected to a vacuum cleaner.

Hacks are rough around the edges by their nature, so we love it when we get updates from makers about how they’ve improved their process. [Denny] from Shake the Future …read more Continue reading Lost Print Vacuum Casting in a Microwave→

Casting Metal With a Microwave and Vacuum Cleaner

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Bryan Cockfield

Metalworking might conjure images of large furnaces powered by coal, wood, or electricity, with molten metal sloshing around and visible in its crucible. But metalworking from home doesn’t need to …read more Continue reading Casting Metal With a Microwave and Vacuum Cleaner→

3D Printed Forge For Recycling

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Matthew Carlson

If you own a CNC and have kept tabs on metal prices these past few years (honestly months), you might shed a small tear as you watch chips fly off …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Forge For Recycling→

Mixing Up Your Own Supersized Sidewalk Chalk

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Brian McEvoy

When folks started quarantining, chalk art spilled onto driveways and sidewalks to remind us that there’s still beauty and creative people doing what they always do. Now it’s time to strut your stuff and show your neighbors that things are greener on your slab of concrete. [friedpotatoes] has shared their …read more

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