Exceptional youngster........

[Bob Wright]

Before church services started a young man at church showed me a project he is working on. It was a wax cartridge, a scaled up 9mm round to about 30mm diameter but perfectly proportioned. There was a rather large elongated hole in the mid point of the "case."

His object is to cover the "cartridge" with a plaster mix, then melt out the wax. This will leave a plaster mold which he will then pour in molten brass. This brass is avout ten pounds of empty cartridges given to him by friends. When the brass solidifies he will break away the mold and have a big brass cartridge with a hole in it. Then he will fit a wooden hammer handle in place and have a brass hammer in the shape of a 9mm pistol cartridge. The head of the cartridge will be the striking face.

His forge? He designed and built it himself.


This is one talented young man.

Bob Wright

 

[Viking Queen]

Cool,

I LOVE hearing about inventive and ambitious young people.

Thanks for sharing that.

Viking Queen

 

[olcop]

I applaud this young man for his ingenuity, that is a heck of an idea.
Any chances of getting pics of his forge, and of the manufacturing process and the finished product?
Thanks
olcop

 

[Bob Wright]

I applaud this young man for his ingenuity, that is a heck of an idea.
Any chances of getting pics of his forge, and of the manufacturing process and the finished product?
Thanks
olcop

I used the word forge, when actually it is a furnace.

Pictures? Maybe, I'll see.

Bob Wright

 

[WIL TERRY]

He is in for a couple of surprises along the way...

And so it goes...

 

[Bob Wright]

He is in for a couple of surprises along the way...

And so it goes...

I'm not too sure about that. He has already made aluminum castings from melted down coke cans. And before that, has built his own 3D printer from scratch. His dad told me his room is full of his inventions.

Bob Wright

 

[gunman42782]

Maybe a future Bill Ruger?

 

[whichwatch]

Seems like a lot of trouble to go to for a hammer.

 

[Selena]

Before church services started a young man at church showed me a project he is working on. It was a wax cartridge, a scaled up 9mm round to about 30mm diameter but perfectly proportioned. There was a rather large elongated hole in the mid point of the "case."

His object is to cover the "cartridge" with a plaster mix, then melt out the wax. This will leave a plaster mold which he will then pour in molten brass. This brass is avout ten pounds of empty cartridges given to him by friends. When the brass solidifies he will break away the mold and have a big brass cartridge with a hole in it. Then he will fit a wooden hammer handle in place and have a brass hammer in the shape of a 9mm pistol cartridge. The head of the cartridge will be the striking face.

His forge? He designed and built it himself.


This is one talented young man.

Bob Wright

Lost wax is a cool process and extremely ambitious. I hope he does well!

 

[Bob Wright]

I don't think he's using the "lost wax" process, unless I don't understand the "lost wax" process. He's just casting in a mold, not investment casting, so I understand.

Bob Wright

 

[Selena]

I applaud this young man for his ingenuity, that is a heck of an idea.
Any chances of getting pics of his forge, and of the manufacturing process and the finished product?
Thanks
olcop

I used the word forge, when actually it is a furnace.

Pictures? Maybe, I'll see.

Bob Wright

Since he is melting metals in it the proper term would be foundry.

Since he is making his part out of wax then creating the mold for that part from the wax that is discarded it would fall under what I've been told is lost wax. HIs is just a one time mold instead of a production piece.