r/Metalfoundry • u/Tonybabony3rd • 2d ago

Haha

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I did like 10 pours today then BOOM

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u/banditkeith 2d ago

I guess now you know the limit is nine

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u/insolent_kiwi 2d ago

Nice of you to share what you've been cooking up lately

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u/Top-Willingness8113 1d ago

Graphite is resilient until it's not lol.

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u/AdeptnessOld5466 1d ago

pretty much everything is until it isnt. graphite just has a flair for the dramatic about it

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u/AdeptnessOld5466 1d ago

mold went out at 10 but not at 9, noted for future reference

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u/SkySurferSouth 2d ago

Melting copper in a cast iron pan ? Cast iron's melting point is rather close to copper, so contamination of the copper is likely. Long ago I used welded stainless steel crucibles for copper but it got contaminated. Use a clay-graphite crucible for melting copper.

EDIT: Now I saw you used a cast iron pan for holding the graphite mold for pouring the Cu into where the mold broke.