New toy...

[ps_bond]

Has anyone seen one of these before? Other than, perhaps, late last week on EBay...

Anyone know anything about it? I *think* it was destined for school use, I'm guessing it would do for light duty/experimental casting. Came with a couple of flasks, sealing rings, wax, tongs and some grain (not sure if it is brass or bronze yet).

[The Bijou Dragon]

As it says Vacuum on it (or at least that's my bad eyesight sees) is it supposed to have a dome over it to pull the bubbles out of investment that people use for lost wax casting??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-3m6Fwe31E

[ps_bond]

Sorry - left that bit off - it's a manual vacuum casting table. If I had a bell jar small enough I could probably vacuum the investment, but AFAICT this one is just for pulling a vacuum during the cast itself. There's a clamp for it too, thankfully.

[The Bijou Dragon]

Sorry - left that bit off - it's a manual vacuum casting table. If I had a bell jar small enough I could probably vacuum the investment, but AFAICT this one is just for pulling a vacuum during the cast itself. There's a clamp for it too, thankfully.

Ahhhhhh yeah, in a later video she is pouring the metal into the flask while having it on a little vacuum table a bit like that!!

Nice find though *turns green with envy*

[geti-titanium]

it's a manual vacuum casting table.

Not fair - I didn't have chance to guess

Mind you, if I had have done, I would have been seriously wrong with 'bondage paddle'

[Emerald]

[Anyone know anything about it? I *think* it was destined for school use, I'm guessing it would do for light duty/experimental casting. Came with a couple of flasks, sealing rings, wax, tongs and some grain (not sure if it is brass or bronze yet).[/QUOTE]

mmmm so what do you do with the tongs boys

are they for picking up small things

[ps_bond]

mmmm so what do you do with the tongs boys

are they for picking up small things

Handling hot flasks and keeping your fingers...

It was less a case of testing people, more to see if anyone had come across it before!

If I wanted to be really obscure... Actually, that gives me an idea

[Emerald]

Not fair - I didn't have chance to guess

Mind you, if I had have done, I would have been seriously wrong with 'bondage paddle'

it was more a question to do with these answers of course i know what tongs do dur have several pairs myself for varying weights of metal and casting

[geti-titanium]

I'm keeping out of this one! - who would have thought that such an innocent remark could cause such controversy

[Emerald]

Not fair - I didn't have chance to guess

Mind you, if I had have done, I would have been seriously wrong with 'bondage paddle'

lol that is not innocent