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Correct. I’ve done some of this. You start with a metal foundry for melting aluminum. From there, you can build tools tools that help build other tools, up t
by cyberge99 5y ago
Correct. I’ve done some of this. You start with a metal foundry for melting aluminum. From there, you can build tools tools that help build other tools, up to the ultimate: metal lathe.
It’s a pot of work but very rewarding.
Here are some pictures of ‘the 5 bucks furnace’ i built:
https://chrisbergeron.com/2008/01/21/metalcasting_furnace/ https://chrisbergeron.com/2008/01/21/metalcasting_furnace/
Phil’s books are great and it would be handy to have them in a post-apocalyptic scenario to bootstrap society.
- rambambram 5y agoVery nice project. Did you eventually cast more stuff with it than your motor mounts? You should take a look at this Youtube channel by a Russian guy, Advoko Makes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1ufNROdAxto9Fr0jnEE2Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1ufNROdAxto9Fr0jnEE2Q
- cyberge99 5y agoI did. Nothing really notable, so I'll have to look through my pics at some point to see what else I could post. The furnace is extremely heavy and life happened it on it's terms, so that project got iceboxed for a while.