Watch molten aluminum transform into stunning custom shapes with this complete DIY casting tutorial. From melting scrap metal ...

If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the furnace is ...

[Peter Wirasnik] has been casting his own aluminum heat sinks. He’s working on capturing the heat from a car’s exhaust system and turning it into electricity, kind of like the candle generator. In the ...

When new technology shows up, it's up to a hot rodder to see if it's worth working into our way of building cars. As each newly accepted tech becomes the norm, a new wave of thinking bounces through ...

In this video, I demonstrate the process of casting custom-sized aluminum bars for a project. The aluminum melts easily, allowing for the creation of perfectly sized bars that fit with steel tubing.

Follow the homemade foundry furnace plans outlined in this article, including instructions, diagrams, and details of working with metal to make shop tools. It’s funny how an event will sort of get ...

Gravity casting aluminum in permanent molds beats conventional sand and pressure die casting. Today, gravity-fed permanent metal molds can produce near-net-shape parts from a variety of aluminum ...