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The following are some castings I have made in the foundry at Cal Poly Pomona.
Professor Davis giving a briefing before Jeffrey and I pour the mold for my Land Cruiser vehicle emblems and miter saw fence.
A truck that I made as part of a project. The body of the truck was cast out of aluminum and machined down to shape on a mill. The wheels of the truck were made by turning down a piece of aluminum stock on a lathe. The truck bed was created by forming sheet metal on a sheet metal brake and then spot welding and riveting it together. We were fortunate enough to take a tour of Danco Anodizing and were able to get the truck anodized yellow with red flames.
Finding parts for older vehicles can be difficult. For me, my project 1969 FJ55 Toyota Land Cruiser was missing an emblem so I decided to cast a new one. I cast the part in oil-bonded sand to get better detailing on it. In casting the part, the metal did not make it all the way to the last "r," which I am actually not upset about - it gives it more character!
Because I was missing a fence on my personal miter saw, I decided to cast a new one rather than spending $60 for one online. Again, I went with oil-bonded sand to do the casting. The casting came out great. Afterwards, I machined out the sprue on a mill and cleaned it up a bit and it was good to go!
Pictured to the right is the cast fence mounted on my miter saw.
At Cal Poly, we use lead hammers for our machinery for tasks in which we don't want to damage or mar the surface of the tool or item we are hitting. Making these hammers is easy, we simply poured into a mold with rebar as the hammer handle.
One of the fun casting projects we got to take on in our manufacturing class was making this decorative piece. Although there was a lot of porosity in the cast piece, it was a great learning experience and intro to casting.
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