Adjusting the flame.

Our McInglevan B-16 furnace.

I picked up these ingot molds at a flee market.

Using an acetylene torch to blacken the ingot moldes so the ingots will not stick to the mold.

Droping some scape aluminum into the furnace.

The ingot molds ready for molton aluminum.

Skimming the dross of the top of the molten aluminum.

Check out the molten aluminum.

Notice how the cast iron pot is bright red.

The first pour.

Pouring aluminum into the smaller ingot mold.

Ingots cooling.

The larger ingot mold just having been dumped.

The smaller ingots just removed from the mold.

The finished ingots laid out on the floor. They are lop-sided because we didn't have our ingot molds level.

Here is the original.

Here is the casting just out of the sand.

Take a look at the top of the casting on the far right side. Was this caused by loose sand in the mold or by inproper venting or something else?

Real happy with our first attempt at something real and needed.

Four legs. Three original and one we cast. Can you tell which one? 2nd from the right.