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Thank you for the motivation, the top will drop.[cl

The tank was one of the first things to be removed from the cab. I will think about it more befor I make up my mind. But not looking to good for the chop top. I am 5'11" and a small cab is a small cab.

I was eyeballing one just the other week on a state troopers car I was working on. it is a sweet setup.

Progress.

Dam, Big Jim those skulls are sweet. Can you cast one in wax? If so I want one.

hay longroof and jester it sounds like you have done this before. Lets see some picks of stuff you have done.[cl

I made a little progress but don't have picks. I think that I am not going to chop the top now. Not enough room it that cab. I do think I will cut most of the roof away and make a removable soft top with a couple of bows to hold it up in the center. It is also getting a flame thrower exhaust out...

I made inverted clutch levers using the green sand method. I don't have pics of the mold but I will post the pics I do have.

Sofa have you tried to coat the foam with plaster it is said that the cast part is much smoother with a plaster housing. No I have not tried that yet. I am getting ready to try lost wax casting. I got some silicone rubber from www.brickintheyard.com now I need to make a rubber mold with it so...

This is an example of lost foam casting. First you carve / shape the foam and attach runners for the aluminum to flow through. Then you burry it in the sand (use the finest sand you can find) with the runners sticking out. then melt your aluminum and pour it into the runner sticking out of the...

Using the charcoal for fuel is a pain. So I built a waist oil burner. This is it during r&d. It is the setup I am still using. Waist oil is free!

Way to many impurities in the cans. I get my aluminum from work. Mostly old water pumps, aluminum wheels, heads and stuff like that.

I started that thread about casting. http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17673

I recon I will start things off with some pics of my first melt. I made a small furnice that used charcoal as fuel. and melted a bunch of cans. (dont melt your old beer cans) It just isnt worth it.

I have started casting aluminum parts. Mostly skulls, I did make a couple of clutch levers for my bikes. Is any one else into backyard metal casting?