I just finished a brass casting

Added: 2026-06-02

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[00:00:02]I just got finished a brass casting. It didn't go great. Um I had a I had a steam explosion. I I think that's what it was. I think it was a steam explosion.

[00:00:14]I'm not injured, so that's good. Um Uh there's a couple reasons that I think it may have happened. I'd have to re-look uh replay the footage to see cuz I think I hesitated.

[00:00:26]I think I started pouring the brass and then I think I stopped and then continued pouring again. I think that's what I did.

[00:00:34]I'm not really sure. I'd have to like I say said I have to replay the footage.

[00:00:40]Um Both castings uh didn't really come out that great.

[00:00:47]It's because I used a really small mold. There wasn't really much room. What up, Cindy?

[00:00:55]The mold I used today it was just really small. Um I'll show you here.

[00:01:00]I've done it before.

[00:01:04]It just barely fit into this mold.

[00:01:07]So I really think that was the problem.

[00:01:10]It worked with aluminum very well, actually.

[00:01:14]But for some reason the brass didn't work too great.

[00:01:17]Um I I probably should have put a vent in.

[00:01:22]I probably should have put a vent in like right here to release any of the air.

[00:01:28]Uh but I didn't.

[00:01:30]>> [clears throat] >> But again, I don't know what the problem was today.

[00:01:34]Uh oh yeah, let me see the scraps. So this is These are the scraps of brass that exploded at me.

[00:01:44]Look at it. Look at it all. This is all the brass that popped, guys. This all exploded. Luckily, I was wearing my personal protective equipment because if I wasn't I might have got hurt.

[00:01:56]But I don't think anything hit me anyway.

[00:01:59]But [clears throat] it's still scary, guys. Metal casting is definitely scary.

[00:02:01]You need to wear your personal protective equipment. Uh what up, Silver Fox Castings? Good to see you, pal.

[00:02:09]Yeah, I had a little bit of a a little bit of a pop or explosion coming out of the second cast.

[00:02:15]Um you guys are going to wait for next week to see the video.

[00:02:20]But yeah, it it wasn't wasn't the best.

[00:02:22]But my So, I cast three things today.

[00:02:24]The third one came out good. At least it looks like it came out good. I don't know yet until I fully clean it up, but I think that one came out good.

[00:02:34]But uh these these ones I did with the green sand, the molds were just too small.

[00:02:39]I definitely need to use a larger mold for next time I do this, cuz I want to make this again. Cuz I don't think the ones I did today are salvageable.

[00:02:48]I don't I don't think so.

[00:02:52]It was fun. It was fun.

[00:02:54]Like I said, I'm safe, so nobody Nobody got injured. Um Like I said, I have all this this brass.

[00:03:02]I actually really need to clean this up.

[00:03:06]I'm going to remelt this again.

[00:03:08]This is a This is actually quite a bit, guys. Oh, and also check this out. I melted my my vice. This is what I used to hold the hold the cast together. And you can see here there's a little there's a little sliver sliver of brass embedded into the plastic.

[00:03:32]So, you could see it just hit here. It hit all over the place and started melting it.

[00:03:37]I uh That is really in there.

[00:03:46]That is That's really in there.

[00:03:52]I'd have to get my my channel locks open up so I can try to see if I can remove it.

[00:04:00]There we go.

[00:04:02]You guys missed it, but I got it out.

[00:04:05]Another piece. So, this is all good. I'm going to reuse these clamps. They're still good, actually.

[00:04:10]There's another little piece of brass lodged in there.

[00:04:17]I'll get that out later.

[00:04:20]So, yeah, guys, brass casting or any metal casting is definitely dangerous.

[00:04:24]So, always wear your personal protective equipment because you just never know when something bad is going to happen.

[00:04:33]And if it hits you, you're going to get burned and severely injured.

[00:04:37]So, always wear your personal protective equipment.

[00:04:42]I'm definitely going to try it again, uh, Cindy, with a with a with a larger mold, one that has vents in it cuz again, this one I I had no vents.

[00:04:51]And uh, I think that was part of the problem. I have to rewatch the video to see cuz I think I poured I stopped pouring and I poured again.

[00:04:59]And uh, that possibly caused some sort of air pocket.

[00:05:03]So, I I think that may have been what it was. I also made these molds yesterday.

[00:05:08]So, they sat overnight and I left a glove over top of the mold, so it may have created some sort of moisture inside of the mold as well.

[00:05:19]So, uh, that could have been a problem.

[00:05:23]I don't I don't know.

[00:05:26]What's up, Violet?

[00:05:28]8579 So, guys, I want to show you something.

[00:05:32]So, I I recently cleaned up my old car.

[00:05:36]I want you guys to check it out.

[00:05:38]I recently cleaned up my car.

[00:05:41]Check it out.

[00:05:43]Don't mind the oil slick underneath of the car.

[00:05:48]This is my car. I just finally cleaned it up, guys. It's been sitting for years.

[00:05:53]Haven't even touched it.

[00:05:56]Thank you so much, Cindy. Let's go.

[00:06:01]Let's go.

[00:06:05]Thank you so much.

[00:06:09]Yeah, just uh just started cleaning it up, guys. Like I said, this has been sitting probably for about 8 years. Haven't even driven it. Um I would probably say 8 years. Yeah, that's probably about the good the good timeline for it.

[00:06:22]Um it's pretty clean. I did not vacuum the rug, but other than that, everything is everything is clean.

[00:06:32]All the chrome, everything, the motor, everything's cleaned up. Looks great.

[00:06:40]I just got to drive it. I haven't driven it in so long. I just have to drive this thing.

[00:06:46]I just don't have the time. You know, work work work and work.

[00:06:51]Work my 9:00 to 5:00, work my YouTube channel, work my other YouTube channel, and work my third YouTube channel.

[00:06:59]I have a lot going on, guys. A lot going on. Making videos, recording videos, uh editing, voice-overs, everything. My videos it's just I'm I'm I'm constantly working, guys.

[00:07:10]>> [clears throat and cough] >> Um but I do hope to get some time to to drive it this year. Since I just cleaned it up, I don't feel like cleaning it up and not driving it. So, I definitely should take it for a spin.

[00:07:22]>> [clears throat] >> But guys, yeah, today's casting uh it was a it was a half casting. Half worked, half didn't.

[00:07:33]>> [clears throat] >> But like I said, you guys have to wait till next week to see the video.

[00:07:38]Thank you, Marcus. You, too. But guys, don't forget I just posted a video at 9:00 this morning.

[00:07:45]That was like a half an hour ago. I don't even know what time it is.

[00:07:48]But, guys, make sure to go check out my other video that I recently posted melting down some aluminum.

[00:07:55]I'm sure it's great just as just as well as all my other videos, but don't forget to check that video out.

[00:08:01]Later on, Violet.

[00:08:04]Enjoy your day. Enjoy your day. It's a beautiful day over by me. I'm going to go outside and enjoy this day.

[00:08:09]But, I have to do some video editing and some other stuff before I actually get to do that.

[00:08:16]>> [clears throat] >> No, no, Cindy. I have I have so much more so much scrap metal here. I just keep collecting. I melt it, I get some more, I melt it, I get some more.

[00:08:26]>> [laughter] >> Uh yeah, I also have I have a you know, uh a stack of ingots here, too.

[00:08:40]I mean, it's not that It's not that much. It's not that much. I've seen I've seen many many other channels that have more ingots than me, but I don't care. I'm not in a competition with them.

[00:08:50]Um [clears throat] but, I have so much. And, that's much easier to store. The the ingots are much easier to store than all the scrap metal that I have in my uh in my yard or around my yard or around my garage. I have so much.

[00:09:06]When I see I'm like addicted to to to taking scrap off the side of the road.

[00:09:10]When I see aluminum, I grab it, and I want it. Even though I don't melt it down yet. I'm probably going to have to um recycle [clears throat] some of this stuff in the future, and uh cash it in for some money because I have I'm going to end up having way too much.

[00:09:27]The Twinkie ingots. Yeah, um they are actually they're actually not stacked up there.

[00:09:35]Uh they actually might be in the back cuz I have it's like two layers. I think it's in the back some of it.

[00:09:44]Emiliano, what's happening?

[00:09:56]Damn.

[00:10:04]Hmm.

[00:10:09]>> [snorts] >> Well guys, like I said, I'm going to I'm going to get out of here. I just finished up the cast. I'll just show you Emiliano real quick. I did some green sand casting. Didn't work as well as I had hoped. Um, I had some explosion of molten brass happen. So, that's dangerous. Make sure to wear your personal protective equipment.

[00:10:34]But, I'm good. Um, but like I said, I'm going to get out of here.

[00:10:38]I'm glad you guys were able to stop by and just say hi.

[00:10:43]Like I said, don't forget guys. I just posted a video less than an hour ago.

[00:10:46]Check that video out. Make sure to comment on that video. Give it a thumbs up.

[00:10:51]And I'll see you guys next week after my casting that I do next week.

[00:10:56]All right guys. Catch you later.