Casting white metal

[Myersjessee]

Anyone out there proficient with casting white metal parts (as featured in all my favorite Valk kits? ) If anyone has any tips, advice, experience, and talant they could share with me I would greatly appreciate it.

Much obliged!

[Sam]

Not that I have any help to offer, I wish i did, but can i ask, do you have to melt this white metal? Or is it a compound you mix up and it sets like a metal? Colour me confused..

So whatcha casting bits of? broken a landing gear or something?

[captain america]

Hi Jesse

White metal (pewter) is intrinsically difficult to cast because of the fact that the metal cools/solidifies very quickly. I've tried doing some home pouring myself, but for anything more detailed than a 1.5 by 1.5 inch cube, it'll result in much of the detail not coming out because of the above problem.

As it turns out though, I currently have a supplier that specialises in white metal casting. He uses spin-casting ( centrifuge) to do small stuff, and from firsthand knowledge, his work is quite nice. Just let me know if I can help.

[Myersjessee]

Hi Jesse

White metal (pewter) is intrinsically difficult to cast because of the fact that the metal cools/solidifies very quickly. I've tried doing some home pouring myself, but for anything more detailed than a 1.5 by 1.5 inch cube, it'll result in much of the detail not coming out because of the above problem.

As it turns out though, I currently have a supplier that specialises in white metal casting. He uses spin-casting ( centrifuge) to do small stuff, and from firsthand knowledge, his work is quite nice. Just let me know if I can help.

Cool....I may follow-up on that. I have a friend who has done a little, but I dont think he has a centerfuge...and thus I am not sure how he gets around the problems.

[Valkyrie]

Metal casting is the next big casting hurdle I need to overcome. I have some mold material that can handle the heat, but I have yet to do any experimenting.

I've also heard that a certerfuge is the best way to do it, so I'll probably end up building my own spin-casting machine. I've got a few design ideas in my head...