bell making outta range scrap brass? anyone have a forge/foundry?

[saltydecimator]

i have a bell tower/sniper tower/ fire tower / beer drinking man town spot depending on what time of day it is, and i want a bell in it... im not super keen on it having to have "bell sound/tone" so im ok with just using range brass... anyone within 2 hours of fort morgan have a foundry to melt some brass down and assist with bell pouring?

[SideShow Bob]

Bell metal is made from bronze (copper & tin) with a higher tin content than normal bronze. Where as Brass is a made from copper & zinc.

[ben4372]

This is a brilliant idea. I had a big-ish sailboat an it had a brass bell. If you follow through, keep us posted.

[meatman]

This is my buddy's brother in law. He's an ER doctor by trade and Youtube hobbyist in his spare time.

He has videos of making his own foundry furnace, melting down range brass, and even casting an AR10 from brass casings. I guess for making a bell you would need some sort of wax bell or something to mold into the sand for casting.

Furnace:

https://youtu.be/G-nw-Px3GQY


Homemade brass AR:


https://youtu.be/0Z353BT6I18

[saltydecimator]

ya i emailed him. he is way out in KY or something...

really excellent work!

will keep updated, but dunno how far it will go.

anyone a member at any of the local "makerspaces"

[saltydecimator]

Bell metal is made from bronze (copper & tin) with a higher tin content than normal bronze. Where as Brass is a made from copper & zinc.

i figure i can add tin or copper as necessary to get closer to right tone. but, basically i just want it to look like a bell. and not be aluminim or something cheezy like that

[ray1970]

You should make some wind chimes too. I made some once out of empty 50 BMG cases. It was quite nice. Every man spot deserves some manly wind chimes.

[Irving]

I'd like a large wind chime made out of something strong enough I could shoot at it. Something the size of a well casing would do the trick.

[Erni]

I'd like a large wind chime made out of something strong enough I could shoot at it. Something the size of a well casing would do the trick.
Saw a wind chime made out of scuba or gas tanks. Badass.

[newracer]

Saw a wind chime made out of scuba or gas tanks. Badass.

A member here makes them.

[thvigil11]

Shameless plug.

Yeah. Its me and the wife.

https://vigilfarm.com/
https://www.ebay.com/usr/vigilfarmllc?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Haven't focused on the online stuff too much. Been listing with a gallery in Taos and hitting some local craft shows.

A member here did once contact me about using one for a rifle gong. I've tried it, but FMJ's tend to penetrate and most other stuff ends up with some weird richochets.

[SideShow Bob]

Shameless plug.

Yeah. Its me and the wife.

https://vigilfarm.com/
https://www.ebay.com/usr/vigilfarmllc?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Haven't focused on the online stuff too much. Been listing with a gallery in Taos and hitting some local craft shows.

A member here did once contact me about using one for a rifle gong. I've tried it, but FMJ's tend to penetrate and most other stuff ends up with some weird richochets.

I would become the “Crazy Ass” neighbor if had to listen to those every time the wind picked up. I hate wind chimes, esspecially when I’m trying to sleep.

[thvigil11]

I've only got one in the yard. They actually sound more like bouys than wind chimes. But I have definitely restricted life to one in the wind at a time. Here is a sample of how they sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc3rIfrakbA

[Irving]

I thought it would sound cool, but so will a well hung plate. Because something like that is not a standard product in the market place, I'd have to make my own, so the probability of that happening is about equal to a person being hit by the ricochet. Also, I didn't think that part through before posting, so now the probability is zero.

[ChickNorris]

I would become the “Crazy Ass” neighbor if had to listen to those every time the wind picked up. I hate wind chimes, esspecially when I’m trying to sleep.

Um, become?

[SideShow Bob]

Um, become?

What ? You been talking to Bert ? Dammit, he signed a non-disclosure agreement......