GioaJack
10-31-2010, 16:23
After over 45 years of casting indoors with nothing more than an open window in front of the furnace and a fan on the bench behind me I have finally joined the world of advanced technology... kinda.
Since the Federal Stimulus Package didn't kick in quite as quick as we were led to believe and subsequently no one is building any houses in the mountains of Colorado my daughter and SIL lost there construction business... and in turn their home... along with the acreage I had given them to build it on. Oh well, part of life I guess... things could be worse.
Over the last couple of months they have been remolding the lower level and have pretty much turned it into a Parade of Homes. (I am demanding a sound proof wall be installed at the top of the stairs so their presence doesn't hinder my sex filled single lifestyle. :whistling:)
The one problem I had to deal with is my constant propensity to cast indoors and what, if any effect it would have on the new inhabitants. I have two fairly young grandchildren, 8 and 10 who I really wasn't all that worried about but my daughter has a severe heart problem, (controlled with medication... thank you God) and a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis which she apparently inherited from her daddy. There had to be a way to keep any smoke or odor out of the house while casting, although neither of which ever made their way to the lower level.
Being the highly trained investigator that I am I set about to find the solution... this did the trick.
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss114/GioaJack/IMG_4360.jpg?1288563072
That puppy will suck the chrome off a trailer hitch, not an atom of smoke escapes past the sides of the pot before being whisked up and away. Testing consisted of melting oily wheel weights and fluxing with a giant ball of bullet lube without lighting it. The air immediately surrounding the furnace is as pure as what is being pumped through my oxygen hose.
Yes, yes, I know, I still haven't learned how to take a photo. I should have closed the blinds. Fine... sue me.
The hood, which is nothing more than a stainless steel, high output kitchen range exhaust hood is vented through the ceiling then through the roof with a weather cap on the pipe. The two lights turned out to work very well since they shine down directly onto the furnace... but yet do not glare into the flat panel screen. (Need I point out that all my moves are carefully planned well in advance?)
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss114/GioaJack/IMG_4362.jpg?1288561732
So, my problem is solved and during the upcoming winter months I will be squirreled away in my man cave casting lead pellets of steel clanging perfection.
Jack
Since the Federal Stimulus Package didn't kick in quite as quick as we were led to believe and subsequently no one is building any houses in the mountains of Colorado my daughter and SIL lost there construction business... and in turn their home... along with the acreage I had given them to build it on. Oh well, part of life I guess... things could be worse.
Over the last couple of months they have been remolding the lower level and have pretty much turned it into a Parade of Homes. (I am demanding a sound proof wall be installed at the top of the stairs so their presence doesn't hinder my sex filled single lifestyle. :whistling:)
The one problem I had to deal with is my constant propensity to cast indoors and what, if any effect it would have on the new inhabitants. I have two fairly young grandchildren, 8 and 10 who I really wasn't all that worried about but my daughter has a severe heart problem, (controlled with medication... thank you God) and a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis which she apparently inherited from her daddy. There had to be a way to keep any smoke or odor out of the house while casting, although neither of which ever made their way to the lower level.
Being the highly trained investigator that I am I set about to find the solution... this did the trick.
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss114/GioaJack/IMG_4360.jpg?1288563072
That puppy will suck the chrome off a trailer hitch, not an atom of smoke escapes past the sides of the pot before being whisked up and away. Testing consisted of melting oily wheel weights and fluxing with a giant ball of bullet lube without lighting it. The air immediately surrounding the furnace is as pure as what is being pumped through my oxygen hose.
Yes, yes, I know, I still haven't learned how to take a photo. I should have closed the blinds. Fine... sue me.
The hood, which is nothing more than a stainless steel, high output kitchen range exhaust hood is vented through the ceiling then through the roof with a weather cap on the pipe. The two lights turned out to work very well since they shine down directly onto the furnace... but yet do not glare into the flat panel screen. (Need I point out that all my moves are carefully planned well in advance?)
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss114/GioaJack/IMG_4362.jpg?1288561732
So, my problem is solved and during the upcoming winter months I will be squirreled away in my man cave casting lead pellets of steel clanging perfection.
Jack