Windy Hill Foundry
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ROADTRIP 2024
Hello, my friends, Keith Rucker, Mike Wiggins, and myself embark on a journey out west to the Bar Z Bash.
We got to see things from the road we had missed in previous trips when flying. From mountain goats(or Rams, I don't know the difference) to road runners and spectacular scenery.
We were on the road for two weeks, and stayed with some awesome friends on the way.
Anyway, I had a long break from work and must say I really enjoyed it but now back to work in the upcoming videos.
www.patreon.com/windyhillfoundry?
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Відео

USS IOWA WALKING THE PLANK!
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Hello my friends, and welcome to the USS Iowa. I found this most fascinating and hope you will too. Keith Rucker, Mike Wiggins, and I got a personal tour of this ship after I got lost and then found. After being returned to my party, Mike Getsher gave us a well-informed tour of the steam power plant of the USS Iowa and takes us to the battle room as I call it to see how old school technologies ...
PLASMA CUTTING GATES AND RISERS
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Hello, my friends. This video concludes a project I have been working on for a greenhouse in West Virginia. The greenhouse is Victorian, and Chris Voleck of the Elwood Estate needed 5 different castings of numerous pieces to complete this project. I have been missing use of the plasma cutter due to construction, which cut off my supply of air. www.everlastgenerators.com/product/plasma/powerplas...
FOUNDRY DRAMA
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The final casting for the BAR Z 2024 event is completed. There is too much to mention going on in this video but the majority of it is focused on iron castings for a Victorian greenhouse in West Virginia. I also address some ideas I want to run across with you so listen up and give me your feedback. www.patreon.com/windyhillfoundry?
FOUNDRY PATTERN MADNESS!
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Hello my friends. This video is all over the place, and as I explain, this is close to my real world. I am currently adding filler and sanding existing castings for a vintage greenhouse under restoration, which I will explain in more detail soon. I also show using the Creality Falcon 2 PRO, the beginning of a new angle block pattern and of course, the Bar Z Summer Bash logo. www.patreon.com/win...
TWO DIFFERENT MOLDS FOR ONE
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Hello my friends and glad to be back. This video was made a month ago as you will figure out and my plan is to not get so far behind, going forward. I am making up WHF squares in thos video along with making a cane mill knife that is different from the ones I have done before. From there, everything gets poured and I announce some hats are now available. www.patreon.com/windyhillfoundry?
BRONZE RUDDER SHOE
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Hello my friends, this video is on molding and casting a bronze rudder shoe for a 26ft Contessa sailboat that my friend Dan is restoring. This shoe is also a bearing bracket to help stabilize the rudder along with serve as a skid plate setup to keep debris from being hooked. There is plenty to see here from molten metal in contact with moisture to some updates on the building construction. www....
WHATS HAPPENING
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Hello, my friends, and I hope you are doing well. This video shows what talented individuals can do when they know the plan. We have walls up, rooms built, and the foundation for the trolley in the pouring bay. I want to thank everyone who helped during this event and give special recognition to each of these guys. Eddie Wilson Sean Thompson Don Newcomb Little Don Lee Big Done Lee Steven Mckinl...
TALLY HO CAPSTAN PART5
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Hello my friends, this video I on the finished casting for the Tally Ho. After 4 castings we have a good one. This was a team effort and I want to thank the following for all their hard work and dedication to make this happen. EDDIE WILSON JAMES T. KILROY SEAN THOMPSON STEVE WATKINS DON NEWCOMB This video also gives a hint of the construction going on at Windy Hill Foundry and will be covered i...
USING CREALITY FALCON 2 PRO FOR LASER CUT VERTICAL FLASK
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Hello my friends, Creality was generous to me once again and provided us with the FALCON 2 PRO. This laser cutter/engraver is a really nice machine for home and shop. Yes, I said home because this machine keeps the smoke in the machine and out the duct, a very nice touch along with a camera to easily and accurately position the work without the need of running a frame cycle. If you would be int...
TALLY HO CAPSTAN PART 4
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Hello my friends. This video covers over two weeks in time frame because we lost a crucible on our attempt to pour the PERFECT MOLD. Plenty of suspense and drama to start your Sunday morning. www.patreon.com/windyhillfoundry?
Announcement and updates
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Hello my friends. I am just giving some updates along with announcements. Have a good day
TALLY HO CAPSTAN PART3
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This begins with the sodium silicate cores that will be added to the first successful mold for the Tally Ho capstan. I want to thank my friends who, without their help, would have made for a much more challenging time getting this mold made. James T. Kilroy of Vicksburg Eddie Wilson of Madison Sean Thompson of Jackson have each been able to make multiple trips out to Windy Hill Foundry to help ...
TALLY HO CAPSTAN PART2
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This my friends is the first attempt to make the mold for the Tally Ho capstan. I get half way into this only to realize this is more than Josie, Dollar and I can handle. As with any mold we make for the first time, things don't always go as planned and like this capstan, the plan is made and changed every minute as we experiment to see what works best. I want to thank Eddie and Sam for droppin...
ABOUT THE NEWS REEL
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Hello my friends, the video circulating is not the actual capstan dome.
TALLY HO CAPSTAN PART1
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TALLY HO CAPSTAN PART1
Pattress plates for the Miles Bruton House in Charleston, S.C.
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Pattress plates for the Miles Bruton House in Charleston, S.C.
DIRESTA BANDSAW WEIGHT WHF 39
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DIRESTA BANDSAW WEIGHT WHF 39
ZIMMERMAN SHUTTER BRACKETS PART2 WHF38
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ZIMMERMAN SHUTTER BRACKETS PART2 WHF38
ZIMMERMAN SHUTTER BRACKETS PART1 WHF37
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ZIMMERMAN SHUTTER BRACKETS PART1 WHF37
EVERLAST 82I WHF36
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EVERLAST 82I WHF36
ZIMMERMAN BRACKETS, DIRESTA WEIGHT AND TALLY HO WHF 35
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ZIMMERMAN BRACKETS, DIRESTA WEIGHT AND TALLY HO WHF 35
CEMETERY RESTORATION
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CEMETERY RESTORATION
WE HAVE A WINNER!
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WE HAVE A WINNER!
GIVING AWAY A BRAND NEW CREALITY FALCON 2 40-WATT
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GIVING AWAY A BRAND NEW CREALITY FALCON 2 40-WATT
MAKING FLY WHEELS WHF 31
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MAKING FLY WHEELS WHF 31
WHF 30
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WHF 30
BRONZE TANK BRACKET WHF 29
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BRONZE TANK BRACKET WHF 29
THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAY! WHF 28
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THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAY! WHF 28
BRASS FLINTLOCK PARTS, BRONZE TRAIN AND STREETCAR BEARINGS WHF-27
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BRASS FLINTLOCK PARTS, BRONZE TRAIN AND STREETCAR BEARINGS WHF-27

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @kidkv
    @kidkv 5 годин тому

    Engineers don't know how to weld, they think a mig welder, is the right welder to use. Stick welding is the right way to go! Get your prostate checked out mate

  • @ET_Don
    @ET_Don 6 годин тому

    Thanks to you all for another great video. By the way, Clark, I don't know if you are aware but you got something sticking up out of your hat! 😂

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc6510 6 годин тому

    At 20:02 the panels on the ground reflect the sunlight to focus at the top of the tower heating the material in the chamber (I think it is sodium) to very hot temperatures which flashes water to steam to turn a turbine and make electricity. Thanks for sharing the road trip Clarke, Keith, and Mike.

  • @paulputnam2305
    @paulputnam2305 10 годин тому

    Great times with Great Friends. Thanks for sharing your wonderful trip with us! I still can’t believe the USS IOWA wasn’t made in Iowa…classic…

  • @Letsmakeitgreatagain.
    @Letsmakeitgreatagain. 11 годин тому

    Would have loved to join you guys! Maybe another time! Loved the sharing!

  • @trevormitson6026
    @trevormitson6026 13 годин тому

    Funny as xxxx, a great video.. Cheers 👍

  • @rexmyers991
    @rexmyers991 13 годин тому

    That grinding wheel balancing system is INCREDIBLE. As an aircraft mechanic, I am very familiar with the INSIGHT line of aviation products. Thanks, Clark.

  • @joell439
    @joell439 13 годин тому

    👍👍😎👍👍

  • @larryblount3358
    @larryblount3358 14 годин тому

    I am glad you were able to see the part of the country I live in.

  • @bobcoombs7924
    @bobcoombs7924 14 годин тому

    ya know, I run 12 miles a day so, so, that's another story ... 😂

  • @Baron3D
    @Baron3D 14 годин тому

    👍👍👍

  • @jasonhull5712
    @jasonhull5712 15 годин тому

    22:09….. I know that voice. I have the greatest amount of respect for Victor Davis Hanson. What a brilliant man. Super intelligent and so very humble. 🇺🇸 I’m going to hit the 👍🏻 for that at minimum ! Hahaha

  • @floridaflywheelersantiquee7578
    @floridaflywheelersantiquee7578 15 годин тому

    Thanks for sharing Hope you enjoyed the trip

  • @JohnBare747
    @JohnBare747 15 годин тому

    You've got to do a cross country road trip at least once. I've done them many times both as a kid being drug all around the states West of the Mississippi and then again as an adult with my wife both in the Porsche and on the Honda Gold Wing motorcycle. Even if you only do it once the South West of the US is indescribably a sight to be seen and then there is the Rockies and the Tetons mountains, breathtaking. A bucket list item for sure. Do it before you jump out of the airplane or bungee off a bridge, just in case!

  • @TheAyrCaveShop
    @TheAyrCaveShop 16 годин тому

    Man you guys sure had a great time 👍👍 Had to crack up at HD cart with square wheels, I think they source from the same supplier as there nice straight 2x4's 😂😂

    • @windyhillfoundry5940
      @windyhillfoundry5940 14 годин тому

      I made the effort to push that cart all the way around the store and annoy everyone😁

  • @bobg9873
    @bobg9873 16 годин тому

    Pleasure meeting you Clark! Thanks again for the full-day casting demo!

  • @christinahilton5120
    @christinahilton5120 17 годин тому

    You got a lot in this video. It was so cool to meet you all at the Bar Z Summer Bash and then have you over as guests at our home and truly having said goodbye to great friends. I know Brendon is thankful for all the good discussions and that you were a tremendous help to him and his ambitions. *Christina

    • @windyhillfoundry5940
      @windyhillfoundry5940 14 годин тому

      It was awesome meeting you and your family and really enjoyed the dinner you prepared also👍

  • @roscoepatternworks3471
    @roscoepatternworks3471 18 годин тому

    My dad worked on the solar array. He was aligning the mirrors to the tower. I was about 15 at the time.

  • @johnfriend240
    @johnfriend240 18 годин тому

    Space X out of Vandenberg AFB (Elon Musk, not Bezos)

  • @thalin
    @thalin 19 годин тому

    For those solar plants, y'all had it backwards - the mirrors reflect light up to the central pillar which generates power (I think via heating salt up to melting point, then using that to boil water to turn steam turbines). Really cool to see that!

    • @windyhillfoundry5940
      @windyhillfoundry5940 19 годин тому

      Neat, I didn't know. Mike Wiggins was the voice explaining it

    • @honthirty_
      @honthirty_ 13 годин тому

      Same concept as in movie 'Sahara'

    • @DRNewcomb
      @DRNewcomb 10 годин тому

      Yeah, it toasts a lot of birdies.

  • @TheOwlman
    @TheOwlman 20 годин тому

    You didn't include the answer! (edit: or maybe you did...I need to watch the rest) I got 26, 24x24+8x8+6x6 = 676 which is 26x26. Long multiplication is a pain and the square root was a guess based on 25x25 being 625 and assuming the answer was a whole number 😁

    • @windyhillfoundry5940
      @windyhillfoundry5940 19 годин тому

      I forgot what the answer was🤣

    • @TheOwlman
      @TheOwlman 19 годин тому

      @@windyhillfoundry5940 Oh well, time to get the calculator out! 🤣

    • @shandylynn1
      @shandylynn1 16 годин тому

      Yep - 26

    • @TheOwlman
      @TheOwlman 16 годин тому

      @@shandylynn1 That's a relief, I can still do long multiplication. I did check 26x26 but assumed the rest was correct, assuming the answer was an integer. And this is why we use calculators nowadays 😄

  • @craigchannel9486
    @craigchannel9486 20 годин тому

    That was a great trip. As usual thanks for the video. 😅

  • @RRINTHESHOP
    @RRINTHESHOP 20 годин тому

    Great trip for all of you. Thanks for stopping in for a night, Julie and I really enjoyed your visit. At least you each had your own room.

    • @windyhillfoundry5940
      @windyhillfoundry5940 20 годин тому

      Thanks for having us Randy! The pine cones made it back safely👍

    • @RRINTHESHOP
      @RRINTHESHOP 20 годин тому

      @@windyhillfoundry5940 Good deal

  • @johncloar1692
    @johncloar1692 20 годин тому

    It look like you had a great time. I am glad you got to see the other side of the country. Have a good day Clark.

  • @walterplummer3808
    @walterplummer3808 21 годину тому

    WOW! What a great trip. You guys are so lucky. Thanks for the videos.

  • @user-rp6jn3ii7n
    @user-rp6jn3ii7n 21 годину тому

    Это здорово,я смотрел все видео как вы делали брашпиль для лодки,просто какой то релакс от просмотра.Классно когда все на одой волне.Привет из России.

  • @bat116
    @bat116 21 годину тому

    The dissertation at the end was golden. Good thing I had finished my cup of coffee before it started. LMAO.

  • @jeffsanders6649
    @jeffsanders6649 21 годину тому

    I wish you could have included a day with Tally-Ho on this trip...

  • @johntrevick2060
    @johntrevick2060 21 годину тому

    That balance system looks really interesting

  • @davekellar9049
    @davekellar9049 21 годину тому

    what a great crew

  • @leeroyholloway4277
    @leeroyholloway4277 22 години тому

    Good Times ! A delightful presentation. Thanks for sharing.

  • @oldschool1993
    @oldschool1993 22 години тому

    HaHa- that opening shot of the agriculture check station is hilarious, when they have millions of illegals crossing the border with nothing being done.

  • @xxz4655
    @xxz4655 День тому

    maybe having 4 pivot points in the mold it self, that way , when you pull up that first mold since there are four points on the mold hopfully this maybe can help? maybe the humidity and the cold is playing some factor in how the sand is sticking oviously, but maybe drying it more some how maybe my thoughts

  • @withak30
    @withak30 2 дні тому

    It can't have been made in Iowa, shipping would have been too expensive, and it probably wouldn't have been elegible for Amazon Prime.

  • @charlesmiles9115
    @charlesmiles9115 5 днів тому

    😛😛😛😛😛😛😛❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles
    @BattleshipUSSIowaLosAngeles 5 днів тому

    Clark Easterling, still waiting for you to report to the office...

  • @glennmoreland6457
    @glennmoreland6457 5 днів тому

    The British early fire control was known as the "Dreyer fire control table"......and was installed in RN warships prior and during WW1 Very interesting to get to look inside a huge dreadnought like that.......I'd have enjoyed it... Unfortunately all our surviving dreadnoughts were scrapped after WW2 😐🇬🇧

  • @WreckDiver99
    @WreckDiver99 6 днів тому

    At least there is a bit of room to move there. We toured the USS Silversides (WWII Submarine) over on the west side of Michigan. Holy wah, how they put 100+ crew on that tiny boat is beyond me. The "Machine" shop was in the torpedo room. It was some drill motors, hand saws, and a lathe...The lathe was a small "Sebastian Lathe", probably a 6"x18" (at best). CRAZY. I highly recommend touring that boat if you ever get the chance. Over the 4th of July they fire up the engines to keep them in operating order. Wanted to make it out for that (but didn't).

  • @keithpattison6763
    @keithpattison6763 7 днів тому

    Hello Clarke, what a fantastic tour you had. Particularly interested in the boiler room, familiar with that type of burner, as a company I worked for in Adelaide, South Australia, used to sell a similar item (jet tubes and spray nozzles) to the Australian Navy, until all ships that used them were scuttled to provide reefs for marine life.

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc6510 7 днів тому

    LOL Clarke - USS Iowa - made in Iowa. A great video Clarke and thanks to the tour guides for a special look inside this magnificent piece of engineering.

  • @danbreyfogle8486
    @danbreyfogle8486 7 днів тому

    Fantastic video Clarke, I have never been aboard a navy ship but would like to take a tour such as this. My Dad was an electricians mate on the USS Laws, a Fletcher class destroyer in WWII. They were call tin cans and seeing this ship makes it easy to understand the difference between a battle ship and other smaller ones.

  • @Orxenhorf
    @Orxenhorf 7 днів тому

    Probably going to be mentioned by other folks too, but I must recommend the YT channel of USS New Jersey. Beyond the recent dry dock videos where you can see the underside, they have a massive library of other videos inside the ship. Ryan has done all sorts of things ranging from being inside one of the main engine steam condensers, to in the void space outside the armor where it ends (full thickness shown), to inside the rotation machinery for a turret. Watch enough of those videos and I can guarantee you wouldn't get lost in there.

  • @paulputnam2305
    @paulputnam2305 7 днів тому

    Thank You for sharing this absolutely informative video about an awesome ship with us! Awesomeness Extreme!

  • @floridaflywheelersantiquee7578
    @floridaflywheelersantiquee7578 7 днів тому

    Thanks for sharing enjoyed

  • @mitch8226
    @mitch8226 7 днів тому

    Thank you,got a lot out of the tour ,former submarine sailor and powerplant operator

  • @Baron3D
    @Baron3D 7 днів тому

    👍👍👍 Thank you.

  • @user-dn4iv2ne6r
    @user-dn4iv2ne6r 7 днів тому

    Great tour. Was on the deck of the Missouri at Bremerton and saw the Iowa from a distance in Suisun Bay. That's it. Good as it was, I was hoping the tour would get to the machine shop. Wanted to see Keith trying to stuff the machines into his pockets.

  • @MyLilMule
    @MyLilMule 7 днів тому

    I've toured both the USS New Jersey in Philadelphia and the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, both Iowa class battleship. I'd still like to see the Iowa and the Wisconsin someday.

  • @CraigLYoung
    @CraigLYoung 7 днів тому

    Thanks for sharing 👍 Now you know why I served on submarines.

  • @kevspss
    @kevspss 7 днів тому

    It’s about 120f in the firerooms underway. When we stood watch we were under fans.