Joe Sandor and the crew from Chicago Crucible demonstrate an iron pour at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. These metalheads collected metal from old radiators and coke from a Detroit power plant and then fired up the furnace. They poured the molten steel into a watermelon and other decorative molds, which were created at the Faire.
From the Shed: New Arrivals
Joe Sandor and the crew from Chicago Crucible demonstrate an iron pour at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. These metalheads collected metal from old radiators and coke from a Detroit power plant and then fired up the furnace. They poured the molten steel into a watermelon and other decorative molds, which were created at the Faire. Learn more about the lost art of the iron pour.
Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube and Vimeo.
Dangerous Prototypes made a nice post about the pour with more pictures.
More:
6 thoughts on “Metalheads at Maker Faire Detroit”
Comments are closed.
I’m part of Pumping Station:One in Chicago and wanted to metnion in addition to all these cool goings on, PS:One now has a propane forge, and basic blacksmithing set up.
Some of the stuff I’ve made (including the forge) can be found with some instruction on my blog: http://www.twopiecesofeight.com/archives/tag/blacksmithing
I’m part of Pumping Station:One in Chicago and wanted to metnion in addition to all these cool goings on, PS:One now has a propane forge, and basic blacksmithing set up.
Some of the stuff I’ve made (including the forge) can be found with some instruction on my blog: http://www.twopiecesofeight.com/archives/tag/blacksmithing
I’m part of Pumping Station:One in Chicago and wanted to metnion in addition to all these cool goings on, PS:One now has a propane forge, and basic blacksmithing set up.
Some of the stuff I’ve made (including the forge) can be found with some instruction on my blog: http://www.twopiecesofeight.com/archives/tag/blacksmithing