Here is the setup i use. That is a plate of 3/8" steel that i use as a "heat sink"
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Here we are stirring off the oxidized crud
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Metal is poured...
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The first cast! It usually takes a cast or two to heat the mold enough to let the metal flow completely. This one has a slight bubble at the arrow on the left.
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