Ant Hill Art...... Cool

[redneck grrrl]

http://digg.com/video/what-you-get-when-you-pour-molten-aluminum-into-an-ant-hill
I thought this was cool.

 

[frankenyoter]

That is very cool. All I've ever done with an ant hill was blow em up with fireworks.

 

[Blaze]

That is so damn cool.

 

[Dylan W.]

what temp does aluminum melt at? And could empty drink cans be melted down for this?

 

[Macdaddy4738]

what temp does aluminum melt at? And could empty drink cans be melted down for this?

1220.58 °f. No clue on the cans.

 

[J.C.]

Beautiful, now my wife wants one

 

[upnover]

Yes drink cans can be melted down to be used for this. I have seen vids of someone doing just that, making blocks of aluminum for the purpose of milling it into a part or piece for what ever use.

If you happen to drive by my home next spring and see a bunch of holes, don't ask why

 

[Infamous1]

neat, cool, interesting yada yada yada..................where were the ants??? not even any residual little rascals!!! seems like a set-up

 

[RatLabGuy]

what temp does aluminum melt at? And could empty drink cans be melted down for this?

its gonna take a loooooot of cans, at least to make that much AL.
Better get crackin' w/ the drinkin'.

 

[Infamous1]

its gonna take a loooooot of cans, at least to make that much AL.
Better get crackin' w/ the drinkin'.

32 cans to a lb, guys art weighed 17lbs......... thats... alot!!

scared to death!!!!!

 

[RatLabGuy]

So where did all the ants go?
Do they just liquify at >1220.58 degrees?

 

[J.C.]

They become antluminum

 

[BigClay]

That is cool, and a good way to get rid of those dang fire ants.

 

[shawn]

Just be sure to wear your safety glasses.

I've got a buddy that lost an eye to molten aluminum.

 

[mbalbritton]

So where did all the ants go?
Do they just liquify at >1220.58 degrees?

It's the new Aluminum alloy. all the cool kids are making it.

 

[mbalbritton]

I thought the video was going to be this one:



I've done Bronze sculptures before. It's basically the same process. Make a sculpture out of wax, pour a plaster cast around it. Let it dry and then cook the wax out of it. then set the cast down in a pile of sand and put on your protective leather outfit and pour molten bronze in the cast. Let it cool off and start chipping away. Very cool process and a lot of fun.

 

[Tom@Hilltop_Machine]

Yeah back when high school shop was cool, we would fire up the furnace and melt down drink cans and make cool stuff out of aluminum.

 

[Echs332000]

Be careful with the cans. Lots of company's aren't using aluminum anymore. Mostly tin

 

[VortecJeep]

A year or two ago our daughter had an ant farm. It was cool watching them create all the tunnels, and how they bury their dead all in the same tomb.