Casting a cylinder from the bottom up. Precursor to a bell @swdweeb

Casting a cylinder from the bottom up. Precursor to a bell @swdweeb

Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

A couple of experiments to see if I can get a fairly large cylinder to fill from the bottom up. I am going to cast a bell and I want to try and cast it using this technique. Spoiler alert, these worked really well.

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Casting a cylinder from the bottom up. Precursor to a bell