To my metal workers: Is it possible to get a 3 in 1 vacuum casting machine for around $400 that isn’t crap? Because there’s a ton of options but I’m not sure I should risk it

I’m seeing these 3 in 1 vacuum casting machines that degass the investment, melt the metal, and vacuum draw the molten metal down into the flask mold, all on the same device.

Which is EXACTLY what I want, given my studio space is super duper tiny. so less equipment to take up less space and staying within a modest budget is ideal.

With all that said, I’ve stumbled upon a bunch of different ones. most of which being Chinese off brands going for around 400-600$ usd and that’s way better then the 899-1500$ range for some of, what looks to be, strikingly similar American counterparts.

So basically my question is this:
Has anybody had any luck with the cheaper brands?

Any advice here would be most appreciated.

Thanks so much yall

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u/BrickWinter — 11 days ago
▲ 12 r/jawharp

Does anyone know if jaw harp tabs are a thing? And if so where can I get some?

Hello lovely Harper’s I thought it would be great if I could buy a book or even individual jaw harp tab sheets (like how harmonica has a massive plethora of), and how awesome and helpful it would be for learning/beginners. But alas upon my internet search I have since come up totally empty handed. Now I’m wondering if this is even a thing? (For those of you who don’t know tab sheets are like song music sheets that show you what sounds to play and how to play in order to learn a song or a beat I’ll include a harmonica tab sheet image for reference even though this is about jaw harps specifically so please don’t come after me mods ). So with that said, does anybody have any insight or information about this? Thanks so much .

u/BrickWinter — 1 month ago
▲ 6 r/graphology+1 crossposts

my hand writing is often not legible and I’m dyslexic as heck so please forgive me. That said what say you graphologers of Reddit?

u/BrickWinter — 4 months ago

She’s a stray that’s been coming around my house for awhile finally got her to come inside by temping her for days with food and water now she’s super comfy (ignore the dirt on her face I just got her to come in and I don’t think she’s ready to be traumatized just yet with a damp rag, baby wipe, or worse yet a bath). She’s as sweet as she can be.

Sadly, the local animal control around here will pick her up in a heart beat, which would be a very bad situation because the local police department basically commandeered our no kill animal shelter that she would have gone to and started one of their own with kill orders in seven days if the animal is not picked up or adopted out and I simply can’t have it.

So I think I’m gonna keep her.

If it helps at all with my style, I have two small dogs named Mogwai and Sir Didimus.

Previous pets include:

Scoshi the love bird

Mathius the rat

Menia the wolf dog

Inkybrown-the mane coon cat

Loki the cat

Dabloon the gold fish

Tiger lily the cat

And

Jaws the tea cup chihuahua with two rows of teeth (because obviously)

Disclaimer : I’m not a modern day Elmira with a pet cemetery in the back, these have been over the course of my life

Thanks guys ❤️

u/BrickWinter — 5 months ago