Cast aluminium boat

[Ari]

Aluminium tin can is quite cheap at my place.I'am thinking out loud about is there a possibility to melt all those aluminium can and cast a boat hull from it.I just want to know wether there is potential for this type of venture.Have any of you guys some info or experience on this ?

[SolomonGrundy]

Ari,
Cast aluminum from cans is a really poor boatbuilding material. It lacks the ellements in the alloy that are necessary for the marine environment.
How would you make the mold? I think wood might be a good choice for boat building in your area.

[Ari]

Hallo Solomon Grundy,
I'm building one in wood.
It is so happen my elder sister operating a recyle metal business, there is always about four or five ton of Aluminium passed through her monthly.we pay the seller USD680 per tonne..it is quite attractive to me.

[MikeJohns]

Marine grade Alloy is the only thing to consider and unfortunately it is not castable. Your drinks cans are as Solomon says a very poor grade. they are usefull as anodes.

Cheers

[Ari]

Thank you Mike. So now her aluminium cans are saved..

[hansp77]

on the aluminium thing-

I have had a sneeking thieving malingering curiosity for a while as to wether or not the aluminium from beer kegs could be used to create some sort of frenkenstein panel beaten and welded together boat thing..

I haven't really wanted to ask in case it came across that I was advocating stealing the property from the beer companies.
I don't mean to do this- even though I have probably given enough money to beer companies in my life to build a rather large liveaboard:D

So just for intersest- lets say for the random guy that might happen to have a couple of hundred empty aluminium beer kegs in their back yard (not me:cool: )- could this alluminium be used?

[MikeJohns]

Hans

No ....wrong grade and the old problem off too much strength lost in welding for patchwork approaches with alloy.

cheers

[Ari]

And the beer kegs are saved again..!:)