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Introduction To Hobby Metal Casting
If you're a practical type of person who enjoys a challenge, then you would definitely enjoy the personal rewards & satisfactiongained from the art of hobby metal casting.
Your enjoyment will start right from the moment you start to build the simple equipment required. It is possible to create amazing things in metal with a home hobby foundry.
With an understanding of basic foundry knowledge, and
simple home built equipment is the key to your hobby metal
casting success.
Model engineers, home mechanics, car & motorbike restorers
would be amazed at the speed at which new replacment parts
can be made. With the right kind of knowledge, many hard to get
parts can be made right in your own home foundry...for next to
nothing.
Not only will you save money, and have a lot of fun learning how
to melt & cast metal.
Sand casting can be used to create many things,
such as:
>> Simple ornamental knobs & handles.
>> Parts for radio controlled cars
>> Hand wheels for small machinery.
>> Property nameplates.
>> Make parts for home built Gokarts.
>> Simple art castings, statues etc.
>> Parts for Vintage car restoration.
>> Unobtainable parts for restoration projects.
The list is really quite endless...
But first you have to read, and learn about the basic
mechanics of hobby foundry so that you know:
>> What metals you can melt.
>> How to carry out the moulding and casting operations.
>> How to build the equipment & tools needed carry out
this fascinating, ancient, metal craft.
You don't need an elaborate workshop to build your hobby
foundry equipment.
But you do need to have the skills to work with steel.
You'll be involved in fabricating & welding, but general
workshop skills should get you up and running. You may
even have a close friend who could help you out with any
skills that you lack.
One of the best ways to learn about hobby metal casting
is to read about how others have actually achieved
success.
Practical ebooks available on the internet provide a
rich source of essential knowledge, especially if the
ebook has been written by someone who has successfully
built a hobby foundry literally from scratch.
It's an inspiration to read how anyone could achieve
remarkable results with such non-technical, simple
equipment.
The furnace is the most important piece of equipment
in your foundry. you'll learn how it is possible to
build a low cost, highly efficient gas melter.
You'll have hours of fun constructing and fabricating
all of the tools and equipment required.
This will be your opportunity to learn all of the steps
to make sand moulds, as well as learn about basic
pattern making. Some advanced pattern making techniques
are also shown which you can use in your own foundry at
a later stage.
Most of the hard yards have been done for you, we show
you the easy way to get started in this very rewarding
hobby metal craft.
The knowledge revealed in the ebooks, is practical,
good old Australian know how, simplified, so that
you won't get bogged down with any technical jargon