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If you already enjoy working with metal and creating
things with your bare hands, then, you will really enjoy
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casting metal. The only limiting factor is your skill,
Rollers imagination and determination. Foundry work is
basically using a timber or metal pattern to create a
Foundry cavity in a two-part sand mould, then carefully pouring
Patterns molten metal into the mould cavity. The more you can
learn about metal casting, the better your skills & work
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People just like you begin casting metal for all kinds of
reasons, the trigger for most people is the desperate
need to remake an obsolete part for a restoration
project, and when you think about it, it makes sense, if
a part was originally made using the casting
technique, then nine times out of ten, it can be
reproduced again using the same technique, this is the
kind of thing we teach in our ebooks, using practical
methods to recreate a single, or a number of metal
castings from aluminium or bronze. The metal casting
process is not difficult to learn, and once you know

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how, the sky is the limit.

The image below shows a common moulding

medium called green sand, the name has nothing to do
with the colour. When a pattern is rammed with well
prepared green sand in a mould box, the sand bonds
together and retains the shape of the pattern, it is not
like normal beach or river sand, and when the pattern is
removed, an exact shaped cavity remains which is
where the molten metal is poured. Other types of silicate
sand can be used for making moulds also, but green
sand is good to start with.

Well Prepared Foundry Green Sand.

Aluminium is a great way to begin metal casting, you

can melt good quality scrap to make your own ingots,
which will be used at a later stage to make your metal
castings, good clean scrap can be sourced from: engine
inlet manifolds, old Al cylinder heads, cast a Al cover
plates, bell housings, etc.

Aluminium Ingots.

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To melt the ingots into molten metal thay are placed into
a crucible that can withstand extremely high
furnace temperatures, aluminium melts at around 700C,
bronze melts at around 1200C. Crucibles come in all
shapes and sizes. The best quality crucibles are made
from silicon carbide, properly cared for, they will last for
several years, they will outlast clay graphite crucibles.
Some people make cheap melting pots from a short
length of heavy walled pipe with a base plate welded on,
but they don't last as long.

A Salamander Silicon Carbide Crucible.

Most hobby foundry workers build their own Gas Fired

Furnace. The Metal Casting Made Easy ebook provides
complete instructions. All measurements are supplied in
both imperial and metric. The furnace interior is lined

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with a high temperature resistant refractory

cement which can be obtained from foundry supply
houses, you can also make your own home made
refractory, (an old time recipe is included in the
ebook) but it may not last as long as the proven
commercial variety.

Internal View Of Gas Fired Furnace.

After preparing the sand mould, and the metal has

reached a molten state in the furnace, it is then ready to
pour. The crucible full of molten metal is carefully
removed from the furnace with a pair of lifting tongs and
placed into a special pouring shank, wearing the proper
safety gear you can take hold of the pouring shank
which cradles the crucible and then quickly pour the
molten metal into the sand mould. After the metal
cools down, the mould boxes can be pulled apart to
reveal the bright new art casting - car - motorcycle part -
project special, or even a reproduction of an
old machine part, the things you can make are almost
endless.

Pouring Molten Aluminium Into A Green Sand

Mould.

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When you have become familiar with the methods and

techniques of metal casting you will be able to start
making your own special castings, which may
include parts for veteran & vintage cars, or even the
later model classic models built in the sixties. The
raw castings below are fresh out of the green sand
mould.

Raw Aluminium Automotive Slave Cylinder

Castings.

The gates & runners are then removed from the

castings, along with the sand cores, the cylinders are
then prepared for the machining operations, to carry out
the machining of the castings, a small bench lathe, a
pedestal drill, and some small home made tooling & jigs
were used to produce the cylinder as shown below.

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Fully Machined Slave Cylinder Ready To Install.

Our ebooks have helped many people learn how

to make their own vintage car - motor cycle - antique -
art castings - sculptures - property name plates
- or parts for special projects. The possibilities are
quite endless, once you know the basic methods and
techniques of metal casting. But you should also be
quite aware that dealing with molten metal can be
dangerous, unsafe practices can cause injuries. The
metal casting process requires that great care should be
exercised at all times.

Would you like to know more

about this ancient metal craft?

If you are just starting to explore metal casting as

a hobby, a good way to begin your learning is to
download the sample ebook, or download the Power
Point slide show. The ebook is a shortened version of
the 98 page Metal Casting Made Easy ebook, you can
read about twenty randomly chosen pages. This is the
main ebook which is also accompanied by The Design
Of Gates And Risers, plus all of the valuable bonus
ebooks we include with the package.

The ebooks are can downloaded or available on CD

ROM.

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success they are having.The email below arrived
recently from a happy customer, we're pretty thrilled to
know that Keith was enjoying real success with the
hobby foundry knowledge he has gained from the
ebooks, you could also enjoy metal casting success.

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Hi Col.
Thank you for checking in on me. Also thanks for
the ezine.
Good stuff. I actually purchased several books on
home foundries
and I am pleased to write that I literally have my
furnace behind me,
here in my room with a 100 watt light inside of it to
slow cure it.
You see, I just cast the refractory this weekend. I
am very happy
with the way it has turned out.
Your design is the best of all of the designs I
have found put
together. Plus I added a few of my own ideas
along the way.
I will send you a picture of it when it is done.
Thanks again. Keith Taylor.
California USA.

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