Introduction to Hobby Metal Casting.



Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2005

by Col C
The Home Foundry

Hobby Metal Casting.

If you're a practical hands on type of person who likes to build things from scratch, then you would definitely enjoy getting involved in 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 foundry.
A good understanding of basic foundry knowledge, and simple equipment is the key to your hobby metal casting success.

Model engineers, home mechanics, car & motorbike restorers, radio controlled car builders sometimes find it difficult to procure special parts. With the right kind of knowledge, many of these parts could be made right in your own home foundry ...for next to nothing.

Not only will you save money by producing your own spares, but you'll also have a lot of fun learning how to melt & cast metal.

Sand casting can be used to create many things,
such as:
The list is endless... and, you may even be thinking of things right now that you could like to create.

But first you have to read, and learn, about the basic mechanics of hobby foundry so that you know:

You don't need an elaborate workshop to build your hobby foundry equipment. But you do need to have some welding skills, and know how to work with steel. You will be involved with 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 the steps to make sand moulds, and 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.

But, a word of warning, metal casting is dangerous, and injuries can result from carelessness, it is hot dirty work, workshop safety is an issue that cannot be ignored.

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

The hobby foundry ebook files are available for both PC & MAC computers.
The ebook package is also available on CD ROM and can be delivered by airmail to anywhere in the world. An added bonus is the free after sales consulting service you receive with the ebooks... it's hard to put a price on this kind of value.

If you are interested to learn about hobby metal casting, then you should visit:
http://www.myhomefoundry.com to download your free ebooks, and get started with your rewarding metal craft hobby

Col Croucher
Wangaratta
Victoria
ebook publications.
Australia.
URL http://www.myhomefoundry.com

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» left by adlin
from medan, indonesia 3 years 245 days ago.
this ebook is good to improve our knowledge a round metal casting
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