The Home Foundry
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Halloween Casting contest
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Latest: 2022 contest idea submission Zapins, Nov 14, 2022
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Foundry Construction
Here you will find what it takes to build a working home foundry
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Furnaces and their construction
Build threads on the construction of home foundry furnaces
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Foundry tools and flasks
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Burners and their construction
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Sand Mullers
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Latest: Bought a grout mixer: sand muller lookalike Mark's castings, Jun 18, 2024
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Casting practices
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Sand Casting
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Latest: Art casting! Tobho Mott, Jul 21, 2024 at 6:36 AM -
Lost wax casting
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Lost foam casting
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Lost PLA casting
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Latest: Motorbike Cylinder part 2 Investment Casting. hatta, Feb 5, 2024 -
Investment casting Block method
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Investment casting Ceramic shell method
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Pattern making
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Castings, finishing/ repair/ and patina's
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Latest: Free Book on Bronze Patination Tobho Mott, May 31, 2024
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Links of interest.
Links to various resources
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Links to useful information
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link to various suppliers
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Latest: Supplier of Metals in Europe Mantrid, Oct 12, 2022
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General foundry chat
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General foundry chat
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Latest: Arc melting: why don't steel electrones not sustain arc ? Rasper, Jul 13, 2024
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Buy Sell Trade
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Buy Sell Trade
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Latest: the Petrobondforsale guy seems to be out of business cactusdreams, Apr 21, 2024
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Request casting services
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Request casting service
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Latest: Sand Casting Project Person Needed Andy_T, Feb 8, 2024
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Metal casting projects
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Black smithing projects
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3D Printing
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Other metal working projects
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Latest: 1950 Austin ESC, Jun 14, 2024
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