The Home Foundry
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New member introductions
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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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Latest: DIY Wax Fillet Tools (Michaels Mandala Dotting Tools) Tops, Mar 17, 2024 at 1:28 PM -
Burners and their construction
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Sand Mullers
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Latest: New to me muller... cactusdreams, Aug 26, 2023
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Casting practices
A place to post how you made your castings
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Sand Casting
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Latest: Mixing up K-Bond Sand (Similar to Petrobond) HT1, Mar 17, 2024 at 4:15 AM -
Lost wax casting
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Lost foam casting
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Latest: Casting a Boat Steering Adapter FishbonzWV, Mar 18, 2024 at 3:39 PM -
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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Latest: Plaster + Borax? measuretwice, Sep 21, 2022 -
Investment casting Ceramic shell method
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Pattern making
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Latest: 3d Printed Patterns or Wood? Tobho Mott, Mar 18, 2024 at 8:00 PM -
Castings, finishing/ repair/ and patina's
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Latest: Cleanup and Finish for Marine Bronze Pieces Tops, Aug 22, 2023
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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: Porosity, you know, tiny pockets crazybillybob, Mar 18, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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Buy Sell Trade
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Buy Sell Trade
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Latest: Old Muller for sale Hammerman, Feb 20, 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: 1956 buick build Jason, Jan 22, 2024
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