The Home Foundry
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Halloween Casting contest
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Latest: Halloween casting Jason, Aug 25, 2020
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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: Another cement mixer muller Melterskelter, May 5, 2022
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Casting practices
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Sand Casting
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Lost wax casting
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Lost foam casting
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Lost PLA casting
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Investment casting Block method
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Latest: Using sturdy metal can for single use flask? purpleparachute, Aug 10, 2022 -
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: How can I disguise flaws in bronze with a patina? purpleparachute, Aug 4, 2022
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Links of interest.
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link to various suppliers
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Latest: Casting Resins, Silicone Molding Materials, and Related Melterskelter, Jun 5, 2022
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General foundry chat
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General foundry chat
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Latest: Johnson Model B Bandsaw Petee716, Aug 19, 2022 at 9:28 AM
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Buy Sell Trade
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Buy Sell Trade
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Latest: I've got 17 cartons of Rancast I don't need 0maha, Aug 11, 2022
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Request casting services
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Request casting service
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Latest: Need a brass window cast for a wood stove Patrick-C, Aug 19, 2022 at 2:39 PM
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Metal casting projects
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CNC machining projects
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Black smithing projects
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3D Printing
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Latest: free 3D flask Pattern Tobho Mott, Jun 28, 2022 -
Other metal working projects
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Latest: 1956 buick build ESC, Aug 17, 2022 at 6:18 AM
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