I have been three times and without a shadow of a doubt it is the greatest show on this planet! Please make lots of photos and videos. There maybe a caster still there doing live lost foam casting. When I was there his casting show was very popular.
I got quite a few photos and some video. I will have to get home before I can upload it all. I ran into a buddy of mine from Louisiana who does the jumbo coin casting demonstrations at Soule. Small world.
They had a casting seminar about lost foam, basically to make yard art sculpture. Towards the end of it I went out and brought in my engine and flywheel as an example, but nobody cared about the engine, they wanted to make yard art sculpture. You can lead a horse to water, but...................... I enjoyed the show, there was a lot to see. Most people came up to my engine, looked at it, and said "Casting kit?" I said "No, backyard casting". They had trouble comprehending. I showed several people my iron pour videos. They were pretty impressed. There was only one person at the show who made iron castings for railroad stuff, but I could not find the guy to talk with him. I got pictures of his extensive patterns. There was no casting demonstration this year. Several people said I should bring the furnace next year and do an iron pour. That would blow some minds. They have never had an iron pour at NAMES. More photos tomorrow.
I have a lot of photos from the show, and a video. I am still uploading/processing. I did not see anything better than David's lost PLA iron castings at the show. .
Thank you for the video and photos. It makes me wish I was there. You should do an iron melting demo at the show as there will be a very large audience there. 99.99 % people believe that it is impossible to melt iron in a furnace made in the backyard so you could show them the way.
I believe that. It would be a difficult thing to travel that far with the furnace, but it is possible assuming the weather cooperated. I have more photos if I can ever get them processed and loaded. .
