The Home Foundry

  1. Forum Suggestions and News

    Have a suggestion on how to improve the forum? Post it here!
    1. New member introductions

      Introduce yourself here, and tell us a little about yourself and you casting experience.
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    2. Forum suggestions

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      Latest: Looking for another moderator DavidF, Feb 18, 2024
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    3. Joining the forum

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      Latest: Joining the forum DavidF, Oct 21, 2021
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    4. Halloween Casting contest

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      Latest: 2022 contest idea submission Zapins, Nov 14, 2022
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  2. Foundry Construction

    Here you will find what it takes to build a working home foundry
    1. Furnaces and their construction

      Build threads on the construction of home foundry furnaces
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      Latest: Large Low Mass 22kw Resistive Electric Furnace Al2O3, Nov 20, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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    2. Foundry tools and flasks

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    3. Burners and their construction

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    4. Sand Mullers

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      Latest: George Vontorne's muller bmac2, Oct 28, 2024
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  3. Casting practices

    A place to post how you made your castings
    1. Sand Casting

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      Latest: Art casting! Petee716, Nov 20, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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    2. Lost wax casting

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      Latest: Complex casting project. Elk. nihnimal, Oct 28, 2024
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    3. Lost foam casting

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      Latest: Gating Size Lost Foam Project FishbonzWV, Nov 19, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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    4. Lost PLA casting

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      Latest: Lazy lost PLA on the cheap r4z0r7o3, Sep 7, 2024
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    5. Investment casting Block method

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      Latest: Need help with this one.... TomL, Aug 10, 2024
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    6. Investment casting Ceramic shell method

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      Latest: Burnout in a ceramic kiln ? nihnimal, Oct 28, 2024
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    7. Pattern making

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      Latest: Gating for Small Bronze Parts Tops, Sep 21, 2024
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    8. Castings, finishing/ repair/ and patina's

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    9. Die casting

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      Latest: Toying with die casting 3Dcasting, Oct 16, 2024
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  4. General foundry chat

    Have questions or just want to start a chat, do it here. Postings in this are will be deleted after 60 days of inactivity!!!
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      Latest: To PeeDee bjf66, Nov 17, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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  5. Buy Sell Trade

    Have something to sell of looking to buy, post it here. If you are looking for services or to have a part cast see the request casting services forum
    1. Buy Sell Trade

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      Latest: A16 Crucibles for sale or trade Al2O3, Aug 26, 2024
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  6. Request casting services

    Need to have something cast? post your request here
    1. Request casting service

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    1. Metal casting projects

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    2. Model engines

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      Latest: Engine runs .... Sawyer massey, Jun 9, 2023
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    3. Black smithing projects

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    4. Other metal working projects

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      Latest: 1950 Austin ESC, Jun 14, 2024
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