My buddy from Sweden found these at a Salvation Army store in Denmark. He got it for five bucks! Almost like the foundry in a box that we made for the school kids but with much cooler molds. I think its time we upgrade our version to have some cooler castings.LOL Anyway...tin is a great and easy way to get kids into molding and foundry activities. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to teach kids about foundries. You can also duplicate small objects to use as patterns very easily with a perfect finish.
Cool. My mom use to tell about casting lead Civil-War-era soldiers likely using a similar setup. She said lots of kids did so when she was growing up in the late 20’s and 30’s here in the US. Denis
Nils told me he had this same exact kit as a kid. I think I am going to have to share this with our PR people to get better molds for our foundry in a box.
I've got the rubber molds for Civil War soldiers. I think there are 8 of them. I believe they are for pewter, I cast some with lead and it seemed to be too hot for the rubber.
Well, what may have been “lead” to my mom in her younger years might well have been pewter. She did not say what the molds were made from. Denis ( 170–230°) C Pewter melting point 327 C lead melting point
Not sure what the molds are made out of except heat resistant rubber...that being said he has poured some with tin in his molds with no issues. Maybe the molds for his are made of different material?
Cool! I would have loved to play with that as a kid. Or now. Prince August Miniatures had a bunch of kits for casting little soldiers and orcs and stuff at home - some kind of rubber molds I think, molds, white metal, melting equipment, etc. A friend of mine got a few of their molds that came with a tiny crucible and a bunch of little ingots at a toy store on a family trip to Europe in the 80's. What do you know, looks like they're still around: https://shop.princeaugust.ie/ Jeff
I can't even get a proper KINDEREGG in America with a plastic toy inside! Imagine dipshit kids today playing with molten metal? I agree, I would have loved a toy like that as a kid. Some silicones will tolerate lead, but I'm not sure about tin. Tin is cooler right?