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Hi, I've been sand casting and lost wax casting off and on for a number of years -- mostly off.

Most of the items that I've cast have been fairly clunky because, well, finely detailed models were very hard for me to do by hand.

I've just started using 3D design and a 3D printer to produce my models and now I can create models that are much more delicate. I'll start casting them this week!

If you're in the area and want a casting buddy, I'm looking for some folks to cast with once the...

Hello from Fayetteville, NC

Currently working at The Innovative Shapecasting Group.

Morning all!

A pleasure to be here and see what I can share/ learn. I work a lot with lost wax bronze casting and one offs in silver or pewter, and am learning more everyday

Hi there!
I got the suggestion to join here from reddit. Metal casting is an entirely new field to me, but has been something I want to dive into for a long time.
I'm part of a non-profit association based here in Greifswald, where we are creating an open workshop for hobbyists and interested people in all kinds of crafting fields. And with our recent plannings to expand the metal shop with a high temp section (forging, gas welding and casting) I'm always looking for new knowledge to...

Hello from Greifswald, Germany

Thomas A. Cobett
T. Cobett and Associates
Pyrometallurgical Process Development

10042 Oak Branch Trail
Strongsville, OH 44149

Tel: (260) 341-2258
Fax: (440) 572-7511
tcobett@tcobettandassociates.com
www.tcobettandassociates.com

Tom Cobett has over 50 years of experience from a wide range of positions within the Primary Metals Industries. As an R&D specialist, Tom has worked closely with major companies who...

I want you to make good castings using the best available technology!

Hello to all, new to the forum and looking forward to chatting with you.
Ian

Hi folks. I still admin the old Alloy Avenue Google Map.
Tell me WHERE you live, Country, City/Town, State, etc if you want on!

Is it better to have folks ask IN the thread or in Private Message?? It's kinda neat to see who likes playing along in the thread.

AA...

GOOGLE MAP of casters

Well I will be moving to Tennessee in two weeks. Currently I am in Orange County California. I started becoming interested in aluminum casting a year ago while learning to build my own vintage Honda motorcycle. I found an article that explained how they created the engines by Sandcast method and figured why not continue to make parts in that way. Not knowing where to start, I found a few resources from Youtube and Ebay that helped me to put together a hobby foundry and off I went. through...

Hello from Tennessee

so Ive been playing with Suspendaslurry for a while. Here is a bit of a photo dump of stuff. Dollar store funnels work great for making pour chutes. if you are making big statues, pour a hollow shell of paraffin and your slurry wont crack. vent between wax layers to minimize shrinkage. the Walt and Idols are about 5-6 lbs. Skulls are easy money. If you have criticisms, be constructive. These methods work for me. Im not a technical caster by zero means. Ive always worked on the fringe.

Hello,

I recently found this forum and I have enjoyed reading it and learning new stuff about metal casting.
I have been metal casting for 2 years now. I have one main project that got me into metal casting: making a powerful cylinder for my race motorbike. I have cast many other engine parts too.

This is my second successful two stroke cylinder pour. I have cast them in iron which I think is rather uncommon for a hobbyist to do. I know many guys who have cast a cylinder in aluminium,...

Casting a two stroke engine cylinder

I'm resurrecting this 2016 thread from the AlloyAvenue Web Archive. See this thread if you want to do the same with other threads. I was only able to salvage 1 out of 4 pages. YMMV.
http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/photobucket.1798/#post-40134



Body - 100lb propane tank
Crucible - Salamander A6 6.5" OD or possible A8 7.25" OD...

Furnace using 3D printed forms

Coming up on a decade ago I was doing my first metal melting and casting. Quickly found out that the actual metal part is the last 5% of the process. "Oh, I will just build a CNC to cut this foam perfectly and cast it...I will call it FR (Being short for Foam Router)" Next morning the name changed quickly to Effer; because wordplay. Feel free to laugh or snicker at Effer's VERY humble beginnings. I was ultra-broke trying to pay for a luxury service known as higher...

Effer, a spare parts story.