| Have you ever thought about creating your own | | | | save quite a large amount of money by casting |
| metal objects by employing the art of metal | | | | and machining products produced in your own |
| casting. It is not as difficult to do as you | | | | workshop, compared to what it would have cost |
| may think. | | | | to get special one off items produced at a |
| | | | commercial foundry. |
| Right now, there are people all over the | | | | |
| globe, learning & practising the hobby | | | | Initially you will spend some money, but in |
| foundry skills required for "Back Yard Metal | | | | the long term you will recoup the initial |
| Casting". The renaissance has started; do you | | | | cost with the savings you'll get by making |
| want to be a part of it? | | | | and finishing your own special cast parts. |
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| The ebooks we have written are recognized as | | | | Metal casting completes the picture for metal |
| excellent resource information ebooks for | | | | workers, it provides the means to take an |
| the home foundry metalworker. They have been | | | | idea, and develop it through to product |
| written and compiled from real life hobby | | | | completion, right in your own workshop. How |
| foundry practice, and written in a way that | | | | rewarding would that be for you? |
| you'll truly understand what we are talking | | | | |
| about. | | | | And as Noel from Australia commented |
| | | | recently. |
| A gentleman called Jim from Utah USA, | | | | |
| recently sent us an email to tell us how | | | | "G'day Col, |
| much he enjoyed the ebooks. | | | | |
| | | | All's well with the e-books, but slowly, |
| "Colin, he wrote, Thanks for taking the time | | | | slowly, just reading and getting ready to |
| to put this collection of very useful foundry | | | | build the foundry and start melting. I had |
| information together. I'm sure it will be | | | | fun melting a bit in my forge, just to see if |
| invaluable in my quest to do some home | | | | it got hot enough, but I will start the real |
| foundry work. I do Jeep restoration as a | | | | foundry soon. I love the e-book package, and |
| Hobby. Some of the models just don't have | | | | I feel it gives me enough knowledge to start |
| parts available any more. That is the root of | | | | having fun... safely. Regards, Noel |
| my interest. I have a small machine shop and | | | | Watson.Australia". |
| enjoy doing the work myself. Regards, James | | | | |
| H Simpson (Jim) U.T USA." | | | | Whether your aim is to cast antique |
| | | | reproductions, vintage, veteran car or |
| Like many people, Jim is very aware of the | | | | motorcycle parts, art castings, your own |
| possibilities and money saving benefits when | | | | special projects, or even if you just want to |
| you are able to produce your own castings. | | | | cast for the fun of it. |
| Even people who race Radio Controlled cars | | | | |
| need to build special replacement parts for | | | | All you really need, is the basic desire to |
| small cars, and in doing so greatly reduce | | | | learn, and the commitment to slowly build |
| parts replacement costs. | | | | your mini foundry to where you want it to |
| | | | be. |
| The hobby shop retailers know very well that | | | | |
| you'll be back for spares, and that is the | | | | Your metal casting journey can be an exciting |
| way that they make constant profits from RC | | | | adventure, starting with simple projects, |
| enthusiasts. There's nothing wrong with that, | | | | then slowly graduating to more advanced |
| But you can "beat the system" by making some | | | | techniques and projects. The ebooks show you |
| of the expensive parts your self. | | | | in detail "how to construct" all of the |
| | | | equipment & tools required to do metal |
| The costs to build a small furnace are not | | | | casting in the home foundry. |
| that great... it is possible to build a | | | | |
| furnace from scrap steel found around the | | | | If you are handy with general metal workshop |
| home workshop. The largest building expense | | | | tools, then you are more than capable of |
| of the furnace construction will be the | | | | building the tools & equipment from the |
| refractory or furnace lining. | | | | detailed instructions. This info will "never |
| | | | be found" at the local bookstore. |
| But there are ways and means to reduce this | | | | |
| cost considerably. | | | | A visit to our web site will make you more |
| | | | informed to the endless possibilities you |
| It is a known fact that it is possible to | | | | could experience with metal casting. |