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Backyard Metal Casting

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Melting Metal and Casting it is a great hobby!

Many people are interested in metal casting for fun or profit. I am just playing around doing artistic stuff and making pieces for mechanical things. If you are interested in learning how to cast metal, I would recommend David Gingery's books.Click Here To see some books about metal casting

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My Personal History of Casting

Dave D (ipayitforward) does metal casting!

I have been casting metal for about 10 years, more or less. I got started because I wanted to make an Anchor for our fish tank. I never have gotten around to doing that project!

I like to make things myself to get things cheaper and (hopefully) better quality. I started out making a furnace from a freon cannister. I built it so that it could use charcoal right away and could also use propane when I got my burner built. Charcoal is the quick way to get started. All you need is a blower, (a lot of people use a vacuum cleaner), and the furnace. It doesn't take much air to get nice and hot either.

I have cast using the lost foam process, sand casting, lost wax, and investment casting. Most of what I have done is just for fun but I have made some parts for locks that were antiques and no longer available.. (I am a locksmith by trade)

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me.

Dave D (ipayitforward)

PS I recently added a joke section to my web site...funny jokes, videos and more .

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Pictures of my projects

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Lost foam casting video



This video was taken at dusk so you can see the flames! Usually all you can see (in the daytime) is the smoke...I didn't even realize there was so much flames!
lost foam pour
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4 ratings | 6,680 views
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Bell Casting Video Number 1

Pewter bell casting part 1
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9 ratings | 18,047 views
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Bell Casting Video Number 2

Pewter bell casting part 2

Pewter bell casting done in oil bonded sand. For more of my projects, go to : http://metalshop.homestead.com To try to guess this casting riddle, go here: http://metalshop.homestead.com/question.html I have other video and pictures here: http://ww1.yuwie.com/profile/?id=417810
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Some Links to Casting sites

Let me know if you have a site you want linked to.

These are sites that I have found useful in my quest to learn metal casting.

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Great Metal casting books Stuff on Amazon

Here are some great books on metal casting. As you can see, I am a David Gingery fan. The complete series, "Build Your Own Metalworking Shop from Scrap" is a great way to learn metal casting and machining.
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