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My Personal History of 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.
Or you can get a hold of my on Yuwie. yuwie is a great social networking site, like myspace or facebook, but they pay you to use it. Just click on the banner above to get more information and get your free account.
Dave
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| Arlenagloria
Hi, Posted September 25, 2008 |
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Care-of-Orchids
Cheers for letting me in the group :) Posted September 16, 2008 |
| baysibe
Here is a clickable link to get to my new project page...It is a Swedish horse cast in brass. Posted September 11, 2008 |
| baysibe
New metal casting project I just did. Posted September 11, 2008 |
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Starving_Artist
great group, I hope to see lots of new hobbies to explore Posted June 20, 2008 |
| spiritartist
Hey Thanks Dave... My newest kitty's name is Tigger! :-) Posted June 03, 2008 |
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