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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.

Dave D (ipayitforward)

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myearth4energyreview wrote...

I'm happy to be part of this group and sharing information that I know with everyone (and hopefully you'll find the information beneficial)... I've recently tried out Earth4Energy and it worked very well to save me 67% in power bills within the 1st month! Here's my full review of Earth4Energy package...

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Hi,
The lens is good and it is also very interesting. I hope this kind of lens are very useful to people who visits as they can come across and know different kind of interesting hobbies. A big 5star for your lens.
Feel free to checkout my the locksmithsearch blog

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Care-of-Orchids wrote...

Cheers for letting me in the group :)

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baysibe wrote...

Here is a clickable link to get to my new project page...It is a Swedish horse cast in brass.

Click Here

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baysibe wrote...

New metal casting project I just did.

http://metalshop.homestead.com/EZine.html

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Starving_Artist wrote...

great group, I hope to see lots of new hobbies to explore

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