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Foundary First Attempt 7-12-08 2am.
Early in the morning, we figured it would be a good idea to start melting some metal. Oh lord yeah. www.greenvocational.com
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Metal casting burner
First firing of my propane burner for my casting furnace.
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pipe metal casting
Pasi Organ Builders casting for the 16 foot Facade pipes for Winnetka Congregational Church organ
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Sand Casting with Pattern Resin
Panic button lettering and design are made on a computer and created by exposing pattern resin to blacklight. The pattern is molded in petrobond sand and a casting is made. Visit www.granthams.com/Projects for more of my projects.
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Bronze Hammer Casting Attempt #2
In this video, I discuss the casting process of a bronze warhammer head for a cane, and show how it is done. This casting is mostly successful, except that I lacked sufficent material.
Metal Casting Basics
Roman Wars Metal Casting Figures Guide
28mm Scale Roman Empire Legionaries can be cast using Prince August Rubber Moulds. Each mould can cast hundreds of times and it only takes 5 minutes to cast. This guide shows you how to make one from scratch. they are available online at princeaugust.ie
Aluminum Metal Casting
Japanese Traditional Metal Casting
Melting metal to create artwork. This is a video which shows a rare method of blending different metals to make one artwork.
By Eitoku Sugimori, resarcher of plastic expression, Japanese aesthetics and art history, author of Japanese Patinas and Japanese Metalsmithing Patination.
http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Patinas-Eitoku-Sugimori/dp/1929565119
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