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DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!!  An overview of my aluminum foundry. Only cost me about $30 bucks at Ace Hardware. Got some scrap aluminum at a welding yard for free and tried to mold them into ingots using a wal-mart muffin pan.

Making a small casting in aluminium. A core is used to make the intenal detail of the casting. This is the gearbox for my Stickney engine model. There are some slight differences in technique from my other videos, I am learning all the time!

Things don’t always go well in the home foundry.

Showing how wooden patterns are made to make greensand moulds.

Very simple aluminum melting and pouring rig – firebrick, cast iron crucible, charcoal, air-bed inflater.

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!! An overview of my aluminum foundry. Only cost me about $30 bucks at Ace Hardware. Got some scrap aluminum at a welding yard for free and tried to mold them into ingots using a wal-mart muffin pan.

Casting parts for a model engine in alloy.

Making sand cores as used in Metal casting at Home part 1 and 4

In part one I made the sand mould. Now I melt metal and complete the casting.

How to make a greensand mould using a loose piece.