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

This will be a multi part video on foundry pattern making. A wooden pattern is used to make an impression in the sand mold. A silica sand core is inserted to produce the cylinder bore in the casting. A wood pattern of the cylinder is turned on the Clausing lathe.

Making sand cores for a greensand mould using Sodium Silicate and CO2 to harden the sand.

Making sand cores for a greensand mould using Sodium Silicate and CO2 to harden the sand.

Making sand cores for a greensand mould using Sodium Silicate and CO2 to harden the sand.

Join our Facebook fan group.www.facebook.com Svengali Pilot Episode 3 is a twelve minute special. Follow Dixie as he gatecrashes a live radio show at The Foundry. The full series of SVENGALI is now available FREE on itunes. Our cast this episode features Jonathan Owen, Roger Evans and Sean Harris playing photographer Anton Blair. The episode was shot during the recording of Tracey Moberly’s weekly radio show for Resonance FM. Guests on Tracey’s show this week are Alan Mcgee, A&R man Brian Horse, ex-Libertines Carl Barat, ex-Oasis guitarist Bonehead, Goldie Lookin’ Chain’s Maggot, Gavin Bain and his band Hopeless Heroic. Hear the full story of Dixie’s invasion as it happened on The Late Late Breakfast Show, Tuesday 5th May at 8pm on Resonance 104.4 London or www.resonancefm.com. www.facebook.com We are indebted to the Merthyr Media Project for their camera equipment and generous support. Svengali series crew: camera operators – Jonathan Bloom, Adrian O’Toole, John Evans. Sound Mick Duffield, Production Assistant Alex Ashman. Edited by Paul Endacott on Final Cut Pro. The series is semi-improvised around scripts written by Dean Cavanagh. Directed by Philip John. Produced by Burn After Listening.

Making sand cores for a greensand mould using Sodium Silicate and CO2 to harden the sand.

Making a greensand mould when there is no flat surface to make the parting line.

Details of the equpment I use in my home foundry.Please watch Metal Casting at Home Parts 1 to 8 & 10 for details of how a sand casting is made.

Casting parts for a model engine in alloy.