Backyard Foundry for Home Machinists

Author: B. Terry Aspin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565238657
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Undertake casting with confidence! This informative resource is a go-to guide to learn everything you need to know to create your own home foundry for custom casting. Providing a wealth of useful information on materials and techniques, pattern-making, molding boxes, cores and core-boxes, and melting metals, each stage and subject is thoughtfully photographed and illustrated for a comprehensive look to get started in foundry.

The Charcoal Foundry

Author: David J. Gingery
Publisher: David J. Gingery Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1878087363
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 81

Book Description
Charcoal Foundry, the first book in the "Metal Working Shop From Scrap Series", gives you plans for building a metal melting furnace and instructions on basic pattern making and molding. All the information needed to set up a foundry in your work shop can be found in this book. Simply stated, if you can build a sand castle or make a mud pie, you can make a sand mold to produce castings for your metal shop projects. The main ingredient in these projects is scrap aluminum and pot metal. The only tools you need to get started are ordinary home shop hand tools, many of which are probably already in your possession. Much of the remainder is found as salvage or cast-off and little expense need be involved. The charcoal foundry is simple to build and operate and the initial cost is so low that it can be in the reach of nearly anyone. And the fundamentals of pattern-making and molding are easily understood and mastered. Once you have built the charcoal foundry and the metal lathe in book 2, there is little beyond your reach by way of shop equipment. Build as large or small as you wish and you are your own parts supply company. If you already have some machine shop equipment, you will find that adding a foundry to your shop greatly expands your capacity. Being able to produce your own castings for accessories and equipment is a great advantage. Design your own, make a copy or follow a plan. It's easy when you're in control and can produce your own castings.

Casting Aluminum

Author: C. W. Ammen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780830619108
Category : Aluminum founding
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description

The Backyard Foundry

Author: B. Terry Aspin
Publisher: Specialist Interest Model Books Limited
ISBN: 9781854861467
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 90

Book Description
For small casting jobs by model engineers; how to set up a home foundry, and explaining the basic principles of foundrywork.

The Backyard Bowyer

Author: Nicholas Tomihama
Publisher: NickTomihama
ISBN: 0983248109
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
With over 300 step-by-step pictures, the Backyard Bowyer is geared for the beginning bowyer, backyard hobbyist, and anyone who has ever pondered building a wooden bow. Easy to read and follow steps go down to even the smallest detail in the design and construction of basic archery bows. Learn to craft fine wooden bows without huge investment in equipment and materials, and without being bound by location and limited workspace. Learn to construct: A classic target flat bow, an English Longbow suitable for hunting, and even your own strings and arrows for traditional and primitive archery.

Building A Gas Fired Crucible Furnace

Author: David J. Gingery
Publisher: David J. Gingery Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1878087460
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Now that you have established your metalworking shop and progressed in the various skills of the crafts you may want to expand your metal casting operation. Build this gas fired crucible furnace so that you can turn out castings for your projects faster and easier. Designed especially for the home shop foundry. Very quiet in operation. Easy to light and simple to operate. The body and lid raise for safer crucible handling. Operates on natural or bottled gas. Costs only a fraction of the price of a commercially built unit and it will melt aluminum, brass and even gray iron. This unit will really upgrade your shop and you will enjoy the convenience of gas fired melting.

Foundry Manual

Author: United States Navy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410109002
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
This Manual is intended primarily for use by foundry personnel aboard repair ships and tenders. The recommended practices are based on procedures proved workable under Navy conditions and are supplemented by information from industrial sources. The Manual is divided into two general sections. The first section, chapters 1 through 13, contains information of a general nature, such as "How Metals Solidify," "Designing a Casting," "Sands for Molds and Cores," "Gates, Risers, and Chills," and "Description and Operation of Melting Furnaces." Subjects covered in these chapters are generally applicable to all of the metals that may be cast aboard ship. The second section, chapters 14 through 21, contains information on specific types of alloys, such as "Copper-Base Alloys," "Aluminum-Base Alloys," "Cast Iron," and "Steel." Specific melting practices, suggestions for sand mixes, molding practices, gating, and risering are covered in these chapters. This manual has been written with the "how-to-do-it" idea as the principal aim. Discussions as to the "why" of certain procedures have been kept to a minimum. This manual contains information that should result in the production of consistently better castings by repair ship personnel.

Principles of Metal Casting, Third Edition

Author: Mahi Sahoo
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071789766
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 814

Book Description
The definitive metal casting resource--fully updated Written by prominent industry experts, Principles of Metal Casting, Third Edition, addresses the latest advances in the field such as melting, casting processes, sand systems, alloy development, heat treatment, and processing technologies. New chapters cover solidification modeling, casting defects, and zinc and zinc alloys. Detailed photographs, illustrations, tables, and equations are included throughout. Ideal for students and researchers in metallurgy and foundry science as well as foundry industry professionals, this authoritative guide provides all of the information needed to produce premium-quality castings. Comprehensive coverage includes: Patterns Casting processes Solidification of metals and alloys Gating and risering of castings Casting process simulation Aluminum and aluminum alloys Copper and copper alloys Magnesium and magnesium alloys Zinc and zinc alloys Cast irons Steel castings Cleaning and inspection Casting defects

The Artful Year

Author: Jean Van't Hul
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834840375
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
Celebrating the seasons provides a wonderful opportunity to embrace creativity together as a family. It’s also a fun way to decorate for, prepare for, and learn about the holidays we celebrate. In The Artful Year, you’ll find a year’s worth of art activities, crafts, recipes, and more to help make each season special. These artful explorations are more than just craft projects—they are ways for your family to create memories and mementos and develop creatively, all while exploring nature, new ideas, and traditions. The book includes: • Arts and crafts, using the materials, colors, and themes of the season • Ideas and decorations for celebrating the holidays together • Favorite seasonal recipes that are fun for children to help make (and eat!) • Suggested reading lists of children’s picture books about the seasons and holidays The 175+ activities in this book are perfect for children ages one to eight, and for creating traditions that appeal to all ages.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Author: John Berendt
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679429220
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city—now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author “Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club; the turbulent young gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the “soul of pampered self-absorption”; the uproariously funny drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.