[TheForge] Re: BLACKSMITHING CHAT WITH OLD FRIENDS
Michael Horgan
[email protected]
Mon Jun 24 00:02:00 2002
At 06:04 PM 6/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Michael, you have a very interesting site, the plans are most
>intriguing. I have
>often thought of making several pieces of machine tooling, it was always the
>castings that held me back. I may have to rethink some of my
>designs. Thanks,
>
>Larry
On the other hand, Larry, castings aren't that hard to do either. Just
another set of skills to learn. I regularly move my T-Rex burner from the
forge to the furnace to cast up a piece in aluminum or bronze. These days I
don't even do much pattern making. If I can build it from styro-foam , I do
lost foam castings. Don't have to worry about pattern release or
undercuts. Just put it in a box of sand, vibrate it to settle the sand
around it, and pour the metal. The styro-foam evaporates, leaving a metal
replica, ready to be machined.
I've been having so much fun doing metal I haven't updated the pages
lately. Between Mastermyr and other smithing, foundry, model
engineering,wood working and machine shop, I tell you, the patio of my
apartment is getting crowded.
Michael D. Horgan , [email protected]
http://members.aol.com/lughaid/
posting from
A BRAZEN FORGERY
Blacksmithing and Metalwork
Claremont, Ca.