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Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual For the Small Foundry Vol. 1 by Stephen D. Chastain
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Cast Metal in Sand Molds Using You Own Backyard Foundry!
Learn how to cast metal in sand molds using simple techniques and readily available materials, Steve Chastain, a Mechanical and Materials Engineer, shows the beginner how to make a sand mold and then how to hone your skills to produce high quality castings. Written in non-technical terms, the sand casting manuals begins by melting aluminium cans over a charcoal fire and end by casting a cylinder head. All for little cost in your own back yard!
You will learn:
- How to build a 2450 degrees F. furnace from a steel bucket
- How to make your own foundry tools and equipment
- About green sand, skin dry and baked sand molds
- The effect of sand grain types and distribution
- The surface area of various sands and why it matters
- Sand binders
- Core boxes, core baking and core buoyancy in various molten metals
- Core filing and setting jigs
- How to easily build a thermocouple to measure high temperatures
- Optical pyrometers and emissivity
Code No. 010620, ISBN 0970220324
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