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Foundry and Forging


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Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry Vol. 2
Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry Vol. 2
by Stephen Chastain
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Cast Metal in Sand Molds Using Your Own Backyard Foundry! Part 2 of the Sand Casting Manual continues by describing more advanced techniques. Using non-technical terms, Steve Chastain, a mechanical and materials engineer shows you how to cast metal... (read more)

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Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry Vol. 1
Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry Vol. 1
by Stephen Chastain
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Cast Metal in Sand Molds Using Your 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... (read more)

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Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces For the Small Foundry
Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces For the Small Foundry
by Stephen D. Chastain
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Melt Iron or Bronze Quickly and Easily! Complete plans and operating instructions for a 10-inch diameter cupola that will melt 330 pounds of iron per hour when powered by a shop vac! Also included are plans for a high-pressure blower that will... (read more)

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Charcoal Foundry
Charcoal Foundry
by David J. Gingery
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Build a complete working foundry from a 5 gallon pail, fire clay and a steel pipe. Will easily melt aluminum with grocery store charcoal. Learn molding and pouring. Classic!... (read more)

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Build an Oil Fired Tilting Furnace: Small Foundry Furnaces Vol. 1
Build an Oil Fired Tilting Furnace: Small Foundry Furnaces Vol. 1
by Stephen Chastain
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Complete plans and operating instructions for an oil-fired furnace that easily melts 100 pounds of aluminum per hour. Melt with propane, diesel, or used motor oil! Using the tilting mechanism, you will never have to handle a hot crucible again. Start... (read more)

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Making Crucibles
Making Crucibles
by Vince Gingery
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Melting metal requires the application of heat to a container containing the metal. The container we usually use is a crucible. You can buy high quality crucibles, or you can make them. Even if you buy the best commercial grades, they eventually wear... (read more)

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Hardening, Tempering, Annealing and Forging of Steel
Hardening, Tempering, Annealing and Forging of Steel
by Joseph V. Woodworth
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One of the great advantages of steel is the machinist's ability to change its hardness simply by heating and cooling the steel in specific ways. You can make steel rock hard and brittle through hardening. You can soften it somewhat and make it less... (read more)

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Build A Muller: Sand Machinery Vol. 1
Build A Muller: Sand Machinery Vol. 1
by Stephen D. Chastain
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If you have built Steve’s furnaces then you know that melting a large amount of metal is easy. Properly preparing enough sand for the molds to hold all of that metal can be a real chore. Now Steve has built a professional grade foundry sand muller to... (read more)

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The Art of Casting in Iron: How to Make Appliances, Chains, and Statues and Repair Broken Castings the Old-Fashioned Way
The Art of Casting in Iron: How to Make Appliances, Chains, and Statues and Repair Broken Castings the Old-Fashioned Way
by Simpson Bolland
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First published in 1893, The Art of Casting in Iron has since made its mark in the field of blacksmithing, offering handymen everything they need to know to make appliances, chains, and statues and repair broken castings the old-fashioned way. From... (read more)

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Building a Gas Fired Crucible Furnace
Building a Gas Fired Crucible Furnace
by David J. Gingery
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Dave will show you how to build a furnace that will enable you to melt 20 pounds of cast iron in a crucible with natural gas. When the melt is ready to pour, both the top and body of furnace raise up so that you can grasp the white hot crucible from the... (read more)

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Complete Handbook of Sand Casting (79 Edition)
Complete Handbook of Sand Casting (79 Edition)
by C. W. Ammen
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McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers... (read more)

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Applied Metal Forming: Including Fem Analysis
Applied Metal Forming: Including Fem Analysis
by Henry Valberg
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Applied Metal Forming: Using FEM Analysis describes metal forming theory and how experimental techniques can be used to study any metal forming operation with great accuracy. For each primary class of processes, such as forging, rolling, extrusion... (read more)

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Art of Casting in Iron 1893
Art of Casting in Iron 1893
by Simpson Bolland
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In 1893 Bolland wrote this supplement to his first book The Iron Founder. Here, he talks about the unusual topics, tricks techniques, and history that a beginning foundryman isn't interested in. At least not yet. But this is what I consider the good... (read more)

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Carriage and Wagon Makers' Machinery and Tools
Carriage and Wagon Makers' Machinery and Tools
by Kenneth L. Cope
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Here is one of Ken Cope's major reference works on the history of technological innovation. The use of machinery to replace hand tools began earlier in carriage and wagon building than in other 19th century trades, and lasted longer. It was primarily... (read more)

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Atmospheric Forge & Heat Treat Oven
Atmospheric Forge & Heat Treat Oven
by William T. Goodman and Robert W. Holmes
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The forge/heat treat oven created by Bill Goodman and Bob Holmes and detailed in this manual is impressive to say the least. It stands a bit over 5'2" tall from floor to the top of the twin burners. This puts the access doors at a convenient height to... (read more)

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Melting Iron in the Cupola
Melting Iron in the Cupola
by J. E. Hurst
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Chapters Chapter I: Historical Chapter II: Cosntruction Chapter III: Operation Chapter IV: Charging Chapter V: Receivers Chapter VI: Combustion Chapter VII: Tuyeres Chapter VIII: Specials Chapter IX: Blowers Chapter X: Linings Chapter XI:... (read more)

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Brass and Alloy Founding
Brass and Alloy Founding
by H. B. Maynard
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What you get here is a much expanded and improved version of the "Brass Founding" booklet we offered for many years. Many of the same illustrations are repeated here, but much new information and many new illustrations are provided. In part one, you... (read more)

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Wood Pattern Making
Wood Pattern Making
by Herbert J. McCaslin
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Melting metal isn't difficult. Burn enough fuel fast enough, and you can melt metal. What is difficult is making a useful casting. You need to make a wooden model that can be used to make an impression in the sand into which the metal can flow and cool.... (read more)

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Elementary Wrought Iron
Elementary Wrought Iron
by J. W. Bollinger
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Table of Contents Introduction Materials and Tools: The Anvil and the Forge Operations: Building A Forge Fire, Measuring and Laying Off, Cutting, Tapering, Upsetting, Flaring, Twisting, Making Bends Over the Anvil, Shaping an Eye, Shaping A Ring,... (read more)

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How To Cast Small Metal and Rubber Parts
How To Cast Small Metal and Rubber Parts
by William A. Cannon
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A MAKE-YOUR-OWN GUIDE FOR HARD-TO-FIND SMALL PARTS! Using this excellent sourcebook as a guide, you can easily make high quality, defect-free castings for almost any purpose ... at amazingly low cost! Just some of the countless uses you'll find for this... (read more)

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