| If you have been thinking about making a
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| | guarrantee there are tens of thousands of
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| start in hobby foundry work in your home
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| | home made wood lathes sitting in hobby
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| workshop, you may be forgiven for
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| | workshops the world over. A wood lathe
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| thinking that the tools and equipment are
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| | will repay itself many times over when
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| going to cost you an arm and a leg, this
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| | you start to make patterns for your hobby
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| need not be. Sure, you could trot off to
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| | foundry.Your bench-ramming tool can be
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| the downtown industrial tools supplier
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| | quickly turned to shape on your wood
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| and take home an arm full of expensive
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| | lathe, in fact, while you're at it, make
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| tools.But if you take a good look at some
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| | two or three of them in different shapes
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| of the tools, you'll discover that the
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| | & sizes, they will all come in handy when
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| design principles and fabrication could
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| | ramming and moulding patterns of
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| well be undertaken in the home workshop
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| | differing sizes, you could get away with
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| if you have metal fabrication skills and
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| | a single tool, but you wont regret making
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| a reasonable amount of basic metal
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| | extra tools.After a pattern has been
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| working equipment.Take for instance
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| | completely rammed in a sand mould, and
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| "crucible lifting tongs", once you
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| | before the metal is poured, the pattern
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| understand how these tools operate; you
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| | has to be removed without disturbing any
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| could quite easily make a set or two over
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| | of the surrounding sand. Draw pins and
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| a weekend. The basic design action
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| | spikes are used to remove timber patterns
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| operates on the "scissor principle" but
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| | from sand moulds.Simple draw pins can
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| they don't cut anything, they are
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| | easily be fabricated from long slender
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| designed to "clamp securely" onto the
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| | wood screws, particleboard screws are
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| crucible to lift it out of the furnace
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| | ideal. The easiest way to convert
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| when the metal has melted. Great caution
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| | woodscrews into draw pins is to
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| needs to be taken while carrying out this
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| | braze-weld a short length of 1/4" dia
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| operation, as one slip due to faulty or
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| | mild steel rod onto the head of the
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| badly designed tongs, and you could have
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| | screw...that is all you need to do...
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| a disaster on your hands.The best way to
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| | make a set of them with different gauge
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| design and build a set of tongs is to
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| | screws as well long and short ones and
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| copy a well made set, or to follow
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| | you should have the field covered as far
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| directions set out in a textbook or ebook
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| | as lifting pins or draw spikes go...
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| downloaded from the net, we'll give you
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| | simple isn't it.Blunt hacksaw blades are
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| some links a little further on in this
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| | usually thrown in the bin, from now on
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| article.Some of the most frequently used
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| | you should save them, as many useful
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| basic tools you'll need in the hobby
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| | little hobby foundry tools can be made
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| foundry are; Bench ramming moulders tool
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| | from old saw blades, quite often small
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| - Tube sprue cutter - turned wood sprues
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| | sand carving tools can be quickly made by
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| - slick & oval spoon - hand riddle or
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| | grinding and shaping using a normal bench
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| sand sieve - draw pins, screws & hooks -
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| | grinder.By being resourceful and thinking
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| rapping bar and spike - gate cutter -
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| | how you can use scrap materials, you
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| strike off bar - sand carving tools (made
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| | should see now that there is absolutely
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| from old hacksaw blades).
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| | no need to spend large amounts of money
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| The tools mentioned above seem to be the
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| | to get the tools and things you need for
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| ones that will be most used in your hobby
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| | your hobby. If you are not sure about
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| foundry... and all of them can be home
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| | your own building & fabricating abilities
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| made if you have metal & wood working
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| | then you should always ask advice.Col
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| skills, it will take time and effort to
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| | Croucher.Metal craft has been a lifelong
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| make the tools required but they wont
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| | interest, ever since my grandfather
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| cost you a red cent if you make them from
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| | introduced me to the blacksmiths forge at
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| scrap materials, and if you are like most
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| | a young age on the family farm where I
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| hobbyists you will know where to
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| | grew up. Several decades later, I become
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| "scrounge stuff".You may have to
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| | addicted to melting and pouring molten
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| experiment with different ideas before
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| | metal into sand moulds. Then began the
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| you arrive at the most satisfactory
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| | move into publishing ebooks for the hobby
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| design, but you will learn a great deal
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| | foundry worker. We now have a very large
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| about why things have to be made in
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| | number of global customers. To learn more
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| certain ways.Do you own a wood lathe?
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| | about hobby metal casting visit: there
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| Even a most basic machine will suffice in
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| | are free ebooks to download and a world
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| the home workshop, you could even make
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| | wide ezine to subscribe to.
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| your own if you were keen enough,I
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