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This Is One Man's Idea Of A Relaxing Hobby In Retirement. Imagine this, you retire, then become interested in hobby metal casting, later, a deep interest is developed in the bronze cast works of …
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Five Reasons Why a Hobby Foundry Might Fail - And How To Keep Your Hobby Foundry Up and Running Knowledge Is Power. It takes very specific knowledge to succeed in your chosen field or …
Silicon Carbide - Clay Graphite or DIY - Steel Crucibles - Which Type Is Best? The melting of metals is a serious undertaking for the home hobby foundry worker, your personal safety & well …
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Foundry Info For The Hobby Metal Caster. To cast things in metal, you need ingot stock to melt in a crucible, but there is no need to go out and buy ingot stock, it is easy to make ingots in your …
Absolutely Correct - A Man's Got to Have A Shed. In Australia, the back yard shed (Workshop) is a haven for the practical minded bloke, it is somewhere to escape from this crazy world and, well, …
The Background History About Aluminium. In 1825, a Danish scientist H.C. Oersted used metallic potassium to chemically reduce aluminium from one of its compounds. The cost of aluminium in the very …
