The Definition Of "foundry". foundry ˈfaʊndri/noun: foundry; plural noun: foundries. "A workshop or factory for casting metal"
Of course, we are referring to the backyard or hobby foundry, and in all reality, there is no need for any kind of sophistication about the facility… in fact, it’s best to keep it simple.
Your workshop could be large or small, what ever size workshop you have will be ideal to use as a hobby foundry…
But you will need a work area of some kind, at the very minimum a shelter/skillion where you can prepare sand for moulding, a melting and pouring area, plus a shake out area, to remove castings from the sand mould, the messy part.
Think about using the existing carport-garage-workshop that you currently have… keep it organised, and compact.
The hobby foundry ebooks we have written and shared since 2003, outline in detail the processes and pathway to success to help you set up your own small hobby foundry.
If your current skills include working with metal and welding, then you have a head start, because setting up and building your foundry will involve constructing and fabricating quite a bit of your own equipment and gear, which will also save heaps of $$$$.
But don’t be alarmed, because we explain to you in detail how to build and put everything together.
Building your own foundry gear is part of the overall learning process, it is not totally essential, but you will learn much about the equipment, and how to get the most from it.
From time to time, people contact us with a request to purchase a ready made hobby foundry set up – Well, I’m sorry to say, we don’t supply such a thing… and to be honest, the shipping costs would be outrageous, and that is the reason why we put so much emphasis on the DIY or “build it your self approach”.
It makes a lot of sense to build things to suit your own needs and purpose.
Build your own and save:
- gas fired furnace,
- foundry tools,
- moulding bench,
- gyratory sand riddle,
- plus numerous other things,
Most items are reasonably simple to build, and some small neat moulding tools can be made from household utensils.
Over the past few years, we have received many emails from people who have spent much of their life working in the commercial foundry industry, then they reach retirement age, they want to learn how to set up a backyard foundry so they can continue in their foundry craft.
The first time that happened, I was taken aback somewhat… I simply wondered why someone who had worked in the industry for decades did not really know how to go about setting up a hobby foundry.
But once they had read through the ebook package, they quickly understood how to about it, the foundry journey entered the next stage, and they simply never looked back, the set up process suddenly became very clear, and after all, it really is a miniaturisation of the big time commercial foundry.
Sometimes, it is difficult to see the
forest for the trees!
(1546 J. HEYWOOD Prov.II.)
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