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It is Possible to Create All Kinds of Items with Hobby Metal
Casting
Hobby Metal Casting enables the home metal craft worker to
create useful products to use around the: -HOME-WORKSHOP-GARDEN
or WORKPLACE- Or turn your skills into cash.
Yes,you could also make your own unique products for next to
nothing to sell at markets, direct mail, or on the internet etc
for big profits.
But first you have to learn the techniques to build the simple
tools & equipment needed to get involved in this challenging
metal craft. The best place to start is to learn from someone who
has been successful at metal casting.
You could start learning by visiting places where you can read
all about the craft before committing your self totally.
Feel free to visit http://www.myhomefoundry.com to read how an
Australian metal caster has created & built a very efficient
backyard foundry.
Any one can do it; all it takes is for someone to show you
how. If you are a practical hands on type of person looking for a
new challenge in life, then hobby metal casting could be just the
thing for you.
Many people who restore:
* Vintage Cars.
* Classic Motorcycles.
* Antique's, Model Toy's, Art Casters, Sculptors, etc, could
easily reproduce all of the special items to complete their
projects.
The free ebooks available from our web site can show you how
to begin your journey with the art of metal casting. The files
will take only a few minutes to download, then you can grab a
coffee and start to read about this challenging metal craft.
You will begin to understand how to build your own equipment,
As well as the tools and materials you'll need to be able to
create the things you want, right in your own workshop. Metal
casting is really not that difficult to learn. Once you know how
to create simple patterns, ram up the sand moulds, and then melt
& pour metal... the whole process just becomes second nature
to you.
With practice it is possible to create quite complex things in
the home workshop, using simple homebuilt tools &
equipment.
Col Croucher
The Home Foundry Publications
Australia
 MORE RESOURCES updated Tue. April / 23 / 2024
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