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RE: Swordmaking in details : from bytes to bronze #2 , sand-casting a bronze pommel for a longsword
Very nice! I have been thinking a lot about putting together a foundry. One of these days.
Very nice! I have been thinking a lot about putting together a foundry. One of these days.
Sandcasting is a nice place to start. you basically just need a crucible, a fire(i use gas) and something to use as a fflask for the sand. investment casting is of course more precise and all but you will need much more equipment to started on that.
Indeed. I will probably start out building a little more advanced setup than what you absolutely need. My dad built a pretty great bronze pouring setup that uses dipped shells, and it gave me some ideas I am pretty excited about. I am planning to build the whole thing on a trailer and have it set up with an assembly line style heating and pouring system. I have a propane tube style forge that should be able to double as a furnace for the crucible with a few modifications. I am sure I will make a post about it when I start building. I did investment casting to make a ring once. I had a cobbled together centrifuge and a vacuum chamber and all that. It was an interesting process.