jarod.eells.us: Foundry and Metalworking Projects

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I've been interested in metalwork for a long time. However, it never seemed realistic until I ran across the series by David Gingery which are published by Lindsay Books. So, winter 2004 I decided to give it a try. It's been fun, challenging and helped me learn to push through roadblocks and always keep trying. Maybe you will also get inspired to try something new! I subsequently found Stephen Chastain's manuals which are helpful to continue to improve your foundry practice. The next level for me is to try Iron casting. I'll post any progress in the Foundry Log. UPDATE: We finally were able to melt cast iron (Oct 2009). I haven't gotten any pictures yet but you can see a short video on YouTube.

Pictures/Movies (courtesy of Rex Bosse) from 2010 Oregon SteamUp

Pictures from demos
GEARS2011	Underway... come join us at the Armory Saturday and Sunday.
GEARS2010
GEARS2009
GEARS2008
GEARS2007	No pictures available. I worked this show by myself and it is *way* too much work for one person.
GEARS2006

These are a few of the areas which I've been able to document:

Resources

Electronics Notebook

Foundry Log and Pictures

Foundry CheckList (I always forget something)

Foundry Equipment

Pattern Book and Pictures

Metalworking Equipment

Suppliers

Materials and Temperatures

Tapers

Tooling Examples

Friction Coefficients Chart

The Blacksmith's Craft and The Blacksmith's Illustrated Guide Bibliography Useful Yahoo Groups: castinghobby gingery_machines hobbicast cupolacasting Shop Tool List Tool Model Status Ridgid 13" Planer In Service (Borrowed) Grizzly 6" Jointer In Service JET 12" Disc Sander In Service JET 17" Drill Press In Service Power King 12" Bandsaw In Service AMMCO 7" Shaper Sold To Pay for G&E shaper Gould & Eberhardt 20" Shaper In Service Gingery 7" x 24" Lathe Improving Carriage Design Gingery 6" Shaper On Hold Takisawa 14" x 40" Engine Lathe In Service Shizuoka 13" x 43" Milling Machine In Service Peerless Power Hacksaw In Service Gingery Dividing Head Casting Portland Power Hammer Planning Cool Project Links These are some other folk's pages that I've enjoyed: Frank Ford's HSM Articles and Tips Alan Millar's Blog North England Model Engineering Society Shaper Toolholders Franz Albert's Lathe Marvin Guthrie's Gingery Machines and Furnace Frappr castinghobby map The Artful Bodger Roger and Andy (Casting page) Mizzou Castable Plus (Pizza Oven) Free Home Workshop Plans Metal Shaper Info Camilo Ramos Gingery Mill Mike Farabee Shop Nifty crucible tongs Terry Brown Shop Rick Sparber Shop HOWTOs Fenn's Gingery Wiki Bep Verberk Ginger Lathe and Shaper Mike Sosna's 1.8X Gingery Mill CADPlans site Strip Cutting Gauge Adding a coolant pump to Grizzly G4003G Lathe Claude Paillard makes his own Triodes Treadle pump blog Half-scale Panzer Tank Replica Submarine Boat Foundryman's Test Steps The Fonly Lathe Karl Maxon Robot Builder Ray Vin Aluminum Matchplate Method Ray Vin Pattern Follower Method The Selection, Connection, Reversing and Repair of Electric Motors by Robert W. Lamparter Open Source Civic EV Kit by Tim Kutscha Poor Man's Crossslide Power Feed by Jacques Ducasse Etching Project Box Front Panels Crucible Furnace w/ integrated Oil Burner by Grey Bear Oil Burner Design by Jeshua Lacock Tool Post Grinder Designs Jacobs Drill Chuck Maintainence page Making a Longworth Chuck Making a Cupola Making steel for a tanto. Cool Links That Are Probably Outside Our Reach The machines that made the Jet Age Back to Top Last changed 2010-Apr-04