From Basic To Advanced.

Most of the things you will do in your hobby foundry will be basic stuff, but once you gain experience and confidence in pattern making & metal casting you will begin to get very creative and start to build some great projects, a recent article in our Hot Metal Ezine presented photographs and an article about a chap whose name is Mike who lives in Kalgoorlie Western Australia.

Mike has embarked on a project to manufacture his own aero engine, the project includes designing & making the patterns and pouring all of the castings, and then machining them.
 
Now we are not suggesting that you will want to make your own aero engine, but we are showing you this as an example of what can be achieved when you put your mind to it. 

A selection of nice aero engine castings - rocker covers and rockers.  
Crankcase & cylinder barrel castings, hard to imagine they have been home made isn't it.
  The engine now taking shape, awesome engineering project.  

There are many things to learn about metal casting. It is best not to be too ambitious when you are just starting out, be eager to learn all you can, but take it slowly...you have to crawl before you walk. Too many newbies want to cast something really complicated first off.... which generally leads to failure, then loss of interest in the hobby. If you begin with simple projects you will build a solid foundation of skills and methods which will enable you to tackle more complex projects with confidence and skill. 

What kind of ideas would you like to create in metal?

Hobby Foundry Work is NOT difficult to do as long as you take the time to learn and understand the proven basic methods & techniques that work. The ebooks you'll find in our library will outline the methods that work in the home hobby foundry.

The collection of ebooks we have available on this web site provide an extensive knowledge base to help you achieve your dreams in metal.

Now revisit our library, and the testimonial page, we can help you to make the start right now.