Metal Casting

Appropriate technology in the small foundry

By: Steve Hurst

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Paperback | 15 December 1996

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An introduction to small-scale non-ferrous casting. Includes step-by-
step instructions on how to make equipment using local materials; and provides information on moulding techniques, pattern making, core making, the use of wax and metal preparation.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Setting up the workshop	p. 10
Pattern making	p. 15
Flexible moulds for the mass-production of wax patterns	p. 25
Sand casting	p. 38
Lost-wax casting	p. 60
The ceramic shell process	p. 85
Die casting	p. 102
Melting and pouring metal	p. 107
Metallurgy and the low budget foundry	p. 111
Kilns and furnaces	p. 126
Faults, fettling and finishing	p. 147
Newar casting in Patan, Nepal	p. 157
Bamoum lost-wax casting, western Cameroon	p. 163
The Dedza crucible	p. 171
Sand conditioning and testing	p. 175
Other sand processes	p. 181
Summary of ceramic shell investment processes	p. 185
Further reading	p. 195
Glossary	p. 199
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