Metal casting ideas

Lost Foam Casting: In this project, I'll be showing a simple way to cast a raw model, of your desire, called "lost foam casting".Lost foam casting is based on styrofoam, as the material for your model. As an example, i'm going to make a small copy, of the instructable…

Before the 18th century, brass was not easy to make. The metal, a yellow alloy of copper and zinc, melts at 788 degrees Fahrenheit and boils at 1,742 F. In those days, charcoal could not generate the heat needed to reduce the zinc oxide. Today, people can melt brass at home.

Sharing experience of casting insects in this tutorial. The process is tricky with many sprues, joint thickening, pre-layers of Satin Cast and long burn-out.

Mold making and casting allows you to make virtually ANY part you want. Learn what you need to get up and running without the headaches many DIY'ers face

Melt Down Your Aluminum Cans: People that make metalworking and metal casting their main hobby are going to find many things wrong with what I am showing you here. Ignore most of that and give this a try even if it comes out crappy. This is a low investment way to observe a lost…

Pewter Casting: Pewter casting is easy and you probably already have most of the things you need to try it out. There are lots of ways to cast pewter, I'll be talking about three ways: using foundry casting sand, using silicone molds, and using cuttlebone. This Ins…

Brass Casting With Sand Cores: I have a friend who is in a vintage motorcycle club, and he sometimes asks me to cast parts for him which are no longer obtainable. This is the description of the casting an intake elbow, which had cracked and broken. It is a hollow casting, and I…

This homemade metal foundry was made with a mixture of 50% plaster of paris and 50% sand, which are a good insulator and focus the heat in one central area.

Melting Points of Various Metals