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The Backyard Foundry
B. Terry Aspin
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Description for The Backyard Foundry
Paperback. This book covers basic principles of foundrywork - materials and techniques, pattern-making, moulding boxes, cores and core boxes, metals, electric, gas, coke furnaces and step-by-step procedures. Although written primarily for the model engineer, anyone wishing to make mouldings or castings will profit from its pages. Series: Workshop Practice. Num Pages: 96 pages, 33 black & white photographs; 58 circuit diagrams, plans & line drawings; 9 tables of data. BIC Classification: TDM; WFA; WFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 209 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
At one time, most towns of any size had somewhere a small foundry that would undertake small casting jobs, often more out of interest and good neighbourliness than for commercial gain. Regrettably, those days are no more and the model engineer in many areas must either adapt commercially available castings or send away to a specialist foundry that will undertake small jobs, often at some expense and with some delay. The alternative is to make your own patterns and castings, which is in fact much easier than you may think. The Backyard Foundry covers basic principles, materials and techniques, pattern ... Read more
At one time, most towns of any size had somewhere a small foundry that would undertake small casting jobs, often more out of interest and good neighbourliness than for commercial gain. Regrettably, those days are no more and the model engineer in many areas must either adapt commercially available castings or send away to a specialist foundry that will undertake small jobs, often at some expense and with some delay. The alternative is to make your own patterns and castings, which is in fact much easier than you may think. The Backyard Foundry covers basic principles, materials and techniques, pattern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Special Interest Model Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Workshop Practice
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854861467
SKU
V9781854861467
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
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