The Home Machinist!

If you have the $$$ and time, this class may be of interest: https://www.afsinc.org/conferences/cast ... s-workshop

Third World was our world in 1906!

Photo #1: Below is a 1906 Photo out of a book on crucibles, how many OSHA violations can you find.

( I had put this on before.)

Photo #2: Here are Ean and I dressed to make OSHA happy!

Gotta keep and eye on their shipping costs, it can be rather high.

Way back, I think Dremel had their factory in a suburb north of Chicago (North Chicago?), I remember their service was very prompt and correct. Today they are in Racine, I might think of driving that far, but I usually will buy a newer model, if it goes bad. Google: "dremel factory store" to read ab...

Here is a company that has a large selection of rotary tools, but their prices are not the best.

I have bought from them many times, and they do have a printed catalog they mail out on an almost monthly basis.

https://www.micromark.com/mini-powertoo ... tary-tools

In an ad from Rio Grande, they had some patterned copper sheets that may be of interest:

https://www.riogrande.com/search?q=shee ... Sort=False

The gold sheets are too expensive.

I have never baked a core, I use the CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)- Sodium Silicate method for making cores. It's a "Cold Box" method and requires no heat. There is no toxicity/fumes associated with this method. I usually will mull 400 milliliters of Sodium Silicate with 25 pounds of sand. I use AFS 105, but...

Several years ago, a relative of mine was in maintenance at a paint company when they got rid of shelving that held heavy skids of gallon paint cans. He gave me several dozen of the ~ 10ft long rectangular tubing that held up those loads. They are almost the exact size of a wooden 2x4 and are 1/8th ...

As I wrote in previous posts, I started with greensand in the night school class I was attending, and then when we switched to the other shop with Petrobond, I was convinced it was for me. I used that shop exclusively for many years, because I had a special permit even tho the night school had long ...

Looks like a great solution to moving switches, sorta analogous to that German video were they are putting down concrete ties and welded rail. I do not have hundreds of switches to move, so when I fabricate one, I use my Toro Dingo TX427WT with either of two attachments, I fabricated for it, to move...

I’m a long time Apple user, started with Apple IIe when they first came out, then Apple IIgs until 2002 (17 years). Had no Internet, so to get it I bought a MAC G4 in 2002. It is still running but only for Photoshop CS2, I do not need to pay their cloud fees! Last summer I purchased a MacPro, partia...

Back in the 70's I joined a Night School Foundry class at the school where I taught Physics. There were two shop rooms, one green sand, the other Petro Bond sand. We first did only green sand, and then near the end switched to the Petro Bond room, wow, the difference was quit noticeable. After that ...