The Home Machinist!

Oh! It did, sorry.

Steam10, Please forgive me, but I'm a total novice, if you use slang terms it really messes with my head. What is "alky"? I looked it up to find that when the sand mixture needs refreshed you are telling me to add some Alcoholics? :) SOOooo... I'm having to ask you exactly how do I add Alc...

Thanks Steamin10,
Garman

Steamin10, you are correct on the pattern, however, the pattern is part of an original 1800's snare strainer that may have been casted by a sand mold back then which would account for how it looks. I didn't want the casting to look any better nor worse than the original 1800's Brass Piece - AND with...

Photo of the other side (original on right). I'm not totally satisfied with my results, but it's good enough for me to use - however, I think I can get more mold detail with the next pour (now that I have an idea of what to do). THANK YOU FOR THE HELP AND GUIDANCE - I'll share more with you as I lea...

Photo of Brass pour with threaded rod added, next to original on the left.

Photo of dressed brass pour next to original.

Photo of Brass pour with original.

close up photo of brass pour.

Photo of split form after pour.

Photo of my wooden form with brass pour.

Harold and Steamin10, I ordered Petrobond from Amazon a few days ago(https://www.amazon.com/Petrobond-Affordable-Alternative-Precious-Casting/dp/B00P032D0W) so I could start trying to cast brass and it came Sept. 8th - I'm still planning to make my own petrobond (working on getting bentone 34, I'll ...