Metal Casting
Appropriate technology in the small foundry
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.
Published: 1996
Pages: 240
eBook: 9781780442792
Paperback: 9781853391972
| Introduction 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Try-square 4 | |||
| Mortise gauge 11 | |||
| Bow-saw 22 | |||
| Sash clamp 35 | |||
| Bench clamp 47 | |||
| Workshop lesson: Making planes 58 | |||
| Rebate plane 62 | |||
| Smoothing plane 75 | |||
| One-piece jack plane 88 | |||
| Two-piece jack plane 106 | |||
| Plough plane 125 | |||
| Workbench and vice 144 | |||
| APPENDIX: FORGE WORK | |||
| Introduction to blacksmithing 165 | |||
| Workshop lesson: Safety 167 | |||
| Workshop lessons: Heat treatment 178 | |||
| Workshop lesson: Cutting edge tools 181 | |||
| Plane blade 182 | |||
| 25mm chisel 190 | |||
| 10mm mortise chisel 200 | |||
| Carpenters' brace 209 | |||
| 20mm centre bit 219 |
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