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This is a picture of my first casting, just out of the sand.


   
   
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  This is a picture of my first casting, just out of the sand.
  This is a picture of my first casting, just out of the sand.


[[File:Sandcast006.jpg]]
[[File:Sandcast 006.jpg]]
Here is the pattern for my next casting project.
Here is the pattern for my next casting project.



Revision as of 23:40, 13 December 2017



This is a picture of my first casting, just out of the sand.

File:Sandcast 006.jpg Here is the pattern for my next casting project.

This is the pattern in the cope, ready to be extracted.

The pattern has been removed, and cavities made for the sprue and riser. ( Where the metal is poured in.)
The white powder is talc (Baby powder ) used as a mould release.