| Vintage Car & Motorcycle restoration enthusiasts all | | | | furnace, |
| share | | | | fabricate some tools, mould boxes, and get hold of |
| one thing in common...The difficulty in obtaining | | | | some green sand to make your sand moulds, learn |
| obsolete spare parts.How many times have you tried | | | | some new skills, and you'll be able to melt & pour your |
| to find a special part for your | | | | own special aluminium & bronze parts.Then you will be |
| restoration project, only to find that it's unobtainable.For | | | | able to machine them in your lathe etc, to produce low |
| the home restorer on a tight budget, it is actually | | | | cost high quality spare parts... it is possible... many |
| possible to put money back into your own pocket... real | | | | people have been doing this for along time.Why don't |
| savings can be made by learning a few simple skills. | | | | you join this select band of people who've discovered |
| Lets face it, if you are rebuilding or restoring old vintage | | | | that casting your own metal parts is not that difficult, |
| vehicles then you most likely already have many | | | | once you have learnt the basic techniques of the |
| practical skills & abilities.You could expand on your | | | | craft.Once your mini foundry system is up and running, |
| valuable practical skills even more.Take for instance | | | | you'll wonder why the heck you didn't discover metal |
| the dozens of mechanical components that need | | | | casting years ago.You can read & learn more about |
| to be rebuild/reconditioned... professional re-builders will | | | | hobby metal casting by visiting: |
| charge you quite a lot of money for reconditioning | | | | Where you can download free ebooks, access free |
| parts, which to all intents & purposes could be carried | | | | foundry directory info, and have a lot of fun learning |
| out in the home workshop at a substantially reduced | | | | new skills to add to your practical restoration |
| cost.You may already have the luxury of a lathe, milling | | | | skills.Learning about metal casting could open up a |
| machine and | | | | whole new dimension |
| a collection of other associated machines in your | | | | & opportunities for you in your home workshop. But |
| workshop.Cast your mind outside the square for a | | | | you wont know |
| moment... if you're unable to produce a part by | | | | just how much until you take the step to learn. |
| machining parts from a solid billet, | | | | Why not take that step today? |
| then all you need to do is to build a simple gas fired | | | | |