Online Catalogue last updated 17th of September 2023
Melting metal isn't difficult. Burn enough fuel fast enough, and you can melt metal. What is difficult is making a useful casting. You need to make a wooden model that can be used to make an impression in the sand into which the metal can flow and cool. Fabricating that model, the pattern is an art and science. Here you get the secrets. You get two parts: bench work and lathe work. In the first few chapters you get basic information on precision wood working, but then it gets useful. Instead of building an end table, you'll learn how to build patterns so that you can cast a surface plate, clamp, link, bracket, pedestal, pawl, lathe-leg, bell crank, tool rest slide, steady rest, tail stock, hopper, gear case, cylinder head, star washer, lever, rammer head, carburettor connector, glue-pot, water jacket, piston, hand wheel, flywheel and more. And as you go along you are shown how to make the necessary cores, and the secrets that allow you to pour complex casting relatively easily.
You get dimensioned drawings, demonstrations of how the mold is rammed up, how to turn the cylinders needed in a wood lathe, and much more. It's all heavily illustrated. There are many pattern books out there, most of so-so quality. This is one of the very best I've seen. And from it you can produce valuable castings for your lathe and model engine.
Code No. 008212