| Australian grassroots motor racing grew
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| | contemplated casting your own metal
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| up with the home built special. Many
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| | parts, then you'd be amazed at the many
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| examples of these historic cars are still
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| | different things that can be made,
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| in existence today. Some were built as
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| | especially if you have a well-equipped
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| circuit racers, but many were built for
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| | machine shop. It is possible to make
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| the ever-popular hill climb events held
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| | those hard to get parts right in your own
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| at the various climbs scattered around
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| | home foundry workshop... for a very low
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| Australia.To build a competitive home
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| | cost.The foundry process is basically
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| built racecar today requires many skills.
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| | carried out by producing a pattern,
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| | which is normally made from timber, but
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| Most importantly the racecar enthusiast
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| | patterns can also be made
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| constructor will need to have
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| | from many other materials, one
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| hands on knowledge of metal fabrication
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| | particular compound that can be
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| skills, i.e., knowing how to
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| | used to reproduce broken parts to make a
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| weld or braze metal, or machining skills
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| | new pattern is RTV silicone.Once a
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| may also be required to operate
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| | pattern is produced, it is imbedded into
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| lathes and milling machines to produce
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| | the foundry sand to make a cavity, green
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| many of the special one off
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| | sand is a common type of foundry sand,
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| parts. Just as in the early days of
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| | but there are many other types of easy to
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| Australian motor racing, today's
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| | use sand moulding mediums. After the sand
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| constructor needs to be extremely
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| | is rammed around the pattern, or the
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| resourceful.If the budget is tight, the
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| | silicate sand has set, the pattern is
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| home race-car builder can use many
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| | carefully removed from the sand mould,
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| avenues
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| | and the mould is closed and made ready
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| to keep the construction costs down to
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| | for the pour..A simple gas fired furnace
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| an acceptable level, being multi
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| | can be constructed to melt the metal
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| skilled will allow the home fabricator
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| | which
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| to construct all manner of things
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| | is then poured into the sand mould to
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| instead of resorting to expensive of the
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| | create the casting. Once the
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| shelf custom made parts.Many people are
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| | casting has cooled, it is removed from
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| unaware that metal casting techniques can
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| | the sand mould, cleaned and
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| be used in the home workshop to cast
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| | prepared for the machining & finishing
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| lightweight aluminium parts. Metal
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| | operations. Quite often, the complete
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| casting is not that difficult to do, and
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| | operation; from pattern to finished
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| in the last couple of years there has
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| | casting can be achieved
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| been a worldwide resurgence of home metal
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| | in just a few days, and that is the
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| casting, i.e., people have been busy
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| | great advantage of being in full control
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| setting up a simple home workshop foundry
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| | of the whole operation, you can
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| to cast special metal parts that would
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| | manufacture and finish everything in
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| otherwise be quite expensive if sourced
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| | house, while reducing the overall cost to
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| professionally.Basically all you really
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| | an absolute minimum.Once you are familiar
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| need is to build some simple foundry
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| | with the basic foundry techniques, and
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| equipment,
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| | you
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| and learn & practice the basic skills,
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| | understand the techniques involved, you
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| and before long you will soon be
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| | will be able to create many
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| creating some amazing things in metal
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| | things in metal that you would otherwise
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| with your own mini foundry.A basic
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| | not thought possible.To learn more about
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| understanding of foundry knowledge and
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| | metal casting visit our web site, you can
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| self - built equipment
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| | download a free ebook on setting up a
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| is the key to your metal casting
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| | small back shed foundry for metal
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| success.Proven foundry methods and
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| | casting,
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| techniques are employed by model
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| | visit: written by Col Croucher.
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| engineers, home mechanics, car &
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| | Australia. This article can be reproduced
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| motorbike restorers etc, to create
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| | as long as full credit is given to the
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| high quality cast parts that would be
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| | author and the web link remains within
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| otherwise unobtainable. If you have never
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| | the article.
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