This paper is written to inspire and educate those interested in the finer skills and processes required to produce high quality castings. It is a treatise of the process from design to the finished hardware learned during more than thirty years of practice. From factors to consider in casting design, the types of casting processes, characteristics of the common alloys, fundamentals ofpatternmaking, a summary of operations on the foundry floor, and finishing the casting process through final machining and inspection you will find it all discussed here.
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