[Steam-engine] Re: [SEL] Make your own Iron Castings!!

[Tod Engine]

If anyone wants to schedule one of the ironcasting workshops for a Saturday 
in July, August or September please email me.

You do not need to bring a pattern with you, I have a few things here that 
can be molded up such as bookends and 5" high letters and numbers so you can 
spell your name in iron or make new house numbers.  Or if you have an item 
that you would like to cast please bring it.

The workshop would start around 9 am and last the better part of the day. 
Probably meet somewhere for breakfast then head off to the site. We would 
start out with an overview of greensand molding, make the molds and discuss 
the theory behind the operation of a cupola furnace.  After lunch we would 
weigh out the charges, start the cupola and pour the castings.  Before the 
end of the day the casting would be removed from the molds and cooled off to 
take home with you.  You should bring safety glasses, gloves and boots with 
you and a long sleeve shirt to be worn when pouring castings.

The cost would be $200 per person or per family.  I would like to keep the 
class size down to no more then three or four people at a time since more 
than that we just start tripping over each other! We would be doing this at 
the Tod Engine Heritage Park so you'll be able to see the Tod Engine while 
you're there.  All proceeds beyond cost of materials will go toward 
preserving the Tod Engine and expanding the foundry at the heritage park.

Email me at rick at todengine.org if you wish to schedule a date.

Rick Rowlands
Executive Director
Tod Engine Heritage Park
William Tod 34" x 68" x 60" Cross Compound Steam Engine
Youngstown, OH
http://www.todengine.org/
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