Subject: Re: Bronze casting

From: Andrew Werby <[email-masked]>
Date: 14 Sep 1996 17:58:12 GMT

[email-masked] \(jher) wrote:
>	Hello, I am interested in trying some casting of bronze, lead, etc.
>Can anyone recommend a good book to read on this subject?  Thanks.
>-- 
>[email-masked]/[email-masked]
>http://www.fnord.org

There are a lot of books which say a little or a lot about bronze 
casting- look under "sculpture" in your local library- but I would
 strongly recommend finding a place where it is being done by someone 
experienced, watching, and asking questions before trying it at home.
 (A period of apprenticeship would be best.) There are a lot of little 
things which the books may or may not mention which can make the 
difference between good castings and serious bodily harm. Having said 
that, you might try Ron Young's books on ceramic-shell casting and 
patination, available from his company; Sculpt-Nouveau: 1-800-728-5787.
 Winston Harness has some information for prospective sand-casters 
posted on his page, which I have listed under "Resources" at my site
 (URL below). Also, you might try looking at the information I have 
provided under "Techniques of Sculpture".]

Andrew Werby - United Artworks

http://users.lanminds.com/~drewid

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From: [email-masked] (jher)
Date: 12 Sep 1996 11:48:27 -0500

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From: [email-masked](J.A.Harvey)
Date: 12 Sep 1996 20:38:11 GMT

>Can anyone recommend a good book to read on this subject?  Thanks.
 Go over to the Pyramid site at;
http://hre.com/pyramid and give Merle a call. He has a wealth of
information on casting and I think he sells books too. Check with him
for the details.

Jim Harvey
[email-masked]
http://hre.com

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From: [email-masked] (Jukka Raulamo)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 21:37:30 GMT

In rec.crafts.metalworking, [email-masked] (jher) wrote:

	> Hello, I am interested in trying some casting of bronze,
	> lead, etc. Can anyone recommend a good book to read on 
	> this subject?  Thanks.

	Hi,

	Try one of these:
	* Casting Brass, C.W. Ammen, ISBN 0-8306-1810-4
	  TAB Books Blue Ridge Summit Pa. 17214 or
	* Practical Casting by Tim McCreitght, ISBN 0-9615984-0-9
	  Brynmorgen press Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107

	The first one has 245 pages and is *very* detailed and,
	IMO, focused pepople for starting casting business.
	Ammen has many other books on metal casting.

	The McCreitght`s book is more basic, but well written 
	and it has good handdrawn pics. It is more for smallscale
	ie. goldsmiths`s casts. 122 pages. I recomend this for
	novice metallcaster.

	Mr. Jukka "the espressoman" Raulamo
	M.Ed., Crafts, Arts and Technology Teacher
	High School in Pornainen, Finland, EUROPE
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From: [email-masked] (Jens)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:58:10 -0700

>        warrants a $500 transmital fee, Email constitutes agreement

Jukka,
If I was a person that has any commercial Email to send I would be
sure to send it to you. There is someone on the same ISP as me that
has a similar warning. Whenever I seem something as silly as this I
think to myself 'darn, I got to come up with some commercial email and
send it out' .

Jens

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From: "John R. Johnson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:06:59 -0500

> think to myself 'darn, I got to come up with some commercial email and
Jens, this is clearly a joke derived from the warnings usually printed
on shrinkwrapped software packages for your computer!  Something like
"Warning, reading this message constitutes agreement to the terms and
conditions thereon, and we take your money and deliver NOTHING that is
warranted to do anything in any way and if it costs you lots of money,
tough. "

John

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From: "John R. Johnson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:25:25 -0500

I guess in my opinion it IS a joke, Jens.  If Jukka doesn't think so,
then the joke is probably on Jukka!

John

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From: [email-masked] (Jens)
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:18:35 -0700

>on shrinkwrapped software packages for your computer! 

John
I don't know about the joke portion - the chap that is on my ISP was
rather serious (and cheezed off that I would dare challenge this).
We'll see if Jukka feels it's a joke .....
Jens