That's more than I knew when I asked. Thank You.
For me, I have a couple projects I would like to try in Aluminum, and a couple more in Iron. The last two are the ones I figure will be the most difficult (because it's Iron). I figure I could cast simple Aluminum parts like covers and what not here. I would be hard pressed to generate the heat (BTU's not just degrees) it would take to melt the Iron.
I have made some patterns and molds before for simple things. I found this website containing a DIY home style foundry, showing much detail in making the pattern,core boxes and everything needed to make simple aluminum castings. This guy made side covers for an Indian motorcycle that are very hard to find in usable condition. This shows step by step him making the patterns and everything, it answered a lot of ????'s I had about draft angles and such, maybe it will be useful to you as well, heres the link: [url=www.virtualindian.org/3techcasting.htm][/url]
