[SEL] Buying a Foundry

[Reg & Margaret Ingold]

When ya get it all sorted and you are an expert, I need some stuff made!!
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Harris" <ozengine at yahoo.com.au>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:19 AM
Subject: [SEL] Buying a Foundry


> G'day All
> 
> My son and I went to a sale of house antiques in the
> suburbs last weekend, looking for engine bits. None
> there, but there was a complete non-ferrous foundry. I
> decided that I'd be in it if cheap enough. The outfit
> was 2 furnaces with burners) one diesel - a fixed pot
> type, 1 ton weight, other is a portable LP gas unit)
> crucibles, mould boxes, tools, some green sand and
> hard sand & resin consumables, a wobbling sifter &
> sieves, sand mixer and a rolling crusher bowl and a
> bunch of patterns one of which is a small A/C engine.
> I'll keep those for future reference.
> 
> Cost-wise, I think I'll call it the "100 dollar
> foundry". The furnaces went for 10 each and the rest
> was 80 only because some bloke wanted the sifter and
> nothing else, otherwise I'd have got the rest for 10
> as well! I don't think anybody knew what the stuff
> was...I couldn't believe it. I'll start by playing
> with the sand and making some moulds, then try the
> furnaces - ye-haa!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Graham (down and dirty in the foundry)
> 
> 
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