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    To all the iron casters. where do you buy

    Are you guys that cast irons buying locally or online? i leave in a very small town, the nearest metals shop is 3 hours away.

    anyways wondering where you order your metals for casting at


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    For Iron, I bust up old castiron machinery. Brake discs, Grey cast brackets and I have some old printing presses that I used parts from and busted up some of the smaller pieces of cast on it. Some sprockets and cast items from farm machinery should be a good source, too.


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    Quote Originally Posted by paprjam View Post
    For Iron, I bust up old castiron machinery. Brake discs, Grey cast brackets and I have some old printing presses that I used parts from and busted up some of the smaller pieces of cast on it. Some sprockets and cast items from farm machinery should be a good source, too.
    im looking for something more commercialy avaible.


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    cupola questions

    You may want to join the group on Yahoo on cupola casting. Here is the link to the homepage:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cupolacasting/

    Dave D
    http://metalshop.homestead.com


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