Casting
Casting is one of the oldest metalworking techniques and an interesting complement to forging.
Specialized books on this subject are rare – we have compiled the most important ones here.
author: Volker Allexi second revised issue with 224 pages, softcover, dimension 14,8 x 21 cm ~ 200 images and sketches
Kulturerbe - Epoche der Eisenerzverhüttung author: Volker Allexi 398 pages, hardcover, dimension 24,4 x 28,7 cm ~ 550 images and sketches
La métallurgie artisanale author: Séry, Mayn/ Moretti, Christian 150 pages, hardcover, dimension 21,5 x 30 cm ------------------ New - however, the book may show slight signs of wear from storage (back in the day, not every book was covered with a film...) This book is out of stock in bookstores - we still have a few remaining copies, some with slight signs of wear. We are selling these while stocks last.
Materialien, Techniken, Gestaltungsideen von Carles Codina 31,0 x 23,5 x 1,5 cm, 160 Seiten ----------------- New - however, the book may show slight signs of wear from storage (back in the day, not every book was covered with a film...) This book is out of stock in bookstores - we still have a few remaining copies, some with slight signs of wear. We are selling these while stocks last.
by Richard Lofting (Crowood Metalworking Guides) in english, 128 pages, 291 colour photographs, 260x215 mm, Hardback PPC The ability to perform heat treatments in the home workshop can be a very useful asset, enabling you to make, repair and maintain tools, to anneal and normalize work-hardened metals, and even to create decorative finishes. Heat Treatment is a practical guide to this valuable range of workshop techniques and how to employ them safely and effectively. Featuring step-by-step photography throughout, this book covers : · An overview of metals and their properties · Building a heat treatment oven for the home workshop · A practical guide to case hardening, flame hardening and tempering · Annealing and normalizing techniques · Decorative finishes with colour case hardening, oil blacking and enamelling Richard Lofting has been welding for over forty years in the workshop. He now restores vintage tractors and classic cars, and is a technical writer for Tractor and Farming Heritage Magazine.