This is the first site that I have really done for myself, but I thought that I needed somewhere to keep a log of progress through my hobbies and make some of the things that I have found available to other like minded people.

My professional background is electrical & electronic engineering, but metalwork and mechanisms have always been intriguing to me, these days I make a living as an oracle DBA in a busy hospital. ( It's a good job with no heavy lifting ).

It is quite interesting how one project soon blossoms into several different disciplines that requires an ever increasing number of tools and skills.  How many of you are faced with that cutting remark of ‘where did that come from, how much was it?', luckily some of the more esoteric/expensive tools will often fit in a drawer, ( if you end up with a cincinati mill on your drive - well your on your own ).

My workshop comprises the following: Clarke combined Lathe/Mill Chester Champion Mill/Drill ( Round Column ) 8"x5" metal cutting bandsaw 18"x32"x5" CNC router ( self built - see CNC projects ) Gas fired metal melting furnace ( self built - see Foundry projects ) Sand molding bench

Please feel free to browse this site, the online shop doesn't have much in it at the moment but that should change over time,  hopefully as a means of subsidising other projects.  Most of the information is under the 'PROJECTS' link in the main menu.

This website has been built and maintained through Joomla, a free content management system that is very flexible to use and setup.  If you want a CMS system, you should take a good long hard look at Joomla, I love it.

HOT NEWS - NEW CONTENT/CURRENT UPDATES 

Mini Slip Rolls 15^th March 2009

Universal Pillar Tool ( Fabricated ) 2^nd  April 2009 - Updated

Small Steam Boiler nearing completion 11^th Dec 2008

New Boiler Design Software - free download, ( Non Production )

NB: Not for re-sale or distribution.

DISCLAIMER

Information contained in this website is not meant to be an exhaustive guide on how to build and operate furnaces but as a record of how I built mine and use it.  However the material presented from sources is believed to be reliable.  Building and operating metal melting furnaces is dangerous and not to be undertaken lightly.  SteamCastings nor its authors guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information published herein and neither SteamCastings nor its authors shall be responsible for any errors, omissions, or damages arising out of this information.