Handbook of Lost Wax or Investment Casting
by James E. Sopcak
64 Pages, Illustrated, Black & White Photos, Paperback, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
This is a new "Handbook of Lost Wax or Investment Casting" book . This book is a compilation of a series of articles by the author that, as a whole, constitutes a course on how to actually make the equipment you would need for lost wax casting. It also describes how to use the equipment to make patterns, molds, and castings for jewelry and small metal parts.
Included are instructions on how to:
- Make a vacuum investment mixer
- Make a burnout oven
- Make a pressure casting machine
- Make a simple wax wire extruder
- Make rubber molds
- Make a wax injector
- Make wax patterns
- Invest wax patterns
- Burnout and cast
- Use rubber molds and duplicate patterns
