The
TAFE Course details
Foundry
Metal Casting
Classes
depending on demand but usually one night class and one fortnightly
day class.
Duration
Many options from half year to full year. Weekly and Fortnightly.
Aim
To acquiant the student interested in the production of metal castings,
with the essential techniques required for the production of castings
in ferrous and non-ferrous metals, from basic pattern making to moulding
and metal pouring.
Course
Objectives
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
1. Explain the essential requirements of a pattern.
2. Produce a simple pattern.
3. Explain the essential requirements of a mould.
4. Produce moulds of various moulding sands for ferrous and non-ferrous
metals.
5. Produce a core and a suitable mould to accept the core.
6. Produce sound castings in ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
7. Pour molten metal into moulds correctly and safely.
Partaking
in this course is a fantastic way to help rekindle a method of manufacturing
that is becoming extinct! Steam machines rely heavily on the casting
process as an integral part of the manufacturing process. Art students
can also benefit from the casting process!
Location

TAFE Illawarra
Institute of Technology, Lysaght St, North Wollongong, NSW.
PO Box
1223, Wollongong, NSW, 2500. Phone: (02) 4229 0400, Fax: (02) 4229
0626
Enrollment
Contact: Metal Fabrication Welding Section. (02) 4229 0685 or
(02) 4229 0376

Recommended
reading to learn more about Foundry work
The
Metalcaster's Bible by C.W.Ammen
Foundrywork for the Amatuer by B. Terry Aspin
Both books
should be available by mail-order from:
Plough
Book Sales:
PO Box 14, Belmont, Victoria, 3216, Australia
Phone: (03) 5266 1262, Fax: (03) 5266 2180
Camden
Miniature Steam Services:
Barrow Farm, Rode, Bath, BA3 6PS. UK
24hr Phone: 0373 830151, Fax: 0373 830516
Cold
Iron
'Gold
is for the mistress - silver for the maid!
Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade.'
'Good!' said the Baron, sitting in his hall,
'But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of them all!'
So he
made rebellion 'gainst the King his liege,
Camped before his citadel and summoned it to siege -
'Nay!' said the cannoneer on the castle wall,
'But Iron - Cold Iron - shall be master of you all!'
Woe for
the Baron and his knights so strong,
When the cruel cannon-balls laid 'em all along!
He was taken prisoner, he was cast in thrall,
And Iron - Cold Iron - was master of it all!
Yet his
King spake kindly (Oh, how kind a Lord!)
'What if I release thee now and give thee back thy sword?'
'Nay!' said the Baron, 'mock not at my fall,
For Iron - Cold Iron - is master of men all.'
'Tears
are for the craven, prayers are for the clown -
Halters for the silly neck that cannot keep a crown.'
'As my loss is grievous, so my hope is small,
For Iron - Cold Iron - must be master of men all!'
Yet his
King made answer (few such Kings there be!)
'Here is Bread and here is Wine - sit and sup with me.
Eat and drink in Mary's Name, the whiles I do recall
How Iron - Cold Iron - can be master of men all!'
He took
the Wine and blessed It; He blessed and brake the Bread.
With His own Hands He served Them, and presently He said:
'Look! These Hands they pierced with nails outside my city wall
Show Iron - Cold Iron - to be master of men all!
'Wounds
are for the desperate, blows are for the strong,
Balm and oil for weary hearts all cut and bruised with wrong.
I forgive thy treason - I redeem thy fall -
For Iron - Cold Iron - must be master of men all!'
'Crowns
are for the valiant - sceptres for the bold!
Thrones and powers for mighty men who dare to take and hold.'
'Nay!' said the Baron, kneeling in his hall,
'But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of men all!
Iron,
out of Calvary, is master of men all!'
by
Rudyard Kipling