The Foundry
Molds Ready to Pour
Spur Patterns
Furnace Ready to Fire Up
Rowels
Loading the Crucible with Bronze
Jim Making a New Sand Mold
Sifting the Sand
Filling in the Mold with Sand
More Sand
Packing the Sand
More Sand
Packing the Sand
More Packing of the Sand
Still Packing the Sand
Furnace is Warming Up
Triming the Mold
Placing the Sprue for Pouring in the Bronze
Sprue Hole Ready
Mold Halves with Patterns
Ready to Remove Patterns
Mold Without Patterns
Mold Ready to Go
Getting Hot!
Starting to Melt
Bronze Melting
Hot!
Bronze is Melted
Bill Checking the Temperature
Getting the Crucible Out of Furnace
The Bronze is Ready to Pour
Setting up Pouring Handles
Pouring Bronze
Pouring
Melted Bronze is HOT!
Spurs Right Out of the Mold
Not Pretty Yet!
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