Although I didn’t have anyone to operate the camera when I cast my first gun part, I did have someone handy to film the first test run of...

In an earlier blog series, I outlined how I built a foundry furnace and cast a replacement hammer for a broken antique shotgun. This is...

Unfortunately for this part of casting I was alone. I didn’t have anyone present to operate the camera while I was pouring the part. But...

This may seem to be an oversimplification, but I built a small wooden cart to roll around the furnace outside where I’d be casting my gun...

This is NOT a a step by step tutorial for building your blower, but to show you how I did it and what worked for me. I started off with...

I decided that I needed to start making some obsolete gun parts that I couldn’t find anywhere else. Sometimes you get an older antique...