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title: Metal Casting
description: Metal casting covers the process of melting metal and pouring it into molds to create specific shapes. Learners will understand pattern making, sand molding, furnace operation, safety protocols, and how to clean and finish cast metal objects.
category: trades-crafts
subcategory: metalworking
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/metal-casting
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# Metal Casting

Metal casting covers the process of melting metal and pouring it into molds to create specific shapes. Learners will understand pattern making, sand molding, furnace operation, safety protocols, and how to clean and finish cast metal objects.

## Available Resources

2 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Backyard Metal Casting Forum

Hobbyist site and forum on home foundry work: building charcoal, propane, and waste-oil furnaces, making crucibles and green sand molds, and melting aluminum or brass. Readers get build plans and practical guidance for a first safe pour.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/

**Tags:** metal-casting, home-foundry, furnace-building, green-sand-molding

### 2. r/MetalCasting Wiki

Community-maintained wiki from the hobby foundry subreddit, collecting safety rules, beginner guidance, recommended books, and links to further references. Readers get a starting map of equipment, hazards, and practices before attempting to melt and pour metal at home.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.reddit.com/r/MetalCasting/wiki/index

**Tags:** metal-casting, home-foundry, foundry-safety, community-wiki

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