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Vintage Car & Motorcycle restoration enthusiasts all share
one thing in common... The
difficulty in obtaining obsolete
spare parts. How many times
have you tried to find a special
part for your restoration
project, only to find that
it's unobtainable. For the
home restorer on a tight budget,
it is actually possible to
put money back into your own
pocket... real savings can
be made by learning a few
simple skills. Lets face it,
if you are rebuilding or restoring
old vintage vehicles then
you most likely already have
many practical skills & abilities.
You could expand on your valuable
practical skills even more.
Take for instance the dozens
of mechanical components that
need to be rebuild/reconditioned...
professional re-builders will
charge you quite a lot of
money for reconditioning parts,
which to all intents & purposes
could be carried out in the
home workshop at a substantially
reduced cost. You may already
have the luxury of a lathe,
milling machine and a collection
of other associated machines
in your workshop. Cast your
mind outside the square for
a moment... if you're unable
to produce a part by machining
parts from a solid billet,
then all you need to do is
to build a simple gas fired
furnace, fabricate some tools,
mould boxes, and get hold
of some green sand to make
your sand moulds, learn some
new skills, and you'll be
able to melt & pour your own
special aluminium & bronze
parts. Then you will be able
to machine them in your lathe
etc, to produce low cost high
quality spare parts... it
is possible... many people
have been doing this for along
time. Why don't you join this
select band of people who've
discovered that casting your
own metal parts is not that
difficult, once you have learnt
the basic techniques of the
craft. Once your mini foundry
system is up and running,
you'll wonder why the heck
you didn't discover metal
casting years ago. You can
read & learn more about hobby
metal casting by visiting:
http://www.myhomefoundry.com
Where you can download free
ebooks, access free foundry
directory info, and have a
lot of fun learning new skills
to add to your practical restoration
skills. Learning about metal
casting could open up a whole
new dimension & opportunities
for you in your home workshop.
But you wont know just how
much until you take the step
to learn. Why not take that
step today? Written by: Col
Croucher Ebook Author and
Administrator of: http://www.myhomefoundry.com
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