Maker Faire Wayne County 2024

Metal Foundry and Casting

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Booth exhibit displaying foundry, crucible, casting equipment, and items cast out of aluminum and copper. Learn the basics of metallurgy the smelting process along with casting (green sand and lost wax process).

Metal Foundry and Casting - Maker Faire Wayne County 2024

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Jonathan Fedak Maker Photo

Jonathan Fedak

My enthusiasm for melting metal began through the curiosity of my four children. They threw an empty pop can in our backyard fire pit to "see what would happen." They found the next day, digging through the ashes, the aluminum glob remains from the can. It was their oohs and ahs and all the questions that followed that inspired me to become a smelting and casting hobbyist.