The Complete Handbook of Sand Casting | 
 enlarge | Author: C. W. Ammen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 170818
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 238
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 083061043X
Dewey Decimal Number: 671.25
EAN: 9780830610433
ASIN: 083061043X
Publication Date: March 1, 1979
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Friends, sand crabs, lend him your big hairy ears February 21, 2008
When I needed a part for a project that I just couldn't buy, I decided to try sand casting it. This was the first book I bought, and I don't regret it. It has a great deal of technical knowledge to offer, and it's written in a very accessible way for the amateur like myself. Mostly though, I get a great mental picture of Mr. Ammen when reading his words. I've known crusty tradesmen like I imagine Ammen to be, and it makes me sad to think that they are a dying breed. What a world, full of artists, amateurs, and pencil pushers, with few that know how anything really works. I think it's worth buying just for the colorful prose.
A topic like metal casting could fill an encyclopedia easily, so I think it is great praise of Ammen to say that this book gives you just enough rope to hang yourself. Besides, anybody who's ever done anything knows that the only way to learn how to do something is to do it. So get this book, mix up some green sand, and git'er done.
 sand casting January 14, 2008
I found this old, but somewhat useable. The methods were not explained as well as I would have hoped, but I gleaned some info from them.
The Complete Handbook of Sand Casting October 28, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A well thought out book with easy to follow instructions. A good reference book for the novice foundry man. I would suggest this book for anyone even remotely interested in casting and foundry work.
 A Sand Crabs View September 24, 2001
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
This has got to be the sand casting bible, because for one it really does start at the begining. This book will treach you how to start from scratch, build your own furnace, and how to make the anciliary equipment. Most importantly it is written by one of the experts in the field, he will take stepby step through your first casting, and teach you how to figure out what went wrong. So if this is what you want to do this is the book for you.
Establishing your own foundry February 4, 2000
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
C. W. Ammen has done an admirable job of condensing the three foundry trades apprenticeships into a paperback. If ever a live steamer or inventor wanted to set up a small foundry this would be the book to buy.
Mr Ammen knows his business and how to teach it but he is not a technical writer. You will have to live with the book's faults. It's poorly edited and there are a good many clumsy sentances and examples of bad grammar.
Do not let these faults distract you from the narrative. A good industrial craftsman with little knowledge of foundry practice can follow the instructions given to ultimately produce practice sand castings of most any metal of good quality.
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