7 Piece Sand Casting Bundle For Metal Casting (Delft Style) Gold Silver Bronze etc
 
The bundle contains all the items required for small scale metal casting (jewellery or model making), you just need to add metal and heat.
The bundle contains:
 
Traditional sand casting flask / mould 4 Pin Type
2 Kg of Petrobond sand clay
Crucible Holder
75mm (3 inch) Ceramic Crucible/ Melting Dish
Carbon Stirling Rod 300 mm
Brass Sprue Forming Mandrel
100g Borax Flux
 
The two part flask is precision made from cast iron. It allows the easy duplication. The sand casting flask can be filled vertically or horizontally, securely by four locating pins. The casting void 115 x 74 x 58 mm.
 
The flask holds the sand when a mould is being made. The mandrel is used to form the passage that your liquid metal will pass through.
 
Petrobond is a high oil mix bonded sand suitable for non ferrous metals, including gold, silver, aluminium,  bronze silicon bronze, manganese bronze, and brass and copper based alloys. The sand produces a fine surface finish and produces comparable results to delft clay, using the same techniques and tools. It can also be used as an alternative to green sand for larger castings and produces near die cast quality casting. The sand can be reused multiple times. The casting sand is supplied vacuum packed in sealed plastic bag and is post free.
 
The Crucible Holder is 320mm long and can be adjusted for various sizes of Ceramic Crucible/ Melting. Allow the Melting dish to be securely held and poured in the mould, the handle reduces heat transfer.
 
The 75mm (3 inch) Ceramic Crucible/ Melting Dish can be used with all types of precious and not precious metal, including Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Brass, Aluminium, Pewter, Bronze and Tin.
 
PLEASE NOTE: THE CERAMIC CRUCIBLE SHOULD BE PRE-HEATED AND GLAZED WITH BORAX TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE ITEM.
 
Borax Powder is used as a flux when soldering metal (including jewellery) and when metal is melted for casting (including sand/ delft casting and lost wax casting. The addition of borax power reduces oxidisation and improves the metal flow characteristics. For use with gold, silver, bronze, brass, aluminium. The supplied Borax Powder can also be used to glaze the supplied Ceramic Crucible/ Melting Dish.
 
A carbon (graphite) stirring rod for use when melting metals (gold, silver bronze copper & aluminium) for casting. The rods will help to remove impurities from the molten metal during the stirring process. The rods are made from high density graphite and are 300mm long x 12mm diameter. The rods are brittle and care should be taken when using them. The rod should not be used with platinum as this will contaminate. 
 
The Mandrel is length is 50 mm Max diameter 14 mm and 2.95 mm shank.
 
ALWAYS USE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PROTECTION WHEN HANDLING MOLTEN METAL!
 
Please see our other listings including Casting Flasks, Borax and additional Petrobond sand in various quantities.