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Thread: Melbourne Foundry Suppliers
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9th July 2009, 08:42 PM #1
Melbourne Foundry Suppliers
One of the problems trying to get a toehold on metal casting is the difficulty in finding out who has what products. (more to the point what do I need!)
Here is an incomplete list, I am just listing those places that I have actually been to and bought stuff, there are many other suppliers, if you know of any, here is your chance to post some info.
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Metal
CMA Eco Cycle
5-10 Reo Cresent
Campbellfield Vic 3061
Phone 03 9308 9415
They sell ingots of various metals with a guaranteed alloy composition.
Aluminium ingots $3.50 per Kg
Silicon Bronze $8.50 per Kg
For obvious reasons pick up is probably desirable. I bought some scrap bronze from our local scrap dealer and that was $5 per Kg for unknown scrap alloy, for only a slight increase, you know what alloy you are dealing with..
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CMS (Cast Metal Services)
20 Marni Street
Dandenong South 3175
Telephone 03 9706 6440
Petrobond in 25 Kg pails $4.45 per Kg
Bentonite in 25 Kg bags (Foundry Grade) $0.75 per Kg
Parting Powder in 25 Kg bags (pretty cheap) but talcum powder works well also.
Ceramic Filters 10 ppi (pores per inch) $15 each (used to filter crud while pouring)
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Pinches Alloys
21 Malua Street
Reservoir 3073
03 9460 2466
ITC-100 High Temperature reflective coating $80 per pint
ITC-200 High Temperature ceramic repair $80 per pint
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Foseco
19-21 Nicole Way
Dandenong 3175
03 9792 4033
Pyrocrete (various grades and temperature ratings) the 1650 Deg C was $60 per 25 Kg bag
Nitral C19 Aluminium degassing tablets, degasses Aluminium prior to casting $18 per Kg (comes as a pack of big round tablets, that can be broken into smaller bits for smaller crucibles.
A4 clay graphite crucible $35.75, they also have Silicon Carbide crucibles which are more robust but lower temp. (ok for non-ferrous, just not cast iron)
They also carry fluxes, of various types and heaps of other foundry stuff that I dont have a clue as to what it does... I did notice some preformed tapered pouring sprues which I think are used with the ceramic fiters. Some of the fluxes, are for topping off after a pour, and some I think are use to top off the crucible before pouring (must find out!)
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Thermal Ceramics
Factory 3-4 111-113 William Angliss Drive
Laverton North 3026
03 9360 0355
These guys sell ceramic fibre blanket material, like Kaowool etc. Each product has a specific temperature rating, the stuff I got was CeraChem 1425, which comes as a roll in a box 7.6 meters x 610mm 25mm thick and is rated to 1425 degC, they also sell a range of other high temperature ceramic products. The roll of CeraChem 1425 was $160 plus GST
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Some of these companies have web sites, but none that I have seen provide on-line ordering, and when we are talking 25 kg bags of stuff, the best idea, seems to me, is go and pick up directly. I would make sure to ring beforehand to make sure that what you want is in stock and what the price is.
Regards
Ray
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10th July 2009, 09:28 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Nice work Ray. We have a foseco here in Canberra, I was going to post asking where to get degassing tablets but now i know!
My petrobond arrives on Monday. Very excited.
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Just wondering if anyone knows of, or could create, a similar list for Sydney, in particular anywhere that supplies hobbyist quantities of bentonite for making green sand.
BTW CMS seems to no longer exist - the address and phone number now belongs to
Arnott & Guy Foundry Supplies
and they don't seem to have a Sydney outlet.
Cheers,
Gary
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I've been quoted outrageous prices for bentonite from garden shops, but bought it cheaply from a fodder supplier. Don't know if it's the right grade...
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28th September 2010, 02:40 PM #5Senior Member
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Thanks for the prompt reply Bryan, but, at the risk of sounding completely dumb, what exactly is a "fodder supplier"?
Edit: Oh dear scratch that - of course - animal fodder - unfortunately we don't see too many of those in the inner-city suburbs of Sydney (there aren't many foundries any more either )
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28th September 2010, 02:47 PM #7Senior Member
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Ha ha yes, as you can see above I eventually googled it, but I should have known it - I used to watch "Greenacres" after all...
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How about:
Fodder King
1/554 Marrickville Rd
Dulwich Hill NSW 2203
(02) 9569 7400
fodderking.com.au
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Oh, and the garden shops don't (as far as I have been able to ascertain) sell bentonite either (I had heard that one from elsewhere) - strange - but I suppose it is generally used for water retention which would be unusual around here - I did find some perlite for building a foundry though and considered myself fortunate.
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28th September 2010, 03:00 PM #10Senior Member
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Well that's just down the road from me I go past there all the time - if they sell it I'll stand on my head and spin like a top - not a pretty sight - but worth a look (Fodder King not me on my head). It maybe they are just the head office and don't retail, but I will very definitely check.
But see? that is the LAST place I would have thought to look. Thanks again.
Gary
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Isn't some of the kitty litters made from granulated bentonite clay?.
Edit: Some of the other kitty litters are silica gel which can be made into waterglass for casting.
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They are mostly attapulgite clay here, but I did eventually find one that says it is bentonite - but because it is in "clumps" I still need a ball mill or similar to get it into the right powdery format I believe.
Edit: "clumps"?? please no jokes about not using second hand kitty litter (what was I thinking?)Last edited by garym; 28th September 2010 at 06:43 PM. Reason: foot in mouth disease
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28th September 2010, 06:54 PM #14
You can get bentonite from ceramic or pottery suppliers in small quantities.
Walker Ceramics
Potters Equipment: citysearch
Clayworks Australia
Northcote Pottery | Choose your site
Dunno about Sydney places. Google is your freind.anne-maria.
Tea Lady
(White with none)
Follow my little workshop/gallery on facebook. things of clay and wood.
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