On Jan 27, 4:53*pm, "Maxwell" #$$9#@%%%.^^^ wrote:

I hope they have plenty of time and money to waste on the project, because
learning metal casting by trial and error is a very lenghty, costly and most
often fruitless endeavor.

???????? Who said anything about trial and eerror? Resources abound
for the budding amateur, and Veebuber is providing a service to this
group by exposing many to the FACT that this skill is within the grasp
of most aviation homebuilders.

I would also caution not only you, but anyone else interested in your
project. You make a LOT of statements and assumptions that are nothing
short
of dead wrong

If he is in error in some factual way please take the time to educate
us all.

Metal casting is like a LOT of things we do/learn. The basics are
simple and the learning of same swift.

Granted, to perfect ones skill in the art, casting or any other, could
well consume a lifetime.

We have no need of that level of mastery to safely make usable hobby
castings.

Being able to make simple castings could be a handy skill for some
homebuilt aircraft owners/builders as there are several out of
production kits that use aluminum castings that are no longer
available. BD-5 and Sadler Vampire being 2 I can think of quickly
that use castings in the landing gear.

Veeduber has given generously of his time trying to pass on to the VW
homebuilding clan the benefit of his years of accumulated wisdom.
(I've been around VW's long enough to know a master when I see one.
He is one.) So if your expertise lies in the field of casting maybe
you'd be willing to share? I know I have more to learn when it comes
to hot aluminum ....... and VW's.
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Leon McAtee
(DEAD e-mail addy, but the resourceful can find the new one)