How to cast jewelry with sand casting
Austin Moore Austin Moore
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 Published On Sep 16, 2024

This is a very basic setup using minimal aids or tools to create a ring casting using a sand casting setup. Sand casting is appealing because it has a very cheap cost of entry compared to investment casting, and provides near instant gratification.

The video includes:

00:00 Basic tools needed
1:45 How to prepare the flask/mold
12:30 Melting and pouring the metal
15:05 Possible reasons for failure
17:08 Trying again and succeeding!

The kit I am using is from DIY Casting:
https://www.diycastings.com/
My kit is an older version and might differ from the one currently being offered.
I highly recommend their clay as well and @craigdabler-thediycastings7511 the owner, has many additional videos on his website to help you get started.

A Mapp gas torch can easily be picked up at any hardware store, or ordered here:
https://amzn.to/3ZorSmH

When it comes to safety, name brand matters! I use this 3m respirator:
https://amzn.to/3B7bU6y

Best of luck to you, and remember: If you do not succeed the first time, or the 2nd, or 3rd, or 4th... hopefully the 5th time will be the charm! That's how many tries it took me to finally get my very first clean complete casting. After that I had learned a lot about failure and how to avoid it and was able to get casting usually in 1 or 2 tries at most. There are a lot of nuances in this technique that I do not go over, but that you'll learn over time.

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