"Does anyone here make their own castings? If so, in what metals, what do you use for heat source. and any useful tips? ' Alan I do aluminium and brass in my homemade charcoal furnace. Jesse the redneck Tennessean This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.