Cannon Barrels
- Thread starter Dave.S
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vagrantviking
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- Southern Alberta
There used to be a bronze casting place in Cochrane that could do 10 foot sculptures and such.
You looking for steel or bronze?
You looking for steel or bronze?
You are going to have to find a foundry that will mess around with one-off castings.
One that does statuary is used to doing one-offs or short runs.
Check the Yellow Pages for larger cities, search the 'net.
Have several cast, you will be able to easily sell raw castings to offset the costs of the ones you want.
One that does statuary is used to doing one-offs or short runs.
Check the Yellow Pages for larger cities, search the 'net.
Have several cast, you will be able to easily sell raw castings to offset the costs of the ones you want.
Hit the Yellow pages and start with the entries for "Foundry Supplies" or "Refractory". In Edmonton, I'd suggest a phone call to Inproheat, and start from there.
Those would be the guys selling supplies to about anyone that casts on a large or small scale.
You want to ask the sales guys there if they can put you in contact with a Foundry, not a forge. Foundries cast, forges beat metal into submission after they make it hot.
Distance is gonna be an issue, so where you are located would be good info.
I know a couple guys in the Edmonton area that cast bronze occasionally. One fellow SE of Edmonton that casts some iron, but probably not in quantities enough to fill the mold (EE, a while back?).
There is a fellow name of Stewart Marshall, in Washington state that casts both bronze and iron cannon blanks, which he sells, as well as writing several books on building and using a cupola for casting. If you are in his area, he may be worth tracking down.You can dig up some info on him, online if you look.
Cheers
Trev
Those would be the guys selling supplies to about anyone that casts on a large or small scale.
You want to ask the sales guys there if they can put you in contact with a Foundry, not a forge. Foundries cast, forges beat metal into submission after they make it hot.
Distance is gonna be an issue, so where you are located would be good info.
I know a couple guys in the Edmonton area that cast bronze occasionally. One fellow SE of Edmonton that casts some iron, but probably not in quantities enough to fill the mold (EE, a while back?).
There is a fellow name of Stewart Marshall, in Washington state that casts both bronze and iron cannon blanks, which he sells, as well as writing several books on building and using a cupola for casting. If you are in his area, he may be worth tracking down.You can dig up some info on him, online if you look.
Cheers
Trev
