I'm so glad this forum has been started! Here's a few pics from my back yard foundry:
My 10" bore, coke fired Cupola....
Here...I'm pouring about 24 lbs of Bronze:
I always thought this was a cool photo: it's shot on my molding bench making cores. These are made from "shell sand" which is a heat activated resin bonded sand. The result is a very thin, permeable core ...kind of like an egg shell.
I built my first belt grinder to grind the gates and risers from my castings.