Decided to start a new thread here. Here is another link to some good info. The Chastain books mentioned are great, this guy has cast about everything that can be cast in metal and then some. They are also available at Lindsay Books that I mentioned in the "birdbrained idea" thread.
The metalwebnews website is the one I tried to remember before but I think gave the wrong url. Haven't visited the site in years. Lots of good stuff on these pages and they are an extension of the old metalworking newsgroups. Lots of info on making just about anything of metal. I'm getting stoked!
http://www.metalwebnews.com/fd.html
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