I carefully selected my supplies and hand tools before I started and took the picture shown below.\u00a0 After I had the necessary items I did all of the preparation work using only hand tools and an electric drill.\u00a0 When I started casting aluminum I did not have much more than those simple tools in my possession.\u00a0 Below is a picture of the tools and equipment I started with.\u00a0 The only items that I did not have laying around the house were the two 8 foot 2×2 boards, fire clay and fine sand.\u00a0 Wood and sand were obtained at a big box home improvement store.\u00a0 The fire clay is a little more difficult.\u00a0 I went to Continental Clay<\/a> in Minneapolis and purchased the clay (Hawthorn-50 mesh fire clay<\/a>).\u00a0 They do sell by mail order but finding a local source is probably worth the trouble for most people.<\/p>\n I was able to complete the project in less than one day.\u00a0 I captured the build in the video embedded\u00a0 below.\u00a0 More details, including tools\/parts list, can be found on the project page: One Day Foundry<\/a> project page.<\/p>\n![\"One](\"http:\/\/www.scorchworks.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4170037-e1431745913583.jpg\")
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