Procedures

1. Ensure all students wore the correct attire before proceed to

work.
2. Lecturer gave a small brief about foundry and sand casting.
3. Firstly, students were instructed to cut the wood according to
the dimensions given by using Wood Cutting Table Saw
Machine.

4. After cutting the wood, a group consists of 2-3 students.One

person have to make curve and smooth the wood which will be
the base using Sand Belt Machine.

5. One person have to draw the design on another wood.

Figure 1:The design drawn on the wood.

6. After drawing the design on wood,using the Jig Saw Drill
Machine to cut the designed wood into pieces.

7. Smooth and make curves for those cut pieces using Sand Belt
Machine
8. Finally,stick those cut pieces according to the design on the

wood using glue.

9. Submit the workpiece to the lecturer.

10. Lecturer gave a small brief about sand casting.

11. Using the wheelbarrow and shovel,create a mixture of 7
shovel of normal sand and 9 shovel of Benzoit Sand.Pour
some water to make as a compound and mix it well.

12. After mix it, setup the cope and drag.

13. Flipped over the drag and place the pattern(workpiece).

14. Firm up the sand mixture against the pattern.
15. Place the aluminium bar into the crucible and insert into the
Furnace.

16. Connect the furnace with the gas cylinder and light it up to
molten the aluminium bar.
17. Compact the sand mixture using Rammers.

18. Use the strike off bar to remove the excessive sand thus it
will nice and flat.

19. Place the cope and 2 spur on the pattern and fill with the sand
mixture.1 spur hole for pour molten aluminium and 1 more for
ventilation.

20. Compact the sand mixture and strike it off.

21. Remove the cope carefully and clean the place were spur
fix.Place 2 screw on the pattern carefully.Make sure there is no
any sand blocking the hole.Clean the hole and extend a bit the
path were spur fixed.The hole will be used to pour molten
aluminium
22. Remove the pattern carefully and place back the Cope on
Drag.
23. Close the gas cylinder and open the furnace.Stir the metal to
ensure all metal has melted.
24. Wear the correct safety attire before handling it.Wear
gloves and goggle.
25. Skim off the SLAG which floats on the top of crucible.
26. Using the crucible lifter. Lift the crucible slowly and place
on flat surface.Then,use the crucible pourer to pour the molten
aluminum into the hole that created.

27. Pour until the molten aluminium comes out from the
ventilation hole.
28. Open the Cope and Drag.Use the hammer to hit the sand
which are still stick on cope and drag.
29. Submit the product to lecturer and clean the place.Place the
tools back which are used on the fixed place