# Before the casting: how wooden foundry patterns were made

An illustrated path into a mostly forgotten trade: shaping wooden patterns and sweep forms so foundries could produce cast metal parts. Useful for prop makers, machining historians, pattern collectors and anyone learning why a cast part is not simply a copy of a wooden model.

#PatternMaking #Foundry #Casting #Woodworking

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