Foundry in a Box

By admin_wmafs on May 13, 2025 in Foundry in a Box |

Thanks to Andy, John, Laurie, Bruce, Al, Scott, Len and Randy for volunteering at Kent City High School for the Foundry in a Box demonstration. Mr Boyd has us in for three of his classes. We had a total of about 60...

By admin_wmafs on May 2, 2025 in Foundry in a Box |

Thanks to Andy, Al, John, Laurie, Len, Marty, Scott, Randy and Jacob for volunteering at Whitehall High School. Special thanks to Jacob Mulder. He was an AFS stipend recipient from the West Michigan Chapter. He is going to Michigan Tech University. I asked him if he would like to check out how sand casting works. Jacob is looking for part time work this summer. Hope the foundry community can keep him. Whitehall teacher Jeremy Shaeffer has two classes that made their own 3d printed patterns. He had the patterns already mounted and the students packed and poured their creations. Last semester we furnished Jeremy with sand and flasks. He has his “sandbox” right by the 3d printer so students can check to see if sand will draw off their patterns. We really had some good castings. Jeremy’s classes are a good source for providing us the new...

By admin_wmafs on Apr 26, 2025 in Foundry in a Box |

Thanks to John, Laurie, Scott, Len, Al, Randy, Joe and Andy for volunteering at the Muskegon Career Tech Center on Friday April 18th. Over 120 students got to participate. Thanks Ryan for inviting...

By admin_wmafs on Apr 2, 2025 in Foundry in a Box |

Thank you again for your donation as well as attending our STEM Night with Foundry in a Box. Community partners like you, and Eagle Alloy, are greatly appreciated and directly contribute to our school success. We look forward to working with you again in...

By admin_wmafs on Dec 17, 2024 in Foundry in a Box |

Thanks to Andy, John, Laurie, Scott, Beth, Bruce, Al and Len for volunteering at Kent City High School in Kent City Michigan for a Foundry in a Box demonstration for three of Connor Boyd’s...

By admin_wmafs on Dec 17, 2024 in Foundry in a Box |

Thanks to Andy, Al, Beth, John, Laurie, Len, Marty, and Scott who volunteered for a demonstration at Whitehall High School. Jeremy Shaeffer invited our group in to mold some 3d printed patterns his engineering class made themselves. They did a really good job. We were joined by one of our previous FiB coordinators and past president of our local American Foundry Association Jim Perrault....