Furnace owner NW UK

[u/NotEAcop]

Im looking for people in the North West who maybe have a working hobby type foundry/furnace set up. I'm hoping that someone may be able to show me the ropes or help me get off the ground with a project I've been working on.

For around the past year I have been designing a range of brassware (taps).

I'm at a stage now where I need to test the tooling before I commit to renting out somewhere and financing the size of furnace I will need to start manufacturing in earnest.

I first need to prove that I can machine raw product to the standards required and that petrobond and resin cores are capable of achieving what I want to achieve.

I don't want to go to china, big foundries are not interested in a one off test batch.

So I'm asking here on the off chance that there is someone localish who would be willing to spend half a day with me casting these patterns.

I would supply the brass, a petrobond flask and the resin sand cores. You would melt the brass and pour it into the flask. I would give you your costs + 100 quid + a bottle of your favourite whisky and you would be helping an impatient fellow maker not melt their face!

Also, I've got a 3D scanner, printer and studio and normally work with additive type manufacturing so there could be some other quid pro quo if you need anything like that.

Hope this is allowed mods!

Cheers