Bronze casting

So lately I've been building the equipment to outfit my foundry. I'll be using oil bonded sand (a formula called K-bond). The idea is to cast bronze pieces. It will take a while to get everything together.

 This is a molding bench in progress.

 A pair of lifting tongs to get the crucible out of the furnace.

A pouring shank to hold a #16 crucible, about 50 pounds of bronze.