http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/djgbk/series/index.html Tom,
Here is the link to the website.
Dave,
While I think that for the most part you are correct, look at the site. The home foundry is said to be large enough to use for making all the parts needed to be cast, of course I may have missed or missread this. You are very correct that it is not the advisable way to make your equipment. It is so readily available at a fraction of the cost, let alone the time involved.
Consider this though, what a great Father and Son project to experiance bonding time with ones child and the memorys the resulting working equipment would provide. As well as passed on to other generations. I am 37 and have a 16 year old and a 4 year old, both boys. My 16 year old son already took his first welding class in high school, and looking forward for the next. I have not had much time to investigate the ins and outs of this fully, so any input is welcome. Is it feasible? Of course it would be a long term project, not something one could expect to finish in a few months, we all work and the kids have school and life as kids as well.
Gentlmen any thoughts are welcome
John