About

Acme Foundry was started in 2016 in a lent shed behind a hardware store on the south side of the canal. We pour small bronze parts — door pulls, escutcheons, the occasional pelmet finial — for restorers, prop houses, and, twice a year, a regional museum.

What we do

We work mostly from rubbings and casts brought in by clients. A part comes in chipped or missing; we cut a wax, sprue it, invest it, and pour. If the original is gone entirely, we draw one and the customer signs off before the wax ever sees flask.

We do not do volume work. A typical run is four to twelve pieces. If you need a hundred of something, we will politely send you down the canal.

How the shed is laid out

1. Pattern bench — wax, clay, two lamps.
2. Investment table — under the window, because the slurry hates warm air.
3. Burnout kiln — in its own little brick room, vented to the alley.
4. The crucible furnace — propane, lined every six months whether it asks for it or not.
5. Finishing — files, scrapers, one slow lathe.

"The shed teaches you what the drawing forgot." — a sign Ada put up in 2019. Nobody has taken it down.

A note on this page

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