As the good weather continued, we got the furnace going again and put the small cope and drag to use, this time casting an aluminium coin.

Making a casting flask had to be high up on this week’s jobs list, because when the sun finally shines in Lancashire, you’ve got to melt some metal.

After my first attempt at 3D printing myself and then refining the process to a good portrait, I finally started 3D printing my family to round out my cast of characters.