A mold-forming assembly for forming chemical set sand into a plurality of mold portions for one or more objects to be cast in the mold portions. The assembly includes a loading subassembly for forming the mold portions, a positioning subassembly for positioning each mold portion in a predetermined position, and a conveyor subassembly extending between the loading and positioning subassemblies, for moving the mold portions from the loading subassembly to the positioning subassembly.