Exhibit 24.1

                          AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

             WHEREAS,  Amcast Industrial  Corporation,  an Ohio corporation (the
 "Company"),  intends to file with the Securities and Exchange  Commission under
 the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), a Registration Statement on
 Form S-8 covering 425,000 of its common shares,  without par value, that may be
 issued  under  the  Company's  1999  Stock  Incentive  Plan  the  "Registration
 Statement").

             NOW THEREFORE,  the  undersigned,  in his capacity as a director of
 the Company,  hereby  appoints John H. Shuey and Denis G. Daly and each of them
 to be his true and  lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power of
 substitution  and  resubstitution,  to execute  his name,  place and stead,  as
 aforesaid,  the  Registration  Statements  and  any  post-effective  amendments
 thereto,  and  any  and  all  other  instruments  necessary  or  incidental  in
 connection  therewith,  and to file the same with the  Securities  and Exchange
 Commission.  Said  attorney  shall  have  full  power and  authority  to do and
 perform,  in the name and on behalf of the  undersigned,  every act  whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done,  as fully to all intents and purposes as the
 undersigned  might or could do in person.  The undersigned  hereby ratifies and
 approves the acts of said attorney.

             IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned has executed this instrument
 this 22nd day of March, 2000.

        /s/ James K. Baker                           /s/ Leo W. Ladehoff
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            James K. Baker                               Leo W. Ladehoff


        /s/ Walter E. Blankley                       /s/ Earl T. O'Loughlin
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            Walter E. Blankley                           Earl T. O'Loughlin


        /s/ Peter H. Forster                         /s/ William G. Roth
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            Peter H. Forster                             William G. Roth


        /s/ Bernard G. Rethore                       /s/ R. William Van Sant
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            Bernard G. Rethore                           R. William Van Sant