[Steam-engine] Repro Castings

[Tod Engine]

Jim,

We can cast just about any metal. Steel, iron, ductile iron, aluminum, brass 
and bronze.  I do some work for a small local foundry and we have a deal 
where I can make my own molds and pour them and just pay them for the sand 
used and amount of metal poured.   This is a temporary arrangement until I 
get my foundry up and running.  In the Tod Engine restoration shop I have a 
small cupola for melting iron and making ductile, and have the materials 
gathered to construct an aluminum and brass furnace.  We can handle castings 
from 30-60 lbs. no problem, and actually up to 300 lbs. we can do in house. 
I can even have a piece cast for you up to about 4,000 lbs. by having 
another foundry pour the metal.  Actually I have a couple of 1,000 lb. 
couplings for the Tod Engine to make one day and when I do them I'll make 
the patterns out of styrofoam, make the molds and truck them down to a 
foundry near Pittsburgh to pour.

The "Tod Engine Works" foundry is a way for me to wean off of making a 
paycheck and into self employment, and also a way to make some money for the 
Tod Engine project.  I hope to become the first stop for what I call non 
commercial users of castings, people like you who have a casting or two that 
needs made but not something that would be of interest to a regular foundry. 
I am a fellow hobbyist so I care a bit more about the quality of castings 
unlike the typical founder who just sees your work as another job and is 
just in it for the money.

 Lokk on my webshots site in the Tod Engine Works album for a few photos of 
my recent castings. http://community.webshots.com/user/todengine  I made a 
coupler knuckle for the San Diego Railroad Museum, brake shoes for 2 foot 
gauge locomotives and cars, pistons for hit and miss engines.  I've even 
taken an iron handwheel that was broken into six pieces, put it back 
together long enough to make a mold and cast a new one of ductile iron.

So send me what you have in mind and we can discuss.

Thanks

Rick Rowlands
Tod Engine Works
100 South Bridge Street Bldg. F
Struthers, OH  44471
330-728-2799

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Mackessy" <jmackess at twcny.rr.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Repro Castings


> Hi Rick!
>     What materials do you cast, and what are your size and weight limits?
> I have a project in mind, and I don't want to design anything that's a 
> pita
> for the foundry.
> Best Regards;
> Jim Mackessy
> Syracuse, New York, USA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tod Engine" <todengine at zoominternet.net>
> To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Repro Castings
>
>
>> Andy,
>>
>> Which foundry do you intend to use?  I have a small foundry here in
>> Youngstown and our specialty is making castings from original pieces.  If
>> you could send me a couple of pics I can let you know what preparations 
>> if
>> any you would need to make.  Most of the time there are no special
>> preparations needed.  I can make any follow boards or add stock to the
>> original pieces as neccesary.
>>
>> The profits from the foundry operation, called Tod Engine Works goes
> toward
>> the preservation of the Tod Engine.
>>
>> Rick Rowlands
>> Tod Engine Works
>> 100 South Bridge Street Bldg. F
>> Struthers, OH  44471
>> 330-728-2799
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Andy glines" <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Steam" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:30 PM
>> Subject: [Steam-engine] Repro Castings
>>
>>
>> >I am gathering a few pieces that I need to have
>> > reproduced in order to complete the restoration on the
>> > huber.  For now, I intend to use original castings as
>> > patterns.  How do I need to prepare these castings
>> > before shipping them to the foundry?
>> >
>> > =====
>> > Andy Glines
>> > Evansville, IN
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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