[Steam-engine] Repro Castings

[Tod Engine]

Andy,

For iron its about 1/8" per foot. for the small pieces there will be no 
detectable shrinkage.  For the firebox door it may still not be enough to 
worry about but if there is some shrinkage, surfaces could be built up to 
compensate.

I suppose I am in competition with Cattail foundry on this reproduction 
work.  I would be glad to give you a quote and you could go to whoever you 
feel you get the better value from.

You could send the pics to me or you could set up an account with one of the 
photo hosting sites.  I use webshots and it works great for me with a couple 
hundred photos posted so far.  I think I paid something like $20 a year but 
its well worth it.  There is a free version as well which would probably be 
best until you have lots of photos to share.

Thanks

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy glines" <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
To: "Steam-engine mailing list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Repro Castings


>I was planning on contacting Cattail Foundry simply
> because of an enthusiastic recommendation that I got
> from an engine collector who has been involved with
> many restorations.  I will try to snap a couple of
> pics tonight but I might have trouble finding a place
> to post them.  Looks like I need to start a web page.
> The pieces will fit in your hand they are fancy pipe
> caps for 2" pipe and are part of the fancy cushion
> drive found on older Hubers.  I also need to borrow a
> firebox door and have one reproduced.  What kind of
> shrinkage rates are we talking about?
> --- Tod Engine <todengine at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> >
>> >
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