[Steam-engine] Repro Castings

[Andy glines]

I did manage to get a picture of the assembly up on my
photo sharing site before I ran out of room.  I also
have a pic of the individual castings but I ran out of
storage space.  You can see the shock by looking here:
 http://groups.msn.com/Racerpics/huber.msnw  For size
reference the piece of pipe is 2" X 7" long.  I will
be making the caps on both ends and the eye on the end
of the bolt.  Shoud be pretty easy.
--- Tod Engine <todengine at zoominternet.net> wrote:

> 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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Andy Glines
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