[AT] repairing machined tractor parts

[Steve W.]

Greg Hass wrote:
> Two or three years ago I happened to see the show Jay Leno's Garage. He 
> had the upper thermostat housing and the end where the radiator hose 
> connected from some rare old car where new or used parts didn't exist. 
> The part was broke and could not be fixed. They glued it together, it 
> only had to hold itself, and put in a cabinet with a 3D camera. As the 
> part turned the camera took pictures. They then used a 3D printer to 
> make a plastic part of the housing. In turn they used the plastic part 
> to make a foundry mold and then poured it and had an exact part. I'm 
> sure there were other steps involved but you get the idea. Was this way 
> economical? With Jay Leno I doubt if that entered the picture.
>         Greg Hass
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I know of a few folks who have had similar work done. There are small 
iron foundries located all around the US who do small production or one 
off work. The more work you can do saves money on that end. It's not 
real cheap but when you need a part for something that is not available 
it might be worth the money.


-- 
Steve W.