[AT] repairing machined tractor parts

[James Peck]

Most of the cost is in getting the first one made. I'd get a baker's dozen, one for you and 12 to sell. Shifter forks are not likely plain jane cast iron.

Steve W. AT List Member and Sun machine owner (swilliams268 at frontier.com); 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.

Greg Hass  AT List Member (ghass at m3isp.com);  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.