WTD: Foundry for one off work?
 

Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?) willing
to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone recall or know of
someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ

Marty Escarcega wrote in
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Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?)
willing to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone
recall or know of someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ


Whoops, that is, a foundry that can Cast Iron....

Marty Escarcega wrote:
Marty Escarcega wrote in
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Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?)
willing to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone
recall or know of someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ



Whoops, that is, a foundry that can Cast Iron....

Awhile ago, someone posted to this NG:

"$2 per pound at Pomona Foundry in Southern California.
Grey or malleable.
$30-50 minimum depending phases of the moon.
Top notch work. Absolutely artists at what they do."

I have no idea if this is true or not. I did follow up once on the Amish thing
and got a letter in the mail back from a guy who said he no longer did one-off
castings. - GWE

Marty Escarcega wrote:

Marty Escarcega wrote in
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Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?)
willing to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone
recall or know of someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ



Whoops, that is, a foundry that can Cast Iron....

You don't need Amish, you just need a small-run foundry run by somebody
that's in a good mood. Look in your yellow pages and call around. Be
ready to make what you're doing sound interesting.

I'd get a book on shop techniques that details patternmaking, so you can
make sure that your pattern isn't a piece of c---, and make sure you
know if you want gray cast or if it needs to be heat treated, if sand
casting is good enough, what kind of a finish you need (having a sample
that you can point to would be good). Understand shrinkage so you can
prove that you'll be happy with the result, etc., etc.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Some re-builders on the Yahoo OWWM group really seem to like these guys:

Cattail Foundry

Emanuel King

167 West Cattail Road

Gordonville, PA 17529



They are apparently Amish, so communication would have to be by snail mail.
Here's a link with pics of one guy's experience:



http://www.simmeth.com/wjs_1/cattail/index.htm



Mike



"Marty Escarcega" wrote in message
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Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?) willing
to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone recall or know
of
someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 07:43:05 -0700, Grant Erwin
wrote:

Marty Escarcega wrote:
Marty Escarcega wrote in
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Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?)
willing to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone
recall or know of someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ



Whoops, that is, a foundry that can Cast Iron....

Awhile ago, someone posted to this NG:

"$2 per pound at Pomona Foundry in Southern California.
Grey or malleable.
$30-50 minimum depending phases of the moon.
Top notch work. Absolutely artists at what they do."

I have no idea if this is true or not. I did follow up once on the Amish thing
and got a letter in the mail back from a guy who said he no longer did one-off
castings. - GWE


Coulda been me.

Pomona Foundry is no more.

regards,

Jim

Coulda been me.

Pomona Foundry is no more.

regards,

Jim

Noted and deleted, will cite no mo' ... - GWE

Marty Escarcega wrote:
Marty Escarcega wrote in
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Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?)
willing to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone
recall or know of someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ



Whoops, that is, a foundry that can Cast Iron....

A friend and colleague of mine, (I put some tools of his on eBay some
time ago) built a custom draw bench for drawing wire and tubing.
Several parts were cast in iron. He had made the patterns for them.

I don't know exactly where they were cast, but I know they were cast in
the Bay Area. If you still need a name and address, please post it or
contact me directly, and I'll find out for you.

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

I'll look around - gosh :-) I"m a member of the local area of American Foundry Society :-)

There is a good bunch of sites in the bay - many in the Oakland area and south of SFO.
I'll look around my stacked to the hilt office and see If I have a news letter - and some
addresses. I get monthly news letters still though I live in Texas now and in fact a town
that has one of the great casting companies. BIG Oil field castings are done here.

Can't find the journal either - it is the first of the month - so maybe soon I'll get
a newsletter with ads and a journal with more.

Martin
Lufkin Cutting Edge Design, LLC
Member AFS

Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



Abrasha wrote:
Marty Escarcega wrote:

Marty Escarcega wrote in
:

Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?)
willing to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone
recall or know of someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ



Whoops, that is, a foundry that can Cast Iron....


A friend and colleague of mine, (I put some tools of his on eBay some
time ago) built a custom draw bench for drawing wire and tubing. Several
parts were cast in iron. He had made the patterns for them.

I don't know exactly where they were cast, but I know they were cast in
the Bay Area. If you still need a name and address, please post it or
contact me directly, and I'll find out for you.

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

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On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 13:04:12 GMT, Marty Escarcega
wrote:

Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?) willing
to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone recall or know of
someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ

Several summers back I visited Winnebago Foundry in Beloit Illinois.
See http://neme-s.org/Winnebago_Foundry_Page.htm for photos of their
plant.

They indicated at that time that they could handle casting from 4oz.
to 3000 pounds. One offs were welcome.

Their web page is at http://www.winnfoundry.com/

Regards,

Errol Groff

Instructor, Machine Tool Department

H.H. Ellis Technical High School
643 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

New England Model Engineering Society
www.neme-s.org

Thanks Martin, if you turn up something, let me know?
Marty

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in
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I'll look around - gosh :-) I"m a member of the local area of American
Foundry Society :-)

There is a good bunch of sites in the bay - many in the Oakland area
and south of SFO. I'll look around my stacked to the hilt office and
see If I have a news letter - and some addresses. I get monthly news
letters still though I live in Texas now and in fact a town that has
one of the great casting companies. BIG Oil field castings are done
here.

Can't find the journal either - it is the first of the month - so
maybe soon I'll get a newsletter with ads and a journal with more.

Martin
Lufkin Cutting Edge Design, LLC
Member AFS

Let me know what you are looking for - may different types.
There are some in Washington and Oregon as well... still alive in the U.S.A.

Martin
Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



Marty Escarcega wrote:
Thanks Martin, if you turn up something, let me know?
Marty

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in
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I'll look around - gosh :-) I"m a member of the local area of American
Foundry Society :-)

There is a good bunch of sites in the bay - many in the Oakland area
and south of SFO. I'll look around my stacked to the hilt office and
see If I have a news letter - and some addresses. I get monthly news
letters still though I live in Texas now and in fact a town that has
one of the great casting companies. BIG Oil field castings are done
here.

Can't find the journal either - it is the first of the month - so
maybe soon I'll get a newsletter with ads and a journal with more.

Martin
Lufkin Cutting Edge Design, LLC
Member AFS


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"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in
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Let me know what you are looking for - may different types.
There are some in Washington and Oregon as well... still alive in the
U.S.A.


Joe at Plaza Machinery lost his casting vendor. He reproduced small parts
like Steady and Follower rest for hobby size lathes. He has all the
patterns. East Coast would have been better.

The only reason I selfishly bring it up is that I am looking for a Clausing
5900 series Steady Rest and he used to reproduce them. :-)

Marty

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"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in
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Let me know what you are looking for - may different types.
There are some in Washington and Oregon as well... still alive in the
U.S.A.


Joe at Plaza Machinery lost his casting vendor. He reproduced small parts
like Steady and Follower rest for hobby size lathes. He has all the
patterns. East Coast would have been better.

The only reason I selfishly bring it up is that I am looking for a Clausing
5900 series Steady Rest and he used to reproduce them. :-)

Marty


Enterprise Foundry in Lewiston ME is still in operation.
I've run into Joe at auctions a couple times, he's in
located in VT, yes?

http://www.enterprisefoundry.com/what_we_do.htm

Ned Simmons

Hi Marty -

I think your friend (JOE) to start calling around -

Since he is in Vt - Hitchiner Manufacturing Co Inc is an AFS member and might be of help.
They are in New Hampshire. If they don't or can't maybe they know someone who can.

There are a number in 'New England' - Mass and all.

This list is just names of knowledgeable foundries not abilities or willingness..


Martin

Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder



Marty Escarcega wrote:
"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in
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Let me know what you are looking for - may different types.
There are some in Washington and Oregon as well... still alive in the
U.S.A.



Joe at Plaza Machinery lost his casting vendor. He reproduced small parts
like Steady and Follower rest for hobby size lathes. He has all the
patterns. East Coast would have been better.

The only reason I selfishly bring it up is that I am looking for a Clausing
5900 series Steady Rest and he used to reproduce them. :-)

Marty

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Marty Escarcega wrote:
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Seem to remember a thread that mentioned there are folks (Amish?)
willing to cast one off parts if the pattern was provided. Anyone
recall or know of someone?

Marty
Mesa, AZ



Whoops, that is, a foundry that can Cast Iron....

I met a fellow who is apparently operating a small foundry in Western
Mass. I met him while he was trying to buy a plant that was a foundry
here in NY... but the locals made sure the deal did not happen... seems
like a good fellow and willing to do different types of work.

He was willing to do a short run in bronze or brass for me, but I have
yet to get together the core print and pattern... if I could only grow
extra arms and hands, or clone myself...

I think I can scare up his email and name... email me to:
bearlabs at localnet dot com.

If you email via hitting REPLY, I will NOT get the email.

_-_-bear