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Tim D
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- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1912 speedster 1911 Torepdo
- Location: wi
need to have castings made
Looking for a company to cast four cast iron brake shoes not T. Have one casting that is soso but ok for a pattern.
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JR Ewing
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Re: need to have castings made
Sand casting or investment?
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Joe Bell
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Re: need to have castings made
what size are they? I made some patterns years back for a big brass car, still have the patterns, have a local foundry that likes my old junk to parts.
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Jerry VanOoteghem
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Re: need to have castings made
If Joe's source doesn't pan out, you could try Cattail Foundry, in PA. https://goodsstores.com/blogs/a-good-wo ... nnsylvania
https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/busin ... il-foundry
https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/busin ... il-foundry
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Pat Branigan Wisc
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Re: need to have castings made
Tomahawk Foundry, Rice Lake Wisconsin.
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ModelTWoods
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Re: need to have castings made
Looks like you've got three suggestions with this one being in your state. Good Luck.
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Joe Bell
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Re: need to have castings made
Just remembered these where for a Jackson car
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BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Re: need to have castings made
Tim, IMO the best for what you are needing is Windy Hill Foundry ( https://windyhillfoundry.com/ ). You will need to draw it up and then 3D print what you need. Reach out to Clark and see if he can't make what you need. Text me if you have any questions or wanna talk about this.
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frontyboy
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Re: need to have castings made
I put juice brakes on my 1909 Stoddard Dayton. I went to the NAPA store and got a cast iron brake drum catalog. I found the diameter drum I needed. It had cooling fins on the outside and was 1" to deep.
I chucked the drum up and turned the drum down and ended up with the correct diameter for my external brake band. I cut the dept of the drum down to work with my brake bands. I drilled the necessary holes to bolt the drum to the spokes.
The drums were cheap a little bit of lathe time and I saved a lot of money over making patterns and casting the drums. Keep in mind you still have to machine the new cast drums. The drums I used were mid 60's Pontiac Tempo for about $24 each.
Just sayin,
frontyboy
I chucked the drum up and turned the drum down and ended up with the correct diameter for my external brake band. I cut the dept of the drum down to work with my brake bands. I drilled the necessary holes to bolt the drum to the spokes.
The drums were cheap a little bit of lathe time and I saved a lot of money over making patterns and casting the drums. Keep in mind you still have to machine the new cast drums. The drums I used were mid 60's Pontiac Tempo for about $24 each.
Just sayin,
frontyboy
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Allan
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- Location: Gawler, Australia
Re: need to have castings made
Tim is looking for brake shoes. It did not take long for auto makers to develop fabricated steel brake shoes. Even 26-7 Ts had steel shoes, albeit with cast ends. It may be easier to fabricate what you want, especially with computer cutting available these days. Casting is not a common practice in workshops, unlike fabrication.
Allan from down under.
Allan from down under.