What are your thoughts about some brass Holley Carb Bowls?

[George Hand]

On face book there is a gentleman that does metal spinning, I ask a question to him wondering if he could spin some replacement Bowls for the early Holley Carbs, hir reply was get me the dimensions. These would not be exactly like the originals and I know in the past someone was cutting the "top" off originals and silver soldering a new top (ring). Read my Facebook reply, I will check with you later. "I am looking for a couple early Holly carburetor bowls, 2 and 3 screw, & Holly G, I have messaged Northwest Metal Spinning, and ask him about doing some replacement bowls, he ask for dimensions and I thought if he was sent some samples he would look into it. I have these in New York, but I am in Florida for the remainder on the winter." George Hand

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

George, I have limited experience with metal spinning however I have watched it firsthand and contemplated tooling up for it, but my observations have always been that this method of metal forming is more suited for larger objects such as headlamp pieces or large hubcaps. In the case of the brass carburetor bowls, wouldn't it be more cost effective to just press/stamp those? The ability to fabricate stamping dies using either PC or PLA filament in a 3D printer would be the most economical I would think for small runs (50 units or less). Thoughts??

[RajoRacer]

Did you look over at their website ? They spin out fancy cups from copper & brass !

[George Hand]

You are correct, I had forgot that, I also have not ask what thickness material was workable, they would need to be substantial enough not to create fuel leaks after being tightened several times (warp). Thanks for you input. George