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Well, for all of the crew of one on our RR we have been out readjusting track, gathering moss for 27 hanging baskets, and creating 19 of the 27 baskets. Next project is to add buildings. Steaming & Sparking over Terror Trestle in Eugene, Oregon ~ Gary http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy http://co

Re: lost foam casting (was Still there?)

Harry Here is my Casting froup on Yahoo http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/castinghobby There are several of us that are into lost foam casting Clint - Original Message - From: "Harry Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, Ma

Re: lost foam casting (was Still there?)

Dear Harry, I haven't been following the Lost Foam comments but if you need a large number of small bronze castings made by that method I might be able to get them made up here for you here in Mexico by the lost foam method or lost wax method. Arthur--Mexico City

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At 06:30 PM 5/2/04 -0600, you wrote: >Right, Harry, I understand. But just because he hasn't heard of it doesn't mean it couldn't be done.I know it can be done because my caster has done it. I would call the fellow back Vance, You'll have to accept for the moment that I thoroughly inve

Re: lost foam casting (was Still there?)

- Original Message - From: "Harry Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: Re: lost foam casting (was Still there?) > At 09:55 AM 5/2/04 -0600, you wrote: > >Ask and you may find that everyone will

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Dear Steve, I read your idea on how to bore out the aluminum block for the smoke box. What you are going to, rotate the bar while holding the block steady will work. But first rough out the hole/bore with drill bits if you have drill press. Then take light cuts (.003") with your boring bar. Wet

Re: lost foam casting (was Still there?)

Right, Harry, I understand. But just because he hasn't heard of it doesn't mean it couldn't be done. I know it can be done because my caster has done it. I would call the fellow back and ask if he'd be willing to try casting from a styrene pattern. He does wax, why not plastic? You invest it,

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Sir Geoff, Many thanks for your supportive comments! Preserved you are, and well. You are indeed an example and inspiration for the rest of us. Thanks also for your recipe for longevity. My own cupboard is bare of Tanqueray and lead soldiers right now. In the past I.ve absorbed a lot of spar va

Re: lost foam casting (was Still there?)

At 09:55 AM 5/2/04 -0600, you wrote: >Ask and you may find that everyone will do it. >-vance- Vance, I think most automotive castings are done this way now, certainly engines, manifolds, and such, and apparently it's a technique which makes moulding for the home foundryman much easier as t

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At 12:00 AM -0400 5/2/04, Bede McCormack wrote: Or is the spring weather keeping everyone busy outside... for me, actually, yes: those of you who know the san francisco area know that our summer weather can be unconventional ("the coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in san francisco." -- mar

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Well Bede woke us all up--YAWN--even those in Blighty. Yes California leads the way--and to think I have been using that bluing stuff for over 50 years, asbestos for 60, lead based paint for over 60, Chewed on lead soldiers over 70 yrs ago etc--Tanqueray for only about 50. That is why, at my adva

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Re: lost foam casting (was Still there?)

Harry, It seems like anyone who does investment casting could do that. I talked to a local caster once who mentioned having cast a bronze auto model using a Revell styrene kit as patterns. I don't know why the foam would be any different. Ask and you may find that everyone will do it. -vance-

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Having been raised to believe that man shall not live by Ga1 bread alone I've been going like mad on my 7-1/2" ga TICH. Should anyone be interested progress can be monitored at One of these days before long I will need the services of

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Art, Thank you for the cultural interlude with the song lyrics. It's played now and then on the local jazz radio station. Sorry that the weather's so foul (fowl?) in the UK. The weather's gorgeous here in California so I've been out in the garage since early morning fabricating parts for a loco

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- Original Message - From: "Mike Chaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 8:56 AM Subject: Re: Still there??? > > > > Hey! A week with no activity- have I been cut off? Or is the spring > > weather keeping e

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No - busy inside spray painting a loco - been lousy weather here in UK. Spray, bake, cool, spray, bake, cool, again, again, again. Now today it's nice & sunny & a change from xylene fumes. Poisoning myself with a bit of 'gun blueing' some parts. It'll make a change.(label on bottle says 'contains a

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> Hey! A week with no activity- have I been cut off? Or is the spring > weather keeping everyone busy outside... Der ain't nobody here but us chickens. (:>)