[SEL] Tod Engine Works Foundry

[Jim and Diane]

Thanks Rick, I appreciate the answer!
Jim

Jim and Diane Kirkes
Hemet, CA
jd.kirkes at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Rowlands" <jrrowlands at neo.rr.com>
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Around 2750 for iron and 2950 for steel.

Rick

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From: "Jim and Diane" <jd.kirkes at verizon.net>
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Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 11:42 AM
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> Hi Rick,
>
> A couple of curious questions.  What temperatures do you use to melt and
> pour steel and iron?
>
> Jim
>
> Jim and Diane Kirkes
> Hemet, CA
> jd.kirkes at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Rowlands" <jrrowlands at neo.rr.com>
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 3:22 PM
> Subject: [SEL] Tod Engine Works Foundry
>
>
> A few weeks ago I was given the opportunity to expand our fledgling
> foundry
> operation to its own site.  Up until now I have been making castings at
> work
> using my employer's furnace and have been waiting until I got the Tod
> Engine
> building put up at the museum to start melting using our own furnace.
>
> We have been offered to rent a 40' x 40' brick building with attached 25'
> x
> 28' concrete block garage addition.  The main part of the building is at
> least 100 years old and has lots of character.  The building once had
> 480VAC
> 3 phase fed underground from a building across the street.  This has been
> cut off and we are in the process of having the electric company run an
> overhead service to the building.
>
> I've already started moving in and am in the process of setting up a newly
> acquired secondhand 50kw induction melting unit and 100 pound induction
> furnace.  I've also moved an air compressor, welder, molding tables and
> workbenches to the building.  When I am up and running I'll have the
> capacity to melt and pour castings in iron, ductile iron, all grades of
> carbon and alloy steel, stainless steel, copper based alloys and aluminum.
> The furnace will have a maximum capacity of 125 pounds of steel so the
> largest casting I can make with this unit will be 100 pounds.
>
> I am fortunate that this building became available and that I have been
> acquiring equipment for years in anticipation for the day when I could set
> up a workshop. I am not going to have too much of an upfront investment to
> get things started.  The building owner is a gas engine collector and has
> quite a collection of oilfield engines.
>
> Here are some pictures of the building, the 50kw power unit and a 300
> pound
> induction furnace that I recently rebuilt at work.
> http://community.webshots.com/album/180048461ppagnh/2
>
> A big thanks to Curt Holland who planted the seed a year ago and gave me
> the
> idea to start a foundry.  The Tod Engine Works is set up as a part of the
> Tod Engine Foundation, and all profits from the production of castings go
> toward preserving the Mighty Tod Engine and two more smaller engines which
> we have become caretakers of.  Our latest adopted engine is this one from
> New York state.
> http://community.webshots.com/album/512613592rLSddm
>
> Rick Rowlands
> Tod Engine Works
> Makers of Quality iron, steel, ductile iron
> and nonferrous castings
> 2261 Hubbard Road
> Youngstown, OH  44505
> 330-728-2799
> www.todengine.org/engineworks.html
>
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