[SEL] Patterns #5

[Dave Rotigel]

VERY nice series Curt. I enjoyed and LEARNED! I concur 100% that this needs 
to be sent to GEM. Others (not on the List) need to learn as well!
         Dave

At 10:18 AM 2/23/2005, you wrote:
>Well guys, this is the last of the 5 patterns on the Stickney conversion 
>project. This documents the pattern making work to create a new funnel 
>that sits on top of the water hopper on a 5HP Stickney.
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/PatternMaking/Funnel/Thumbnails.html
>You'll see I only created the portion of the funnel that is visible. I 
>choose not to cast the intricate details that extend down inside the 
>hopper below the waterline. In my opinion that part was over engineered. 
>Anyone really know what that was for? I can only assume it was intended to 
>get cooler water down low when refilling the hopper?
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>This was the first poured core box I did. Knowing the low volume of cores 
>to be made (perhaps 1 part) I tried to keep the cost low by using plaster. 
>Don't think I'll try that again! There was more damage than I liked when 
>removing the core plug. This meant a good deal of patch work after to 
>ready it for the foundry. The good news was that the core plug came out in 
>one piece. At least it can be reused if another core box is needed.
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>The complete series of 5 parts can be found on this page:
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/holland/images/PatternMaking/Thumbnails.html
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>Hope you've enjoyed them.
>Curt Holland
>Gastonia, NC
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