[SEL] Wooden Casting Patterns

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Joe,

    You may have heard me tell this story before.  When I bought the 
remnants of the Hagan Gas Engine Works from Saunier Brothers in 
Lexington, KY, I got a couple of pickup loads of wooden patterns.  I got 
original cylinder patterns, carb patterns, etc.  One of the guys there 
told me that the year before they had probably 10 times that much that 
they had burned for firewood.  He said there was some great big ones 
with spokes (large flywheel patterns I assume) that they had to chop on 
quite a bit to fit them in the stove.  He said they sure didn't take 
long to burn and didn't give off very good heat.  90 year old (at that 
time) dry wood goes fast! 

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


>Curt Holland and Group,
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>About 20 years ago we stayed at a campground South of Rockford ILL. on the Kishwaukee River.  There was a huge mountain of firewood for the taking.  The mountain was made of large and small casting patterns.  There were large pulleys and flywheels.  Also smaller levers, valves etc.  I wanted to fill our camper with some of these patterns when we left but my wife would have no part of it.  
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>Joe Maurer
>Toadhill Farm
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