What I used to do.........(found some old work pics)

[greenstiles]

For about 5 years 95-2000 ish...yes that is/was me.

 

[lumos2000]

whats the mould of?

 

[integerspin]

Do you know anyone still doing it?
I wanted a price on a 5.8 kg ali casting in LM25TF.
I don't have many castings done now, having them done one at a time now.
I left the patterns with the foundry but still have the solidworks model I made the patterns from, so I can make some drawings/pictures and can take a picture of a casting I picked up yesterday.
I wondered about doing them myself but having seen a broken home cast crankcase, with really bad looking ali, I have stuck with having them cast by a local foundry, it's got expensive.

 

[kase1983]

Baking cakes?

 

[legrandefromage]

Baking cakes?

For Al.

 

[greenstiles]

Those are cast metal signs, we did up to 3-4 foot across, comemerative plaques too, but mainly house sign 80% was for outside UK. used to produce up to 135 signs a day ! pay was crap.

Did a little bit of 2 sided casting(3 dimensions) i used to do pattern setting and powdercoating too.................yup not many sand casting ops out there now.
we used LM24 and at times LM25

 

[hamster]

Nice attention to health and safety too... :shock:

 

[al]

For about 5 years 95-2000 ish...yes that is/was me.

You've just ripped that picture out of the 1995 Gay Times calender!!


I didn't have it..... my friend did!


al.

 

[greenstiles]

Hamster,i usually wore ear defenders too ....the health and safety officer came round but never into our bit £££!!!........our powder coating ovens vented straight into the room !...we had roller doors but in winter thay were mostly down.......

 

[sylus]

I did think at first that was the january page of a gay calender