Re: [gingery_machines] Forge? Sand? Cope/Drag? Practice? Stock? Tools? Tig? Everything? Check, Check, Check... Pattern Making?! Not so much.

 

Have fun with making your gingery tools. But sorry to hear your giving up on the best part of the foundry industry so soon, Patternmaking. Like anything else if you don't have the right tools it becomes a chore. For the Gingery tools you'll need a small tablesaw, drill press and sandpaper. A 12" disc sander would be nice too, but not required. Once you learn how to build patterns, you've opened up a whole new world, in the foundry. Learn to build patterns then you can design and/or build anything. The foundry then become another tool between the idea and the finished part.
 
Dave Patterson
odd_kins@yahoo.com
http://home.comcast.net/~oddkins/foundry_home.html

--- On Thu, 3/31/11, Cole <coleston@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Cole <coleston@gmail.com>
Subject: [gingery_machines] Forge? Sand? Cope/Drag? Practice? Stock? Tools? Tig? Everything? Check, Check, Check... Pattern Making?! Not so much.
To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 6:32 AM

 

Hello everyone, I made a few posts here over the years, and have reached the
point where I am ready to start building the machines. I have all the books,
I have made a bunch of fairly successful pours of aluminum, beercanium,
bronze and brass. I made a small army of rubber duckies of the various
metals.

Now I wish to start, so I got out some files and carpentry tools and scrap
bits of pine the other night, and you know what? I really dislike precision
carpentry.

So I would like to buy or borrow a set of patterns. Once I have the
pattern's I can make a mould from them with plastic and then remake them in
plastic and send them back to the owner. (Since I was learning how to do it
with sand and metal, bought a few other compounds to fool around with as
well, eventually I'd like to do lost wax.)

I'm located in Toronto, Canada.

I'd like the patterns for the lathe, preferably with the 4 jaw chuck, as
well as the patterns for the mill. I have paypal or can do email money
transfers or if you're in southern ontario I'll just show up with cash or
beer or whatever.

Thanks so much for reading guys, you guys are the best.
Sincerely
-Cole Pluzak

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