Newton Hunt wrote: > Cast iron shrinks when cooling and the cast is from a cast iron model. When > designing a plate the shrinkage has to be taken into account twice. A wooden > model is made, oversize, sent to the foundry and a casting is made of the wooden > model. The first casting is returned to you for verification or modification. It > is returned to the foundry who owns that first casting. It is used to mold for > the next casting, which is yours. Total cost from wooden model to finished, ready > to install, plate is about $15,000. ----- Newton, Have you checked on this price recently? If that's a firm quote for a usable plate pattern, I'll take it. Where do I sign? Regards, Del
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