Plate Casting: Metal Heads

[Newton Hunt]

Hi Del,

I knew the cost as about 10K some years ago so just added inflation.
Glad I never wanted to do this.
Sorry that you had to pay more.
So easy to loose price sights when getting old.
Love to the family.

                    Newton

Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> 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.
>
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>
> 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