Permenant fix? was RE: Cracked Plate

Ron Nossaman rnossaman@cox.net
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:27:10 -0500


> Here's an ignorant question? What are the possibilities of using an old
> plate to creat a sand mold and recasting the succor? Are there places that
> could/would do that?
> 
> Alan Barnard


You'd get a slightly smaller, and probably distorted copy. Casting 
patterns are made larger than the finished casting (and proportions 
adjusted) because the iron shrinks as it cools. If you had a non 
shrinking composite that was pourable and strong enough when cured, 
that could work.

Ron N

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