bespoke castings

[JACK SIDEBOTHAMParticipant @jacksidebotham67303]

can anyone recommend a foundry to take on a one off casting for me??,l need to get the Dore Westbury motor mount parts cast,l dont have the facility to do it myself or the equipment,so l need to farm the job out,any advice is welcome,thanks,jack.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

https://purbrightcastings.com/

https://www.graydoncastings.co.uk/

Both have cast from my wood, metal and plastic patterns and also 3D printed ones by others from my CAD files. Mostly by Graydon and I have been machining some of theirs over the last couple of weeks. Graydon will cast from patterns posted to them and send the castings so location is not such an issue.

Not used these but another option to try if that is your part of the world  https://eastcoastcasting.biz/services/

[peak4Participant @peak4]

I guess it depends where you live.
Leander castings are just north of Buxton Derbyshire.
I’ve never used them, but did go on a foundry tour a few years ago

ill

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

I have had a few castings made and am in he process of having a handwheel casting made. I use Sutton castings local to me  https://www.suttoncastings.co.uk/     not far from Mansfield and Greenbank Patterns Kirkby in Ashfield to make the patterns. the most expensive part is the pattern which if you could make your own reduces the price dramatically.

David

 

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

JT&E castings in Wigan Lancashire

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Looks like a superb finish on those patterns. Plastic? 3D print? I don’t see any draft angle.

[JACK SIDEBOTHAMParticipant @jacksidebotham67303]

forgot to say that l am located in chepstow south wales

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Photo of the casting seems to show draft better than the one of the patterns. With most foundrys now using some form of airset sand you don’t need much angle I/ve been using 2deg for the patterns I’ve been doing the last couple of years

2deg draft on these patterns

 

Casting came out OK

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

The patterns for the fixed steady were CNC cut by Greenbank patterns from a drawing from the files section which looked like an original drawing. They were cut in a resin plastic block.

David

[FulmenParticipant @fulmen]

@Jason/David: Could you give a rough price for those parts (assuming you supply the patterns)?

[Nigel Graham 2Participant @nigelgraham2]

Bridport Foundry is another bet: they make the Stuart engine castings.

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Have a look on here.  These prices are subject to a posible increase.

https://groups.io/g/drummondlathe/message/21477?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Arecentpostdate%2Fsticky%2C%2Ccastings%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C99923765

 

David

[FulmenParticipant @fulmen]

Thank you David.

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