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April 17th, 2012, 09:56 AM
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#301
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Re: Hood Ornament
Woo Hoo! Last night I rubbed out and waxed the top on the single Cab!
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April 17th, 2012, 03:46 PM
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#302
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by V8Transporter
Woo Hoo! Last night I rubbed one out and waxed the top on the single Cab!
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Eww!!
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April 17th, 2012, 04:26 PM
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#303
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Location: Northern CA, near the Russian River.
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Re: Hood Ornament
Great. That's what I get for poking fun at someone's spelling.
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April 17th, 2012, 05:01 PM
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#304
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Trouble Maker and Bad Influence
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Location: A distant galaxy;far,far,away.
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Re: Hood Ornament
John: MDF ?
What is the name of the process, that the foundry uses ?
It's not sand casting, since they use plaster.
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April 17th, 2012, 05:20 PM
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#305
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Type 3 Nut
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Location: Dearborn, MI
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by Unkl Ian
John: MDF ?
What is the name of the process, that the foundry uses ?
It's not sand casting, since they use plaster.
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Yup. MDF. Will be plenty strong enough for 50 parts off.
Fred just calls it casting. Just casts into a plaster mold instead of a sand mold. Don't think it is anything special. I think he cures the plaster under vacuum to pull air bubbles out.
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April 17th, 2012, 11:15 PM
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#306
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Re: Hood Ornament
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April 20th, 2012, 08:34 AM
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#307
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Type 3 Nut
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Re: Hood Ornament
Patterns are all ready to go. Heading out to the foundry in 30 minutes to drop them off. Should have some idea of timing when I get back later this afternoon..... 
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April 21st, 2012, 09:47 AM
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#308
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Type 3 Nut
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Re: Hood Ornament
Here are couple of shots of the finished patterns. The second coat of polyurethane is still wet on these....
Fred was much happy with these patterns. First part will be cast on Monday and assuming all goes good, they will be able to make 8-9 parts per day. Looking at May 3rd-ish to be done. 
Guess I better start addressing the boxes....
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April 21st, 2012, 10:24 AM
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#309
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Re: Hood Ornament
My birthday is May 12th. So here's to hoping I get my wish.
Also, if #50 hasn't been requested for reserved part #, I'd like to request it.
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April 21st, 2012, 08:31 PM
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#310
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Re: Hood Ornament
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April 21st, 2012, 08:40 PM
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#311
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Re: Hood Ornament
Saw this at the Bug-A-Palüza show in Chattanooga today. I like John's better.
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April 22nd, 2012, 07:32 AM
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by jaransonT3
Yup. MDF. Will be plenty strong enough for 50 parts off.
Fred just calls it casting. Just casts into a plaster mold instead of a sand mold. Don't think it is anything special. I think he cures the plaster under vacuum to pull air bubbles out.
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Yup it's all casting
The plaster molds most times are made with a Refractory type plaster so the molds can withstand the hi temps without cracking when the molten metal hits it
It is also known as "Investment Casting" or "Lost Wax Casting" which is a wax part just like what you want the finished part to be, then dipped repeatably into a refractory type plaster until it is thick enough, then placed into an oven to melt the wax out as well as drive all the moisture out
Depending on the metal being cast, they may also put the plaster mold into a kiln to fire the plaster mold so it won't break when the metal is poured in
I have several parts I plan to cast for my V-Rod once I get that far along, hell I'm still trying to keep it running as my daily driver until I get the time to start doing the custom touches to it, my budget of $25 a month is hell just keeping it running, but I have been driving it over a year now with lots of problems
Those are some cool looking parts your making  
Ron
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April 25th, 2012, 01:37 PM
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#313
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Re: Hood Ornament
Holy Cow, i'm standing here watching this thread like i'm doing the pee pee dance waiting for these things to be done.
Am I the only one?
Spanish Flea
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April 25th, 2012, 02:07 PM
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#314
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Type 3 Nut
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by Spanish Flea
Holy Cow, i'm standing here watching this thread like i'm doing the pee pee dance waiting for these things to be done.
Am I the only one?
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LOL
Good news! I talked to Fred today and the first parts are done!   He is in production mode making parts. As soon as he is done, I will blast down there and pick them up.
Almost there.....
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April 25th, 2012, 05:00 PM
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#315
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Location: Ft.Worth.Tejas
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Re: Hood Ornament
Open,open,open!!!LOL
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April 25th, 2012, 05:07 PM
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moody witch
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Re: Hood Ornament
Quietly anticipating...................................... .................
ok, are they done yet?
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My attraction to volksrods is that these are bottom-feeders where things are still real ... people scraping together parts, doing their own work and often on a tight budget. Real hot rodding is still alive here.
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April 25th, 2012, 07:50 PM
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#317
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Location: Northern CA, near the Russian River.
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Re: Hood Ornament
"Holy Cow, i'm standing here watching this thread like i'm doing the pee pee dance waiting for these things to be done.
Am I the only one?
Spanish Flea"
Yup, it's just you. All the rest of us are calmly sitting out by our mailboxes, though repeatedly checking to make sure it wasn't delivered while taking a piss break.
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April 25th, 2012, 09:51 PM
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#318
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Location: Cincy Ohio
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by V8Transporter
"Holy Cow, i'm standing here watching this thread like i'm doing the pee pee dance waiting for these things to be done.
Am I the only one?
Spanish Flea"
Yup, it's just you. All the rest of us are calmly sitting out by our mailboxes, though repeatedly checking to make sure it wasn't delivered while taking a piss break. 
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Lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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May 1st, 2012, 06:27 AM
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#319
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Location: Southcentral Wisconsin
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Re: Hood Ornament
any news
they are going to be great!
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May 1st, 2012, 06:19 PM
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#320
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Location: ohio
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Re: Hood Ornament
................suckers.................
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May 1st, 2012, 07:50 PM
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#321
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Type 3 Nut
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dearborn, MI
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Re: Hood Ornament
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Originally Posted by Hapster
any news 
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Plan to give Fred a call tomorrow for a status check. Should be finishing up in the next day or two.
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May 2nd, 2012, 06:16 AM
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#322
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Location: Southcentral Wisconsin
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Re: Hood Ornament
The work you have put into these is really appreciated 
thank you
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May 3rd, 2012, 02:58 PM
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#323
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Type 3 Nut
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dearborn, MI
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Re: Hood Ornament
Talked to Fred. He has about half a dozen pieces to go. I need to call him on Monday and confirm a pick-up of the parts on Tuesday afternoon.
Better start addressing the shipping boxes.
 
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May 3rd, 2012, 03:00 PM
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#324
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Location: Campbell, CA
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Re: Hood Ornament
Woo Hoo, can't wait to open the mailbox later next week!
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May 3rd, 2012, 05:58 PM
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#325
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Re: Hood Ornament
^ X 2 
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