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need to have castings made
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 4:56 pm
by Tim D
Looking for a company to cast four cast iron brake shoes not T. Have one casting that is soso but ok for a pattern.
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:15 pm
by JR Ewing
Sand casting or investment?
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:35 pm
by Joe Bell
what size are they? I made some patterns years back for a big brass car, still have the patterns, have a local foundry that likes my old junk to parts.
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:13 pm
by Jerry VanOoteghem
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 7:41 pm
by Pat Branigan Wisc
Tomahawk Foundry, Rice Lake Wisconsin.
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 8:46 pm
by ModelTWoods
Looks like you've got three suggestions with this one being in your state. Good Luck.
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 6:53 am
by Joe Bell
Just remembered these where for a Jackson car
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:22 am
by BRENT in 10-uh-C
Tim D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 4:56 pm
Looking for a company to cast four cast iron brake shoes not T. Have one casting that is soso but ok for a pattern.
Tim, IMO the best for what you are needing is Windy Hill Foundry (
https://windyhillfoundry.com/ ). You will need to draw it up and then 3D print what you need. Reach out to Clark and see if he can't make what you need. Text me if you have any questions or wanna talk about this.
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:01 am
by frontyboy
I put juice brakes on my 1909 Stoddard Dayton. I went to the NAPA store and got a cast iron brake drum catalog. I found the diameter drum I needed. It had cooling fins on the outside and was 1" to deep.
I chucked the drum up and turned the drum down and ended up with the correct diameter for my external brake band. I cut the dept of the drum down to work with my brake bands. I drilled the necessary holes to bolt the drum to the spokes.
The drums were cheap a little bit of lathe time and I saved a lot of money over making patterns and casting the drums. Keep in mind you still have to machine the new cast drums. The drums I used were mid 60's Pontiac Tempo for about $24 each.
Just sayin,
frontyboy
Re: need to have castings made
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:52 am
by Allan
Tim is looking for brake shoes. It did not take long for auto makers to develop fabricated steel brake shoes. Even 26-7 Ts had steel shoes, albeit with cast ends. It may be easier to fabricate what you want, especially with computer cutting available these days. Casting is not a common practice in workshops, unlike fabrication.
Allan from down under.