Ok hawse holes . These are for my dock lines not the anchor chain .Are you sure those are "hawsepipes"?
Don't see any pipe. I thought hawsepipes were a pipe from the fwd deck to the side of the hull below. For the purpose of handling an anchor rode and storing an anchor.
I suspect what you have there are Hawsholes .. not pipes.
Probably going to be a couple months before temps get right and I can catch a warm weekend . Here is a dry fit pic that we took yesterday .Will need photos after their installation!
That's a good idea . It's nice to have a foundry close by . Do you just make the piece exactly like you want and then they make a sand pattern box and pour whatever metal you want ? I have some old pattern making shrink rules from when I used to do some machine shop work but have never done any pattern making . I have an old pattern makers vice that's huge . It's an Emmert . A wood vice on one side and a metal working vice on the other .I made a pattern out of wood and had them cast in silicone bronze for $6/lb.
I have a local foundry that will cast anything in several metals at a per lb. price.
(sorry no pics)
Probably going to be a couple months before temps get right and I can catch a warm weekend . Here is a dry fit pic that we took yesterday .
Since I stared this thread and caused it to creep I'll tell a short story of shrink rules .I was a machinist for about twenty years . I was not a fancy tool and die maker and for sure not a pattern maker just a plain old machinist . Those pattern making guys think upside down and backwards when making a pattern ,kinda like cutting crown mold if any of you have done that .Early on I worked with some old guys that came from pattern making . One day I had to lay out a steel plate for cutting and drilling . Since I was new to layout work one of the old guys lent me his" new ruler " . I didn't know it was a shrink rule and had never heard of them . They got a kick out of watching me lay this metal plate out . Then they offered to check out my layout to keep me from screwing up,of course they used a regular scale . They gave me hard time about my layout and I thought I would never make it as a machinist . They finally told me the joke and everyone got a good laugh . Those old guys were a lot of fun and darn good machinist/pattern makers . Pattern makers are like wood workers using metal working tools . There is a grade of mahogany that is specified as pattern making mahogany .Greetings,
Mr. PM. Since you are aware of "shrink rules" I would expect IF you want the piece a specific size you would have to take shrinkage into account. For those unfamiliar with the term "shrink rules"... Shrink Rules
Greetings,
Mr. PM. Since you are aware of "shrink rules" I would expect IF you want the piece a specific size you would have to take shrinkage into account. For those unfamiliar with the term "shrink rules"... Shrink Rules
Since I stared this thread and caused it to creep I'll tell a short story of shrink rules .I was a machinist for about twenty years . I was not a fancy tool and die maker and for sure not a pattern maker just a plain old machinist . Those pattern making guys think upside down and backwards when making a pattern ,kinda like cutting crown mold if any of you have done that .Early on I worked with some old guys that came from pattern making . One day I had to lay out a steel plate for cutting and drilling . Since I was new to layout work one of the old guys lent me his" new ruler " . I didn't know it was a shrink rule and had never heard of them . They got a kick out of watching me lay this metal plate out . Then they offered to check out my layout to keep me from screwing up,of course they used a regular scale . They gave me hard time about my layout and I thought I would never make it as a machinist . They finally told me the joke and everyone got a good laugh . Those old guys were a lot of fun and darn good machinist/pattern makers . Pattern makers are like wood workers using metal working tools . There is a grade of mahogany that is specified as pattern making mahogany .
Greetings,
Mr. PM. Since you are aware of "shrink rules" I would expect IF you want the piece a specific size you would have to take shrinkage into account. For those unfamiliar with the term "shrink rules"... Shrink Rules
Don who did you used to work for in hardwood lumber ? That's what I do now . We sell hardwood and mfg semi load of hardwood flooring everyday .