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Offline KABAR2

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Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« on: July 07, 2008, 04:08:27 PM »
I  worked on a friends house who does wood turning,
I asked him to turn something for me in exchange for my work
This morning I found this on my desk waiting for me  ;D

 


Meet Woody! ( complete with 1 lb powder can is there for scale)



 This is the start of my wood form for sand casting a bronze Coehorn mortar  ;D 

I'll post photo's as the form continues to take shape.

next I have to find out if the local foundry will do small orders.........

Allen <>< 

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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2008, 04:20:49 PM »
Looks good!

What scale is that? What is your proposed bore diameter?
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2008, 04:43:38 PM »
The minor diameter is 4 3/4"  and the major diameter is 5 1/8" overall length 9" I am thinking this should be enough for a sodacan 2.65 Dia.
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2008, 04:55:27 PM »
Beer Can Mortars are nice.
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2008, 05:17:15 PM »
Nice wood pattern for your mortar. Making patterns like that is becoming almost a lost art. I've seen wooden patters for pump castings, flywheels and yes even for manhole covers. Frank
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2008, 10:59:55 AM »
next I have to find out if the local foundry will do small orders...

If the local foundry won't do a short run, try to find someone who caters to sculptors as they seldom do multiples of a given piece.
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2008, 04:51:37 PM »
Well I had a few minutes  to spare before I left work so I ran into the wood shop and did a little work on the mortar



First i found center and marked the area to be scored with the band saw



next I made a series of cuts and then used one of my stock making gouges to remove the material to the contour,

when finished it wasn't deep enough so I went back to the band saw to score it deeper,

 

Then I got brave and decided to try contouring it with the bandsaw!



once done I opened it up a little with the stock making gouge



Here it is with the trunnion set in place, now that I see it in the photo
I want it a little deeper into the base of the mortar so tomorrow I'll
cut it a little deeper. At least now it is starting to look like a mortar  :)
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2008, 08:17:58 PM »
It should go in to about half the diameter of the trunnion.
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2008, 11:17:53 PM »
Quote from: GGaskill on July 17, 2008, 08:17:58 PM
It should go in to about half the diameter of the trunnion.

Yep, that's what I was thinking.
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Re: Look what I found on my desk at work today! ;D
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2008, 01:29:35 PM »
You lucky man . Let's see more .
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