Casting a Kelsey Letter Press Chase for
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- Опубліковано 20 кві 2024
- Big job with a local sculptor coming up next, stay tuned!
This time, Clay from @castironmachines asked me to cast a part called a chase that was missing from his Kelsey 3x5" letter press, using a wooden foundry pattern he made. Antique restoration jobs like this are always a big favourite here at Arcane Castings foundry!
Clay restores antique machines and puts them back into use using his early 1900's style machine shop, which is also featured here. He posts videos of his restoration projects on his youtube channel at / @castironmachines
You can also find him on instagram @castironmachines.
Keep an eye out for his content about the letter press restoration, he may include some bonus footage of the first attempt to mold and pour this part. He has lots of other great projects documented as well. - Наука та технологія
After a few runs, it works perfectly! Thanks for your help on this project, it was a great experience
Great to hear & glad I could help. Looking forward to seeing some prints!
Edit - if anyone actually reads these, Clay's letter press video is now up on UA-cam at ua-cam.com/video/MF9Myv4jhII/v-deo.htmlsi=e-Uhe3yIZz1cv5Af
Go check it out!
Nice offset pouring basin. Olfoundryman would be proud!
Thanks! I hope it is enough to forgive my use of aluminum bronze. It's real C954 at least, no dirty pop cans and wire homebrew.
That is really nice work! I like the collaborative efforts you exhibit in your videos. It's nice to see people working together like this.
Thanks! Working on something big along those lines with a local artist right now too. Should have something up here covering that eventually.
My old chases are all steel not cast iron because they had to withstand a lot of lateral pressure from tightening the quoins to lock in mixed type and blocks...
Thanks for the info. The customer wanted a chase with a little extra "bling" factor, I think. Can tell you for sure I can't cast steel though. I believe the aluminum bronze ought to hold up fairly well in place of steel. A fellow in Ohio who's restored and sold all sizes of Kelsey presses told me they're usually cast iron, but I'd also heard "steel or possibly cast iron" from another trusted source. 👍
well done sir! nailed it
Why thank you good sir. 2nd time's the charm as they say
Why not fix the flask alignment? it's wood and screws, 30 minute job going slow.
First flask I ever built, so I hesitate to alter it for purely nostalgic reasons. If this hadn't been a flat back, or if this oddball size flask actually came in handy more than a couple times a decade... I'd probably feel different. 😁
@@tobhomott I understand the hesitation, but you will eventually thank yourself for applying your new knowledge and improving your tools and processes.
@@askquestionstrythings it's definitely somewhere on my long list of planned improvements. 😉
Hey dude.. THF down??
Yeah, this is the 3rd month in a row this has happened I think. 1st time was a banking issue, Dave's bank thought they were saving him from scammers by not paying out the site hosting fee... Maybe the same issue repeating? Knowing banks I would not doubt it. I'm sure Dave's working on a fix. I'd be on the forum right now posting a link to Clay's brand new video about this letter press restoration if I could! 😊 Weirdly I didn't get any notification about your comment, I just happened to be checking.
@@tobhomott Ya see there is proof youtube shadow bans people that lean conservative!