Old Wood Lathe Turned Round Pattern Foundry Casting Mold 600900
Neat old lathe turned pattern, job number 600900
11 1/4". in diameter(protruding to 12" where piece sticks ) At the top of where the piece juts out, it is 2 3/4" wide(flares larger closer it gets to outside of the round part)
3 3/8" from bottom to top, weighs a little more than 3 lbs
Center hole is 3 5/8" tapering slightly down to smaller diameter of about 3 1/8" with a center rib in the middle.
Large opening is 5 1/2"
Today, there are almost no molds made anymore from wood. They are either made from plastic stock or metal.
This mold is from an age of days gone by, where most patterns were made from wood.
Pattern making is a highly skilled trade that required a lot of handwork years ago, now most everything is made with CAD CAM machines. Pattern making required often working within 5/1000ths of an inch, and was one of the highest paid trades.
My father is winding down his 50 year pattern industry business, and this came from his pattern archives.
Specifically, I do not know what this was for, it is old enough that records are no longer available to identify it. It was for some large piece of machinery.
This was the original wood mold, my fathers' business was subcontracted by a foundry to make this original mold.
Made from solid mahogany, painted red. My fathers' shop either painted all red, or left natural wood .
It has metal pinned numerals into the wood for identification purposes attached to the pattern.
See my other wood pattern molds I am offering!
Overall very nice condition.
This will make a great wall decoration if you love industrial related items!
Decorate your shop or man cave.