A question for the Engineers on the site

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well sandcast them in alloy and paint them chromate crappy brown....

Yeah I'd be happy with that!

[HenryDorsetCase]

Email from brother in law:

Why I was asking is If you cast off the originals they end up shrinking by around 2-3%. So you need to build them up by the same approx amount. If you cast of recasts they get progressively smaller.

The one I used then is gone, but I have had a heap of stuff done at the guy in Wickham St Bromley, just down from Dyers Rd.

the guy he is talking about is this guy:

11 Wickham Street Bromley 8062‎
03-384 2584
Die Casters

There you go, FWIW.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Email from brother in law:




the guy he is talking about is this guy:

11 Wickham Street Bromley 8062‎
03-384 2584
Die Casters

There you go, FWIW.

Aweome. Many thanks!

[husaberg]

Cheers for that. I'll get it touch with them. Really appreciate the help.

What did you end up doing Pete?

[Crasherfromwayback]

What did you end up doing Pete?

Emailed an shitload of places with sad replies. Nione of the ones I contacted seem to want to know about it.

[Ocean1]

Emailed an shitload of places with sad replies. Nione of the ones I contacted seem to want to know about it.

Yeah. People have become so used to prices driven by mass production and cheap labour that anyone asked to produce a one-off really struggles to convince their clients they can't do it for even ten times that price.

Did you get your hands on an original Pete?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah. People have become so used to prices driven by mass production and cheap labour that anyone asked to produce a one-off really struggles to convince their clients they can't do it for even ten times that price.

Did you get your hands on an original Pete?

I've put it back on the geezer that has the bits I want, as he's desperate to get his hands on my spare SR250 works engine. Seems it's even more rare than the SR500's. Being in Australia, I'm hoping he'll have a better chance of finding someone that'll make them from his originals.

[Ocean1]

I've put it back on the geezer that has the bits I want, as he's desperate to get his hands on my spare SR250 works engine. Seems it's even more rare than the SR500's. Being in Australia, I'm hoping he'll have a better chance of finding someone that'll make them from his originals.

OK. If you get stuck let me know, eh?

[Crasherfromwayback]

OK. If you get stuck let me know, eh?

Yeah will do cheers!

[husaberg]

Yeah will do cheers!

Talk to fletner (Neil Hintz)

He will sort you out.Shame you don't have a pattern it should be a simple matter to copy cast it.
Neal has made Kawa big horn heads with this method.
I personally would make it thicker and mill off the the excess.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Talk to fletner (Neil Hintz)

He will sort you out.Shame you don't have a pattern it should be a simple matter to copy cast it.
Neal has made Kawa big horn heads with this method.
I personally would make it thicker and mill off the the excess.

Yeah getting the geezer to trust me with his SR500 covers is proving difficult...which is a bastard, as it's the only thing stopping me from making mine complete. I can then use my 250 engine to make an SR250 replica as well.