April 19, 2024
OLD VINTAGE WOOD PATTERN MOLD FOUNDRY VALVE ANTIQUE ART
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Own an original piece of American Industrial History! Wooden Foundry mold. " DISCHARGE VALVE CAP " A One of a Kind original! An Artist dream. Very Beautiful Wood Work, many contures and offset shapes! Split pattern .. doubles your Value! Very Old. This decorative wood pattern was hand crafted by expert industrial craftsmen of yesteryear. The pattern maker was the âeoeartistâe of the industry. First was the dream, then the drawing (blue print), then the wood pattern , then the metal casting to be machined to the finished product. The wood pattern had to be made to strict tolerances else the finished product would be off thus scraped. This is what makes these patterns so beautiful; they were made to precision the old fashioned timely way! They were not massed produced but one of a kind! This pattern was used in the foundry process to produce a "10410.D Discharge Valve Cap". Part number dates this piece to be around 85 years old. Note the nutted top of the cap. This is so it can be fitted with a wrench to turn the cap on and off the valve screw. Pattern is split and held in place with brass pins and inserts. A lot of work went into this little piece! Casting was made of cast iron. Pattern is a hard wood most likely mahogany. This pattern comes from a company with a history manufacturing steam engines, and steam driven compressor.
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