New yard ornament

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Craig Donges

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Berlin Center (NE) Ohio

• Sep 2, 2009

• #1

Greetings all;

I figured I'd show you guys, no one around here cares. Nice old 1930 ish sand squeezer that followed me home. Believe it or not, these are still available new, $30,000.00.

Looks good sitting in my front yard. Maw and Paw Kettle have nothin' on me!

Craig Donges

 

Rick Rowlands

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Youngstown, Ohio

• Sep 2, 2009

• #2

Gee let me guess, that was in Cory's building behind the foundry?

 

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Craig Donges

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• Sep 2, 2009

• #3

Geez Rick, I thought you were going to tell me that you had one bigger and then we'd be of on "Squeezer Envy".

Craig Donges

 

rivett608

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Kansas City, Mo.

• Sep 2, 2009

• #4

Now I could get my shirts pressed and they might stay that way!

 

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jimboggs

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Clermont, Iowa

• Sep 3, 2009

• #5

Circular badge...

Hi Craig,

The circular badge on the rocker arm (?) has SPO or SPC on it. Any idea of the maker? Pretty cool chunk of iron. Oh, what's the weight BTW? Can't read the scale. 260-ish?

Jim

 

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Craig Donges

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• Sep 3, 2009

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Jim;

Haven't looked in to the manufacturer. Weighs in at a trim 1263#. I like things heavy.

Craig Donges

 

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jimboggs

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Clermont, Iowa

• Sep 3, 2009

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Wow, that was quick! I thought 260 was wayyy light, but I don't know how the Toledoe's are made or used one enough to know how they read.

"I like things heavy",.....amen. Ceptin' my women's (I'm probably gonna catch grief for that...).

Jim

 

Rick Rowlands

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Youngstown, Ohio

• Sep 3, 2009

• #8

I didn't want to bruise your feelings yet again, but since you brought it up, when I had the foundry I had an Osborn jolt squeeze that weighed a good bit more than 1,263 lbs. Here it is sitting at the rear of the molding area.

 

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George Andreasen

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Alturas, California

• Sep 3, 2009

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Okay, everyone please forgive my blatant ignorance.........but what the heck is a sand squeezer?

A wild guess: used for compressing the sand contained in the cope and drag of a mold??? Sure seems like over kill.


In any case, looks like just the gizmo to "compact" a Dagwood sandwich!

 

Rick Rowlands

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Youngstown, Ohio

• Sep 3, 2009

• #10

You got it right, it squeezes and compacts the molding sand around the pattern but is not overkill. In the greensand molding method the sand is held together by clay and a bit of moisture. By compacting the sand the mold becomes stronger. Weakly compacted sand will let molten metal go places that you don't want it to go.

 

timekiller

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• Sep 3, 2009

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SPO Jolt Squeeze machine

Here is a youtube video of a SPO Jolt Squeeze machine in operation.

Foundry Sand Molding


Ray

 

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Craig Donges

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Berlin Center (NE) Ohio

• Sep 3, 2009

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Ray;

Thanks for posting that. I guess anything you need to know can be found on youtube.

Craig Donges

 

timekiller

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• Sep 3, 2009

• #13

My name is Ray .......

My name is Ray and I have one also.

When & Where is the next AA (Arn Anonymous) Meeting?

Ray

 

Mike Powell

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Dec 21, 2005

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East Palestine, Ohio

• Sep 4, 2009

• #14

That looks just like the one we used a Kent State in the foundary. I have a bronze hammer I made that I use constantly. Most folks are suprised to here that I made that. It was one of the only pieces I ever did in green sand. We also did lost foam, K bond (like petro bond but uses synthetic oil so it smokes far less. Developed at KSU) and air curing epoxy. I liked the epoxy the best. It gave nice pieces.

Mike

 

northeastconfederate

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Jan 25, 2005

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New Egypt, NJ

• Sep 4, 2009

• #15

That video is fascinatin'!! All the cool stuff there is to be had... it boggles the mind!