Glenwood #6 Brick Molds & Pattern Casting

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Mon. Apr. 23, 2018 2:10 am

Sunny Boy wrote:
Sun. Apr. 22, 2018 7:24 am
I can say from experience that's a lot of work you've got done, Paulie.

It only took me making two sets of bricks to be enough to make it easy to give away my molds. :D

Paul

It wouldn't be bad if you could pour ten or twenty
bricks at a time.

I followed your procedure and marked a fill line on a plastic container to minimize refractory waste.
I use a graduated glass beaker to measure the 230 ml of water needed for each batch.

Tracking the time it averaged out to 5 man hours per set of 14 bricks.

Most of the time is spent cleaning up the molds and tools between pours, the actual mixing and pouring goes pretty quick.

I would like to make a set of molds for the Glenwood #8 bricks also provided I can find a decent upper and lower brick to use as a master.

I'm sure you agree 1/32" off in any dimension makes for a poor fit. :D

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Post by Sunny Boy » Mon. Apr. 23, 2018 6:41 am

Yup, because that 1/32 oops with a brick gets multiplied by 7 bricks in a row.

In discussions with Wilson, one thought was to make them undersized and then butter the joints with refractory cement when installing, same as you would with a brick wall. Then I remembered how tough it was to get the original tight-fitting bricks out. That buttering idea didn't last long. :D

Putting them in a bit loose is better and no heat induced compression stress on the row. Just like expansion joints in poured concrete work - it's eventually gonna crack, so put the cracks where you want them. I think that's maybe why they used the more labor intensive bricks instead of pouring the liners in a one piece mold ?????


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Post by wilsons woodstoves » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 10:12 am

I have several #8 brick ,that are still intack if needed wilson

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 11:10 am

Wilson.

I know a lot of #6 have turned up, but do you think there's enough #8s around to make all the many, many hours of building brick molds for it worth it ?

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Post by joeq » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 4:13 pm

Wilson, are you offering the 8s for masters, or do you have a complete set? Are they clean?

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 4:56 pm

wilsons woodstoves wrote:
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I have several #8 brick ,that are still intack if needed wilson
Skip,

Carol and I plan to be at the TASA convention next month and are both looking forward to seeing you there and stopping over for a visit.

I'm in the mold making mode for the last few weeks and would be happy to make a two piece urethane casting mold for the #8' s.

Since I've never physically seen a #8 my plan is to cast two sets in the event I ever get one of my very own, and like Sunny Boy, will donate the finished molds to your collection.............. provided you have the room. :yes:

I cast the six sets of #6 bricks I needed, and so far another five spare sets that I wrapped up and will bring to the convention and hopefully use to barter for some stove parts. :lol:

Paulie

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Post by Sunny Boy » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 5:31 pm

I had the luck to be at Wilsons and get to see an #8 up close (but just a few hours too late to buy it), and then look at the #6, which I bought. The #8 is like an impressively big #6.

If you put your reading glasses on and go look at your #6, .... that's what looking at the #8 is like. :lol:

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Post by KingCoal » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 5:42 pm

good lord !! what readers are you using +4.00's ?

:lol: ;)

 
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Post by joeq » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 6:05 pm

Paulie, it appears you're in the production mode, with that accumulation of #6 bricks. Nicely done. I hope you can help out some G6 owners at your convention. Good luck moving them. :yes:

 
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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 7:00 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:
Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 5:31 pm
I had the luck to be at Wilsons and get to see an #8 up close (but just a few hours too late to buy it), and then look at the #6, which I bought. The #8 is like an impressively big #6.

If you put your reading glasses on and go look at your #6, .... that's what looking at the #8 is like. :lol:

Paul
I need my reading glasses more and more for everything and have them on when I'm looking at a #6 now............ I might have a heart attack if they are still on when I see a #8. :lol:

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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 7:03 pm

KingCoal wrote:
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good lord !! what readers are you using +4.00's ?

:lol: ;)
I didn't realize there were lesser strengths than +4's

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Post by Pauliewog » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 7:09 pm

joeq wrote:
Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 6:05 pm
Paulie, it appears you're in the production mode, with that accumulation of #6 bricks. Nicely done. I hope you can help out some G6 owners at your convention. Good luck moving them. :yes:
Thanks Joe, A few more sets, and I think I'll call it quits.

My new passion is making patterns, resin sand molds, and pouring gray iron. ......... Just have to live another 300 years to get it all done !

Anybody have a pic of the 6 & 8 side by side?

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Post by joeq » Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 11:29 pm

Pauliewog wrote:
Tue. Jun. 05, 2018 7:09 pm
My new passion is making patterns, resin sand molds, and pouring gray iron. ......... Just have to live another 300 years to get it all done !
Paulie
"ANOTHER" 300 years!? Paulie, what's your secret? George Burns almost made it to 100, and he drank and smoked most his adult life. "Another" 300, would make you "600" (?) years old. I don't even think I'll make it to social security, (at the rate our system is going presently), and can't even imagine what our society would consist of in 300 years. (Don't think I wanna either).
Anyway, I'll be looking you up in Ripleys Believe it or Not, and see if you hold the number 1 position so far. Is it the Wheaties and milk Paulie? :lol:

 
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