Airframe
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How
to Cast Metal & Rubber Parts - 2nd edition
by William Cannon
167Pages
$14.95
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Deciding
whether to include this topic in an aircraft catalog, I
immediately wondered, "what would anybody ever need
to cast on an aircraft?" So I put it down and
went on to other business. Over the next few hours,
a wide array of castable items started coming to mind: various
engine parts are cast, and control stops, levers, handles,
ornaments for the restorer, many types of internal brackets,
grommets, weather and edge strips, bucking bars, etc...
etc...
So
here it is, an inexpensive book on a little known topic
that some will find incredibly useful, saving big money
on some things, and endless hours scrounging for difficult
and perhaps impossible to find parts. Besides, it
might even be fun.. Who knows what you'll come up with
someday when there is nothing else to do.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Casting Metal
Parts
Survey of Casting Methods
3
Casting a Hood Ornament
12
Alloys you can Cast
20
Foundry Equipment - Make it yourself
27
Molding Sands, Fluxes, Degassers, and Flasks
42
How to Make and Pour Molds
50
Core Making
60
Casting Problems and their Causes
66
Finishing Castings and Correcting Defects
69
Do's and Don'ts for Safety
77
Foundry Terms
79
Casting Rubber
Parts
Rubber and a Space-age Substitute
89
Making a Top Box Rest Pad
98
Making a 4 Hole Grommet
106
Making bumpers and Check Straps
112
Making a Lamp Pad
118
Metal Molds for more Precision
123
Ingenuity Replaces Original Part
129
Molding From Defective Patterns
134
Molding with a Metal Insert
141
Making a Weatherstripping Mold
146
Estimating Amounts Needed 151
Tips on Cutting & Shaping Rubber
155
Where to Buy Supplies
157
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