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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    Originally posted by Subculture
    I remember a conversation with Simon at Prop Shop about metals used for his investment castings. Silicone bronze is the usual choice- modellers like hanging a nice bit of brass off the end of their tub, but he said that aluminium is a good choice if aesthetics are of less importance as you get a much lighter prop and it's generally more than strong enough.
    Your talking pure metals and specific alloys that melt at temperatures that require extensive labor and infrastructure: the investment casting process. Alloy; master; wax; wax injector; investment; investment vibrating table; wax burn-out oven; and gas or electric furnace.

    Unless there's a rubber tool material that can stand repeated cycles at 1400F it's not worth the labor for a vendor like us that produces in quantity at a low price-point. Our rubber tools can only work with metals that can be poured at a temperature below 700F.

    D&E Miniatures was not a 'specialty' shop at the end: Our last decades were spent, as an exclusive vendor, affiliated with the Caswell Co. and Nautilus Drydocks where we engaged in production work, not one-offs.

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    David & Ellie

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  • Subculture
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    I remember a conversation with Simon at Prop Shop about metals used for his investment castings. Silicone bronze is the usual choice- modellers like hanging a nice bit of brass off the end of their tub, but he said that aluminium is a good choice if aesthetics are of less importance as you get a much lighter prop and it's generally more than strong enough.

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    Originally posted by redboat219
    Do you perform any balancing (not on a broom stuck up your arse ) or just remove flash from the casting?
    No attempt is made to statically or dynamically balance our propellers or PJ rotors. But that was a fair question. I'm sure there is significant imbalance to most of the cast metal screws we produced. Thing is, they don't spin at the rates where bearing wear, or system vibration would be an issue. These are marine propulsors that work in a liquid fluid, not a gas, so don't spin at significant RPM's.

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  • redboat219
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    Do you perform any balancing (not on a broom stuck up your arse ) or just remove flash from the casting?

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    Originally posted by redboat219
    Post-apocalyptic world

    Time to address the servile followers. Click image for larger version

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    The Lord Humungus

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    David Merriman
    **** you, Romel!

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  • Rick Teskey
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    Dooms day prepper or preeminent strike on Canada?

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  • redboat219
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    Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named

    I gotta do a better review of my photo's before posting them!
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    Okey, back to work.
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  • redboat219
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    Post-apocalyptic world

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    David Merriman

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    David in his basement ready for these...

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  • biggsgolf
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    Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named

    The bed-stand .22 pistol (used to be Ellie's gun) is to get their attention. If needed, the shotgun is to make a declarative statement.

    The cop's here in Virginia Beach are at least five-minutes away. I'm the impatient type.
    Love it! hahaha

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    Originally posted by JHapprich
    Your mice must be enormous! 12/70 or is it .22
    The bed-stand .22 pistol (used to be Ellie's gun) is to get their attention. If needed, the shotgun is to make a declarative statement.

    The cop's here in Virginia Beach are at least five-minutes away. I'm the impatient type.
    Last edited by He Who Shall Not Be Named; 02-09-2025, 06:16 PM.

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  • JHapprich
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    Your mice must be enormous! 12/70 or is it .22

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    Originally posted by JHapprich
    Nice shotgun. You go sport-shooting?
    mice......

    (I gotta do a better review of my photo's before posting them!... glad no one caught sight yet of the girl cheer-leader team I have tied up in the closet).

    David
    Ya gonna believe me or your lying eyes?!
    Last edited by He Who Shall Not Be Named; 02-09-2025, 04:43 PM.

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  • JHapprich
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    Nice shotgun. You go sport-shooting?

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