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Okay ..now I'm pretty picky about my full time employment. I tend to start spreading into the place like fungus and I don't like to leave ..it takes great lengths to get rid of me ..so it had better either pay really well ..or be real comfy ..preferably both (ain't happening anymore, pal).
Part-time work, OTOH, ..I could care less. All that matters is that I can do the work and endure the working conditions. I picked up a job doing finishing work at a local small casting outfit. They work in some neat alloys (SS, Monel, etc.) and regular aluminum and various other metals (brass, etc.). It appears that casting, although being a really clever craft, hasn't changed a whole lot since the iron age conceived the technology. I found the "wax to ceramic" molds a nifty thing (I had known this before). Massive amount of wasted energy in the casting process. Incredible.
Anyway, I got a cart full of side covers today that had (I wish I had written it down) Benesen Factory Racing (or spelling close to that) cast into them. I put it in a search engine ..but it only puked out ultralights and other personal aircraft.
Anyone know what these go on???
Lots of neat stuff in this place. They do stuff like pump housings and valve bodies and "turbo-like" castings and fancy vane impellers and such. One of the simplest pieces ...it apparently a gun mount on the military Hummer. It's rather small and would appear to fit into some type of bearing. It has a tapered spindle and a place for some type of snap ring.
Now I've just got to shmooz the girls in the wax room to make me some custom models ..then slide the ceramic guy a couple of bucks to dip them ..melt the wax out with a heat gun..then get to know the pouring room guys a bit ...and voila~! ..Allan's Custom Castings
Never mind! I found it!!
[ July 13, 2005, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: Gary Allan ]
Part-time work, OTOH, ..I could care less. All that matters is that I can do the work and endure the working conditions. I picked up a job doing finishing work at a local small casting outfit. They work in some neat alloys (SS, Monel, etc.) and regular aluminum and various other metals (brass, etc.). It appears that casting, although being a really clever craft, hasn't changed a whole lot since the iron age conceived the technology. I found the "wax to ceramic" molds a nifty thing (I had known this before). Massive amount of wasted energy in the casting process. Incredible.
Anyway, I got a cart full of side covers today that had (I wish I had written it down) Benesen Factory Racing (or spelling close to that) cast into them. I put it in a search engine ..but it only puked out ultralights and other personal aircraft.
Anyone know what these go on???
Lots of neat stuff in this place. They do stuff like pump housings and valve bodies and "turbo-like" castings and fancy vane impellers and such. One of the simplest pieces ...it apparently a gun mount on the military Hummer. It's rather small and would appear to fit into some type of bearing. It has a tapered spindle and a place for some type of snap ring.
Now I've just got to shmooz the girls in the wax room to make me some custom models ..then slide the ceramic guy a couple of bucks to dip them ..melt the wax out with a heat gun..then get to know the pouring room guys a bit ...and voila~! ..Allan's Custom Castings
Never mind! I found it!!
[ July 13, 2005, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: Gary Allan ]