Pot Metal Snow blower housing
Cast a replacement transmission housing for Snow blower. Asssembled broken parts, and used filler to create mold. Poured replacement part from aluminum and machined spindle and bearing shoulders.
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housing being made into sand casting mold

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Housing glued back together, and re-formed with body filler

27-05-08_1900

housing re-formed and sanded, ready for use as sand mold

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Pot metal snow blower housing - broken

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New housing chucked in lathe and facing rear bearing shoulder

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Drilling new housing to bore spindle shaft.

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The new casting as it came out of the sand, sprue and riser & gateways attached

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Drag side of sand pattern