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old foundry patterns - Practical Machinist - The Manufacturing Forum
I have salvaged the shumway foundry in batavia il.
have a vast selection of the patterns from the pattern building
any interested?
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Could you give us some more info as to who the concern was and exactly what it is that they made?
Thanks,
Jim
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The shumway foundry ,
batavia il.
r.r.
Stuff i have been told
windmill items, pump jacks, all kinds of castings
machine stuff.
Staplers i have been told
i am a retired plumber, so bear with me
i did not want this stuff to go to the bulldozer
i have about a semi full.
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Quick summary of size and type of patterns would be helpful.
And price
Pictures of even a small sample would also be great.
Welcome to the board!!
Marshall
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Just bear with me , still figuring this site out, http://gallery.mac.com/alrunde#100031
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PCs struggle a bit with their internet explorer, but a couple of attempts finally brought up the images.
Most of this seems pretty "machine specific." Unless you're looking at something and realize "hey, that's my furnace front" or some other machine part, then most of this might be firewood.
That is unless you're approached by a restaurant or mall owner looking for "atmosphere." In that case, truckloads of this stuff could be brought away and hung on wires in the overhead or hung on walls to bring pleasure to the eyes of American consumer culture.
Anyway, good luck.
Good motivation. "Those who forget the past are doomed by fate to repeat their mistakes."
Best,
Joe in NH
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I'd be interested in a selection of them.
How much are you looking to get?
Pete
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Not sure how you can inventory your patterns or if anybody locally would be willing to help.
Sounds like a big job and if one doesn't know what they are looking at doesn't make it easier.
Being that they made RR stuff there may be hope if people jump on this, even though I think this may be a long shot.
Try contacting some of the folks at the Union RR museum in Union, Ill and see if maybe one of there local members wouldn't be interested in seeing what you have.
Some of the smaller patterns might be of value to some folks.
Like Joe said it may take a special product or buyer too make this worth your while.
When looking at patterns you kind of have to think inside out and backwards to recognise the final product.
Some folks cannot make that shift.
Personally I look at everything like this, and have more problems with the more obvious things in the world.
If somehow you knew or could find out some of the specific products would help attract some help maybe.
I used to drive truck and got down to Batavia once in a while.
Down along the river there was some neat old industry and I always wondered what was produced in some of them.
They resembled RR building and military type buildings.
The scrounger in me was in an infancy stage then.
Now I would of gotten out of the truck and asked anybody who would be around.
Batavia was a cool place, too bad it is getting so built up.
20 years ago it was pristine.
Cheers, John.
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To all the posters , a big thanks ,
i am going to get his stuff( old patterns and core boxes ) better suited for viewing , i had a artist drive over from athens ohio today and did 745 dollars worth of "atmosphere" sales, i know some items that are not here are steam engine parts , some r.r.
Stuff. some pump parts etc.
It seems that the art crowd is really into these, but you never know unless you ask.
I will drop in from time to time and see if ant one is still looking for something odd to hang in a office or a shop.
Any interests are welcome e- mail me .
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Art, shmart, doesn't matter.
They're saved - or at least part of them.
I was once in a former machine shop owned by my utility.
It had been cleaned out before of all the machines and was shortly to be vacated by the current tenant - a woman who sold flowers.
The former machine shop turned flower shop had rustic charm, that's for sure.
Wooden beam trusses overhead with large iron gussets and strengthening rods here and there.
After removal of the machinery a couple of years before my task, it had been throughly pressure washed to make it habitable domecile for the tenant.
Now, with it's destruction imminent, she was being forced to move.
I looked overhead - ALL the countershafting was still there.
Main shaft perhaps 3 inches in diameter and everything else in heroic scale to match.
In it's day the shop must have had some big work in mind.
Bigger stuff than most of us might need and certainly a challenge today for anyone except a wrecking ball.
Except for one lonely little countershaft attached to the wall.
Handle dragging down within reach of the operator it seemed a small perfect candidate for my burgeoning lineshaft shop.
Unwittingly (I was young and stupid then) I made comment - "Gee, that's a nice little countershaft." It had a flowerpot with flowers hanging from either end.
The next week the tenant evicted.
I examined the shop to affirm her departure and noted that she took all her pots and plants with her - AND the countershaft that I had so kindly brought to her attention.
Probably the only countershaft she could reach without a ladder and the only one I would have saved.
My wrecking crew demolished the building shortly thereafter.
I suppose that countershaft is still out there somewhere - atmosphere for someone choosing flowers for their dining room table.
Industrial Ephemera is the technical term I believe.
No matter.
It's saved too.
And I'm no longer young.
Best regards,
Joe in NH
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Thanks Joe , I felt the same way , we grabbed every thing we could .
Some of the historic patterns are still in "the Family" the arches to the Palmer House in Chicago are stored away and some Steam engine Boiler fronts
with eagles and such and some really nice bell molds.
A friend grabbed the
swing arm ( Jib ) ?
That came from the furnace to the pouring area , it was built with old oak and some really cool gears and has it by his barn.
Some of these are " fire wood " but some are just great to hang on a wall.
The craftsman ship that went into making these is gone forever , and I am proud to say I helped preserve some for the future generations to see.
I am also glad the art institute in Chicago grabbed some really cool ones.
The original oscar award was cast in this foundry.
It was part of our towns history
and is now a empty lot.
It will be condos in a few years with a river view.
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