Our friends at Meskan Foundry recently came across some old casting patterns from about 25 years ago that are labeled for IRM, but they didn't know what the patterns were for. They handed them to Frank Kehoe who lives close by, and he sends us these pictures. I'm stumped too. We don't even know which department this could be for. The patterns are about 24" across and 18" wide. There are two of each for some reason. Don estimated it might cost $3,000 to replicate something like this. Identify them and they could be yours!
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Randy- What's the number around the middle on the second one? I have some ideas, but nothing solid.
R. W. Schauer
All I have to go on is what he sent me, so your guess is as good as mine. (Almost certainly better!) But he will be bringing them out to the shop at some point, so you can see them then.
Pure guess based on design -brass contactors for an MU control system. the nubs on the upper image being the contact point. I don't know why there were two round bubs in each mold, perhaps to put a ball bearing in to help center the mould. Bob Bruneau used to be a maker of casting molds. This seems like a later type than his work. O. Anderson
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