LARGE Mahogany & Pine Industrial Shaft Foundry Casting Mold parting Block

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LARGE Mahogany & Pine Industrial Shaft Foundry Casting Mold parting Block
Really neat Solid Mahogany and Pine  wood pattern.
Pattern,(some kind of shaft for a big piece of Industrial Machinery) nestles into bottom part which is called the parting block.
This two part mold was part of a process in creating hard sand molds for pouring molten metal parts
This is a really great Pattern Making example!
Original all wood mold,  shaft is solid mahogany, lower parting block is all pine
Parting block is 26" by 11 3/8", tallest part of the parting block/pattern  is 3 1/2"
Pattern alone is 20 1/2" long, 7" wide
Overall  very nice condition.
Today, there are almost no molds made anymore from wood.  They are either made from plastic stock or metal.
This mold  is from an age of days gone by, where most patterns were made from wood.
Pattern making is a  highly skilled trade that required a lot of handwork years ago, now most everything is made with CAD CAM machines.   Pattern making required often working within 5/1000ths of an inch, and was one of the highest paid trades.
My father is winding down his 50 year pattern industry business, and this came from his pattern archives.
Specifically, I do not know what  this was for, it is old enough that records are no longer available to identify  it.  It was for some large piece of machinery.
This was the original wood mold, my fathers' business was subcontracted by a  foundry to make this original mold.
Made from solid mahogany, left natural color, varnished.   My fathers' shop either painted all red, or left natural wood
See my other wood pattern molds I am offering!
Overall  very nice condition.
This will make a great wall decoration if you love industrial related items!
Decorate your shop or man cave.
Please email with any specific questions prior to buying.
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