Old Wood Lathe Turned Round Pattern Foundry Casting Mold Great

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Old Wood Lathe Turned Round Pattern Foundry Casting Mold Great
Neat old lathe turned pattern
10 1/2". in diameter(protruding to 12" where piece sticks out approx 4" width)
Center hole is 3 1/8" tapering  slightly down to smaller diameter of about 3", opposite side of the  3 1/8" opening, has a small flange , opening is  2 11/16".
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, painted red.   My fathers' shop either painted all red, or left natural wood .
It has metal numbered plates for identification purposees attached to the pattern.
Has some screw holes onh one side where it was mounted to board or foundry plate.
I packed this at the shop, it came out of  storage, we vacuumed them, removing lots of old sawdust and some grime, but they are still somewhat dirty,  I am mentioning this so that you do not open them up somewhere that you would not want dirty items on.
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.
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