[Public-List] Updated Rudder Shoe/Gudgeon List

[Joseph Balderson]

Peter please add me to the list for both shoe and pintal.
joebinc at gmail.com
Thanks for the work.
Joe B

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Peter McEvoy <peter.t.mcevoy at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Everybody,
>
> Wow, quite a bit of interest in this. I expect more people to chime in yet,
> but here is an updated list anyway. I'll try to get a quote next week. I
> like the idea of casting the shoes without holes drilled. It would also
> make sense to have the shoe aperture (for the rudder pin) at the original
> 1/2", and people can drill it out if they prefer a 5/8" pin or whatever.
>
> Another consideration for having a mold made is the shrinkage of the bronze
> after casting- 3/16" per lineal foot, or around 2%. That means the mold
> should be 2% BIGGER than your final piece. I doubt this will make a
> difference for our rudder shoe, but somebody please say something if you
> think otherwise.
>
> Ceramic shell would be the easiest to do (at least for my situation) and
> will give a cleaner final product than sand casting. I'd give a rough
> estimate that the shoe castings will come out to roughly 5 pounds of bronze
> each (Assuming about 1/4" thickness and an area of 50in^2 plus the solid
> "head" of the shoe, with the bronze weight being .3 lb/in^3). Bronze is
> currently running around $5.00/lb, so that would be around $25 per shoe for
> just the metal. As for the gudgeons, one pair would likely be in the same
> range as one shoe. Foundries probably charge somewhere around $15 per pound
> depending on the work involved, but I would try to do this on my own to
> save money.
>
> Still waiting to hear if anybody has gudgeon dimensions or originals- can't
> do much without that!
>
> The List:
>
> Rudder Shoe:
> Bill Ydel - wcydel at gmail.com
> Mike Lehman - sail_505 at hotmail.comJeff Fongemie - fongemie at gmail.com
> Brian Curry - brian_curry at hotmail.com
> David Mitchell - david at mitchellent.com
> Peter McEvoy - peter.t.mcevoy at gmail.com
> Jim Allocco - jamesallocco at gmail.com
> James Almond - okeebc at gmail.com
> Clayton Zimmerman - cb_zimmerman at hotmail.com
> Jon Budington - jon at globalprinting.com
> Jason ssteen - mpcylinderheads at gmail.com
> Don Lang - potatosailor at yahoo.com
> Gordon White - gewhite at crosslink.net
> Chuck Thomas - thomascwcj at bellsouth.net
> Mark Dietrich - mrkdtrch at yahoo.com
>
> Gudgeon Sets:
> Glenn Brooks - brooks.glenn at comcast.net
> David Mitchell - david at mitchellent.com
> Michael Connolly #133 - crufone at comcast.net
> Peter McEvoy - peter.t.mcevoy at gmail.com
> James Almond - okeebc at gmail.com
> Clayton Zimmerman - cb_zimmerman at hotmail.com
> Jason ssteen - mpcylinderheads at gmail.com (Interested in the two part
> gudgeon and pintle version)
> Don Lang - potatosailor at yahoo.com
> Gordon White - gewhite at crosslink.net
> Chuck Thomas - thomascwcj at bellsouth.net
> Mark Dietrich - mrkdtrch at yahoo.com
>
>
> -Peter
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