[Public-List] Updated Rudder Shoe/Gudgeon List

[Jeffrey]

Hi Peter,

Please add me to the list for the Gudgeon Sets.

Jeff Fongemie (fongemie at gmail.com)

Thanks for all your work with this. Looks like many people are in need
of these parts.

jeff

Jeff Fongemie
#116 Seagrass

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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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Jeffrey Fongemie

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