Is labor and iron so cheap in NH that it somehow makes sense to make your own plates? How about a car? Can you make a car?
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Casting Iron Weights
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Any suggestions on plates? I am in contact with a local foundry that could potentially recasting my 35lb plates into 45lb ones. Is there a plate a should try to emulate either past or present? Should I go whole hog and get a set of 100's made?
Thanks,
Mike
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Is labor and iron so cheap in NH that it somehow makes sense to make your own plates? How about a car? Can you make a car?
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Haha, nope, it's through a local coop that teaches people about metal working, so like a technical skills course.Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe
Not born and bred in New England but hung around long enough to pick up some of their traits - like making things with your own hands and not wanting to see stuff wasted.
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Even if not, probably still cheaper than anything from Rouge lol
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I was thinking something along the lines of these. Any input?
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What kind of input are you looking for?
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Just what your experience has been with various configurations. Any seem more trouble than others? Plates not us forum denizens
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It's hard to beat the old 4-spoke York plates.
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I don't recommend you get them recast. I cast my own 2.5lb plates and the design behind them is very precise. The runners and inner diameter have to be precisely dimensioned. Even if you get the dimensions damn close, you'll have to do machining after the fact. AND that's assuming they inoculate properly and you don't end up with white iron. If you get white iron, you can't even machine them.
Are you doing any of the design work for this?
If you insist on getting them recast, see if they can make ductile iron instead of gray.
There's a reason manufacturing companies make thousands of these and not one offs.
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I think he should make a car.
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