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Why Pattern Making is Complex
Contraction allowances The pattern needs to incorporate suitable allowances for shrinkage; these are called contraction allowances, and their exact values depend on the alloy being cast and the exact sand casting method being used. Some alloys will have overall linear shrinkage of up to 2.5%, whereas other alloys may actually…
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2020 Newsletter
Welcome to our first edition of the Dakota Foundry annual newsletter . As we kick off the new year, we would like to thank each of you for choosing us as your Foundry of choice. We also wanted to share with you some highlights from this past year as well…
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150 Case Part 6 – Dream to Steam
By Kory Anderson This past year has truly been a blessing. Realizing a lifelong dream and bringing the 150 Case back to life after being lost in history was an incredible experience. There is something truly amazing and inspiring that has taken place during this project. Something that without it…
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150 Case Part 5 – The 150 Case Must Perform
By Kory Anderson Tuesday, September 4th – 3:00 pm After previous issues with the intermediate gear seizing onto the steel hub and a failed plowing attempt with the 12 bottom plow only 3 days remained until show time, I knew we were out of time to find a solution in…
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150 Case Part 4 – The Road to Andover
By Kory Anderson It has been a hard pull all summer working seven days a week to get the 150 Case assembled and the final parts cast and machined. I was blessed with a great team to help get the job done and a number of friends who came out to help as needed. We lit…
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150 Case Part 3 – Coming Together
By Kory Anderson We’ve been running the governors balls out the last two months continuing to design and cast parts, finish machining, painting and bringing it all together in the assembly process. We powder coated the rear wheels at one of our equipment manufacturing facilities HORSCH LLC, in Mapleton, ND.…
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Anderson Selected to US Army War College National Security Seminar
Carlisle Barracks, Pa. — Kory Anderson of West Fargo, North Dakota participated in the U.S. Army War College 64th annual National Security Seminar in Carlisle, Pa., June 4-7, 2018. Anderson was one of 160 business, government, academic and community leaders selected from across the country to take part in the…
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150 Case Part 2 – Building a Giant
We have achieved some major milestones in the first four months of 2018 to keep on track for our debut deadline on September 7, 2018. We have cast a great majority of the parts at the foundry and I’ve been making runs every few weeks to Gary Bradley’s in Sheridan,…
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150 Case Part 1 – Realizing the Dream
I was just 10 years old when I first met George W. Hedtke of Davis Junction, IL. He arrived at our place in Andover, SD driving an old flat deck truck carrying the remains of the largest steam traction engine boiler I had ever seen. He was staying with us…
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