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<div style="font-weight:bold;">From:</div>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</div>
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<p><br /></p><div style="font-weight:bold;">To:</div><bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</div>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:09:40 -0000<br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>[Bell Historians] Video of Verdin's Sand-Casting Process<br /><br /><br /><span> </span>
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<p><br />Here's a video of Verdin's Sand-Casting Process.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.verdin.com/bells/bell-casting.php">http://www.verdin.com/bells/bell-casting.php</a><br /><br />Quite different from the traditional bell casting processes. I wonder if this is Verdin's traveling foundry?<br /><br /></p></div>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;"><font color="#000000">Although slightly different in that Verdin are using an epoxy sand mix as the moulding material, rather than the more traditional 'damp sand' medium, bells have been sand cast in this manner at various foundries for many years. M</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;"><font color="#000000">Most Trinity House buoy bells cast by Gillett & Johnston and Whitechapel (and, I assume, also at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Taylors) were cast using this method until production of such bells was discontinued. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></font></span></p><p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;"><font color="#000000">Where many bells of identical size are required and with little or no ornamentation, this technique offers a quick and relatively cheap method of manufacture.</font></span></p><p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;"><font color="#000000">Richard</font></span></p><p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>