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04-17-2008

Posted by Don Foreman on April 17, 2008, 7:24 pm

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>I've been asked to make a memorial plaque for a gravesite.
>Will lie on the ground, anchored by a pair of vases.
>Customer is thinking like 1/2 x 12 x 48" plate
>
>I'll be engraving a lengthy message on it.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas as to material?
>
>I'd like to avoid stainless steel.
>
>is there anything in the bronze family that has good machinability?
>
>Thoughts?

My dad was once superintendant of a "memorial park", which is a
cemetary that uses bronze markers rather than headstones. The bronze
markers were cast in a foundry near Pittsburgh. The park is still in
business, may be able to tell you more about the metallurgy or refer
you to the maker of their markers.
http://www.jeffersonmemorial.biz/bronze-memorial.php

The markers had bosses on the back into which J-bolts were screwed.
They were then anchored to a thick block of concrete that was buried
flush to the ground which made mowing easy. They were decidedly not
portable enough to make theft worth the effort.

Posted by pdrahn@coinet.com on April 17, 2008, 10:36 pm

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> wrote:
>

> >I've been asked to make a memorial plaque for a gravesite.
> >Will lie on the ground, anchored by a pair of vases.
> >Customer is thinking like 1/2 x 12 x 48" plate

> >I'll be engraving a lengthy message on it.

> >Does anyone have any ideas as to material?

> >I'd like to avoid stainless steel.

> >is there anything in the bronze family that has good machinability?

> >Thoughts?

>
> My dad was once superintendant of a "memorial park", which is a
> cemetary that uses bronze markers rather than headstones. The bronze
> markers were cast in a foundry near Pittsburgh. The park is still in
> business, may be able to tell you more about the metallurgy or refer
> you to the maker of their markers.

http://www.jeffersonmemorial.biz/bronze-memorial.php

>
> The markers had bosses on the back into which J-bolts were screwed.
> They were then anchored to a thick block of concrete that was buried
> flush to the ground which made mowing easy. They were decidedly not
> portable enough to make theft worth the effort.

I think you might be surprised at the amount of energy expended by
"tweekers" trying to get metal to sell for a couple of dollars.

Paul

Posted by Don Foreman on April 18, 2008, 2:07 am

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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:36:58 -0700 (PDT), "pdrahn@coinet.com"

>> >is there anything in the bronze family that has good machinability?

>> >Thoughts?

>>
>> My dad was once superintendant of a "memorial park", which is a
>> cemetary that uses bronze markers rather than headstones. The bronze
>> markers were cast in a foundry near Pittsburgh. The park is still in
>> business, may be able to tell you more about the metallurgy or refer
>> you to the maker of their markers.

http://www.jeffersonmemorial.biz/bronze-memorial.php

>>
>> The markers had bosses on the back into which J-bolts were screwed.
>> They were then anchored to a thick block of concrete that was buried
>> flush to the ground which made mowing easy. They were decidedly not
>> portable enough to make theft worth the effort.

>
>I think you might be surprised at the amount of energy expended by
>"tweekers" trying to get metal to sell for a couple of dollars.
>
>Paul

Wasn't so then, may well be now. I know they're trashing vacant houses
for the copper plumbing.

I'll leave that worry to Jon.

Posted by Jon on April 18, 2008, 11:10 am

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> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:36:58 -0700 (PDT), "pdrahn@coinet.com"
>
>

>>> >is there anything in the bronze family that has good machinability?
>>>
>>> >Thoughts?
>>>
>>> My dad was once superintendant of a "memorial park", which is a
>>> cemetary that uses bronze markers rather than headstones. The bronze
>>> markers were cast in a foundry near Pittsburgh. The park is still in
>>> business, may be able to tell you more about the metallurgy or refer
>>> you to the maker of their markers.
>>> http://www.jeffersonmemorial.biz/bronze-memorial.php
>>>
>>> The markers had bosses on the back into which J-bolts were screwed.
>>> They were then anchored to a thick block of concrete that was buried
>>> flush to the ground which made mowing easy. They were decidedly not
>>> portable enough to make theft worth the effort.

>>
>>I think you might be surprised at the amount of energy expended by
>>"tweekers" trying to get metal to sell for a couple of dollars.
>>
>>Paul

>
> Wasn't so then, may well be now. I know they're trashing vacant houses
> for the copper plumbing.
>
> I'll leave that worry to Jon.

I'll leave that worry to the end user =)

I was toying around with making something of corian or a similar material,
I'd like to know how the different colors actually stand up to uv and
weather

Posted by charlie on April 18, 2008, 12:22 pm

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>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:36:58 -0700 (PDT), "pdrahn@coinet.com"
>>
>>

>>>> >is there anything in the bronze family that has good machinability?
>>>>
>>>> >Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> My dad was once superintendant of a "memorial park", which is a
>>>> cemetary that uses bronze markers rather than headstones. The bronze
>>>> markers were cast in a foundry near Pittsburgh. The park is still in
>>>> business, may be able to tell you more about the metallurgy or refer
>>>> you to the maker of their markers.
>>>> http://www.jeffersonmemorial.biz/bronze-memorial.php
>>>>
>>>> The markers had bosses on the back into which J-bolts were screwed.
>>>> They were then anchored to a thick block of concrete that was buried
>>>> flush to the ground which made mowing easy. They were decidedly not
>>>> portable enough to make theft worth the effort.
>>>
>>>I think you might be surprised at the amount of energy expended by
>>>"tweekers" trying to get metal to sell for a couple of dollars.
>>>
>>>Paul

>>
>> Wasn't so then, may well be now. I know they're trashing vacant houses
>> for the copper plumbing.
>>
>> I'll leave that worry to Jon.

>
> I'll leave that worry to the end user =)
>
> I was toying around with making something of corian or a similar material,
> I'd like to know how the different colors actually stand up to uv and
> weather

corian is plastic. i doubt that it will stand up to uv for any great length
of time.

what about using something traditional, like granite?

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