Why tube on?

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If you are not needing to form labels or gears and such around the tube shape, is the only reason to do tube on casting because you save casting material in the middle that way?

Is the any problem with just pouring solid blanks and drilling them?

Just trying to decide which way to go...
 
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If you are embedding materials that need to be centered on the tube, on tube is the only way to go. If not, pour without the tube and keep your options open.

If you are not needing to form labels or gears and such around the tube shape, is the only reason to do tube on casting because you save casting material in the middle that way?

Is the any problem with just pouring solid blanks and drilling them?

Just trying to decide which way to go...
 
You MAY have a better idea!! How would you locate the labels or stamps, without a tube??

The other problem is dealing with the adhesive that holds the tube in---it shows up as "bubble-y", how would you hide this?
 
The only reason for tube on is for custom blanks like watch parts, feathers,carbon fibre,labels, etc. 95% of the blanks you buy are poured in a mould with no tube.

Lin.
 
The only reason for tube on is for custom blanks like watch parts, feathers,carbon fibre,labels, etc. 95% of the blanks you buy are poured in a mould with no tube.

Lin.

Or where you you want a clear blank. If you drill it will be white. I guess thats the same. If you are coloring, where it is opaque enough you wouldn't see the tube, cast without tubes
 
.....Why NOT Tube in? I see a lot more advantages to having the tube in place, personal opinion. No drilling and no glueing is in itself worth it to me! Be well.....Jan
 
Dan, to answer your question, yes, it can be done. It's just on a smaller scale and using specialized tools, i.e., stirring sticks and what not.
 
So here's a question I was pondering the other day.

Why not use a solid drill-able substrate as your "tube". Say a dowel? You would get the benefits of the tube and the ability to use the blank on multiple kits. You would just need to know ahead of time the maximum you could drill ans the minimum you could turn. But that would allow you to use the same blank on say an Jr Gent and a Baron or even a Sierra all out of the same casting.

I would think this would be great for those selling cast blanks to open up a variety of kits per blank.
 
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