
Pierce-Klingle Mansion, Cast Iron Porch Restoration
Richmond Iron reproduced cast iron tread brackets, balusters, cornice castings and brackets to restore the Klingle Estate porch.
Richmond Iron can reproduce any historic sand casting from an original casting sample or even substantial broken pieces of an original casting. Many restorations only require a few castings to be replaced in their entirety and Richmond Iron has developed artisanal and advanced technology solutions for reproducing even singular castings economically.
For large scale reproductions or historic reproductions from limited original source materials like photographs or drawings, Richmond Iron can provide complete casting design services including 3D CAD modeling and rendering.
Historic cast iron can be reproduced by directly sand molding an original casting. Reproductions are 1% smaller than the original, but they are otherwise exact reproductions of the original and even the smallest details are captured and reproduced. Direct molding small numbers of casings avoids the costs of a foundry pattern.
A traditional foundry pattern enables economical reproduction of historic castings in contemporary foundries and by using advanced hard pattern techniques like flexible urethane loose pieces Richmond Iron can reproduce intricate castings in a volume casting process.
Richmond Iron reproduced cast iron tread brackets, balusters, cornice castings and brackets to restore the Klingle Estate porch.
Richmond Iron reproduced cast iron posts and finials from the Thomas Jefferson graveyard fence to build a new section of fence at the Monticello Cemetery.
Custom cast iron vault panel castings and glass prisms for 70 Greene Street.
Cast iron vault lights, 36 Hudson, New York City.
Cast iron fence posts and spears were reproduced to repair and extend the Capitol Square fence in Richmond, Virginia.
Complete reproduction of rinceau style cast iron fence panels, cast iron crests and cast iron posts, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
Accurate reproduction of cast iron posts and railings for Prospect Park Lake, Brooklyn.
Reproduction castings of missing or broken elements for the restoration of the Corbin Building, NYC MTA Fulton Center complex.
Richmond Iron made reproduction castings of missing or broken historic original castings for the James Monroe Tomb.
We are artists, engineers and foundrymen who are passionate about sand cast metal.
O. K. Foundry Co., Inc. – 1005 Commerce Rd., Richmond, Virginia, 23224 – 804-233-9674 – Contact@OKFoundry.com