Some guy gave us this golden eagle mold, do you have information on it?

[toffeecoo]

I was hanging outside a pub with a friend when we started chatting with a local. He lived beside the pub at the time, but I think he was squatting, may have been homeless. Anyway, he pulls my friend aside to talk military stuff and he came back with this mold. For fun I thought I'd make wax molds for candles out of it lol but I'm wondering if it might have a better home somewhere else. Looks more official than other ammo molds I've seen online, is it okay for me to have this thing? (note, I'm a newb in this field, thus candle making lol )

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[Bored1]

What does it make? I can't imagine it not being "ok". Any "property of" marks? Otherwise can't see possessing it being a problem.

Someone who knows more than me should be along shortly...

[toffeecoo]

What does it make? I can't imagine it not being "ok". Any "property of" marks? Otherwise can't see possessing it being a problem.

Someone who knows more than me should be along shortly...


I dont really know, there's only info etched on the front of it. "Golden eagle" is all that stands out to me. I assumed it could be exclusive "military grade" since it so beefy and official looking.

[Bored1]

How many cavities, holes, etc? Have you opened it yet? Could be a mold for those flag pole edges I guess depending on size. Just throwing random ideas out. Doesn't appear to have a sprue plate or cutting edge.

[sigep1764]

Can we get pics of the inside?

[toffeecoo]

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[Polymath]

My guess is a set of molds for a plastic extrusion machine. GE may be General Electric and the form seems to represent a type of insulator. Used something similar to form scrapers on sucker rods for the oil wells. (Scrapers removed the wax build up on the pump rods)

[jsizemore]

Beat me to it.

Could be used by somebody like this:

https://goldeneaglemfg.com/

I used to run into stuff like that at the scrapyard all the time.

[toffeecoo]

My guess is a set of molds for a plastic extrusion machine. GE may be General Electric and the form seems to represent a type of insulator. Used something similar to form scrapers on sucker rods for the oil wells. (Scrapers removed the wax build up on the pump rods)

ahh, so does that make it useless for doing any manual mold work? Any suggestions on what to do with this, is it possibly useful to someone or should I chuck it into metal recycling?

[toffeecoo]

Beat me to it.

Could be used by somebody like this:

https://goldeneaglemfg.com/

I used to run into stuff like that at the scrapyard all the time.


oh shoot, now that you posted that I thought "golden eagle" was a desert eagle relative xD so this may not even be a bullet casing at all?? Thats kind of funny.

[country gent]

I would do a search for the 2 names J Carter and Golden eagle along with the numbers. Im thinking one of the names is a die shop and the numbers are a part number or drawing number.

[BLAHUT]

Fill it with melted wax and see what you get ???

[alfadan]

Looks like scrap metal from a homeless person.

[toffeecoo]

for anyone curious what it turned out to be... its definitely not what he told us or thought it was lol!!

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Sorry to bother you fine folk, thanks for indulging in this side quest xD

[oley55]

that's definitely a gizmo-thingy mold for something back in 1984 and probably snagged by the guy who toiled over it in some now closed plant that was moved to Chinesium land.