Old Mold that has bowed

[ammclane]

Hoping for some help:

I have been given some older molds from my father and one particular one appears to be slightly bowed (metal mold similar to Rapaport Brothers molds). Each face is bowed out so that if one side is clamped, the other alligators out. I am hesitant to try to clamp them together for fear of snapping one of the sides. Is there a method to straightening them (heating up, etc)?

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

[Prince August]

Dec 6, 2010 16:19:14 GMT ammclane said:

Hoping for some help:

I have been given some older molds from my father and one particular one appears to be slightly bowed (metal mold similar to Rapaport Brothers molds). Each face is bowed out so that if one side is clamped, the other alligators out. I am hesitant to try to clamp them together for fear of snapping one of the sides. Is there a method to straightening them (heating up, etc)?

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

Please can you submit a photo (jpeg) to me and I will ask our tool maker about the issue.
Possibly heating the mould is a solution but as we do not handle metal moulds I would have to ask those with more experience than me. What metal is it?