cast aliminium bash plate

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shanti

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busy redoing my bashplate for my bike 07 KLR 650 , while I was at it started to look at my old plastic bashplate and was wondering the different in strength between cast aluminium and aluminium plate . I have a small sand casting foundry here in Knysna casting sculptures for artists and looking at the plastic bashplate it would be a doddle to cast one in ali using the original plastic bashplate as my hard form - it is 4.25mm thick with a 6.5mm thick border on the top . My thoughts would be to reinforce some areas by adding sculpting clay then cast . I cast sculptures which arnt subjected to the strains of a bashplate so have no idea if it would hold up - am I heading in the wrong direction here , any opinions would be appreciated
 
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