I posted this on Facebook, but thought I would post it here…
Update on some LN matters ….my wife and I are visiting in Maine and actually staying in Warren. Stopped in LN this morning to pick up a few blades, etc. I was under the impression that LN was doing an in house foundry, but that is not the case. They are actually working with Enterprise Casting Corporation, Lewiston ME, that does their ductile iron castings to do the manganese bronze castings. This is a major project that is requiring a lot of additional equipment and tooling and it will be a year or more before there will be bronze planes produced…but, they will return!!
Tom Lie-Nielsen came through the showroom and stopped to speak. Both he and I have aged since I last spoke with him in 1986!! One of the parts I was asking about was a chip breaker for the No. 2. He indicated the iron No. 1 and 2 would be available this fall and so would the chip breakers.
I hope this answers some questions about the bronze situation and the iron models.