Please refer to the Bells and Bell Ringer Data. Regardless of the size, the creation of every bell is the same. Click images for larger view. The first step in bell making is the mold. Brick is laid up to create a core or inside of a bell.
Molding sand is applied over the brick to finish the core.
The finished core of the mold is dried with gas heaters. The false bell is then finished to the strickle-board and covered with a wax coating, which will eventually assure a smooth casting and allow the false bell to be removed easily. A finished false bell has the same appearance as the bronze bell will have after casting. A fine slurry of molding material is made and used to form the first coat of the outer mold. This material must be fine enough to take all the detail from the wax lettering and also to give a smooth finish.