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the_susan
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4mo ago
I think the push for electric ladles is missing the real problem in our pour lines
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hollyl45
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4mo ago
Last month I found a live mouse napping inside the sand mold we were about to pour
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the_alice
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4mo ago
Hit 10,000 pounds of cast iron poured this morning and had to sit down for a second
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mark_price
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4mo ago
Had to pick between ceramic fiber blanket and insulating firebrick for my furnace rebuild
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taraanderson
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4mo ago
That moment a mold shift wrecked a 50-pound casting at 3 AM
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finley_price24
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4mo ago
Switched from manual ramming to pneumatic for my green sand molds last year
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milessmith
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4mo ago
PSA: $80 on a cheap respirator filter pack and I wish I just spent the $40 upfront on the good one
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finley_price24
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4mo ago
Vent: 6 years of fighting with a hand rammer before I got a pneumatic one
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milessmith
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4mo ago
Switched from ceramic to sand filters in my green sand system and it was a game changer
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jordan_webb
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4mo ago
Had to pick between silica sand and olivine sand for a big gray iron pour this week
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johnson.faith
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4mo ago
That shift last Wednesday was one of the worst I've had in 12 years
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keithbutler
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4mo ago
Warning: My crucible lining failed after just 8 pours last week
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uma_martinez
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4mo ago
Debated between a 4lb sledge and a 2lb hammer for knocking out core sand on castings at work
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sarah_hart
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4mo ago
Spent 6 hours chasing a porosity problem in my cast iron yesterday
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graydavis
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4mo ago
Watching a new guy try to skim slag with a cold spoon last Thursday
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