Originally Posted by
clear out
When I was an apprentice back in the 60s there was an explosion at Ultimo Tech when the Patternmakers where doing some casting. The sand was too wet and as a result the apprentice 2 years my senior copped metal in his leg.
I recently did the night TAFE foundry course at the 'gong where after showing you how to, it was open slather on doing your own projects.I had just made the pattern for a plaque for a navy LST and thought I would prove it using scrap brass plumbing taps etc for the melt. There was no way they would put my scrap in the pot because of the risk of water in the tap chambers.
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