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lisa820•4mo ago

Chat with a retired coremaker changed my mind about vacuum casting

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ryanh77•4mo ago

Bought a cheap infrared thermometer that cost me a pour

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evan_anderson•4mo ago

Changed my mind about pre-heating the core boxes

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calebh90•4mo ago

Overheard a guy at the supply house saying to use a wet rag on your mold box during a pour

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shah.evan•4mo ago

Spent $80 on a 'high heat' face shield that fogged up completely on my first pour

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jordan464•4mo ago

My old furnace in Dayton started making a sound like gravel in a can last Tuesday.

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jennifer_west•4mo ago

I've been using the same green sand mix for 5 years, but a new guy pointed out my moisture test was off.

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emery603•4mo ago

Warning: The new sand binder at the Cedar Rapids plant clumps if your humidity is over 60%.

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dylanh81•4mo ago

Just blew $400 on a 'high-temp' respirator filter that started melting after one shift on the cupola.

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beth559•4mo ago

The week our 30-year-old sand muller finally quit for good

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lilyfisher•4mo ago

A retired guy at the scrap yard changed how I look at old patterns

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aaron_flores84•4mo ago

Showerthought: The new guy tried to cool a mold with a garden hose

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alexj99•5mo ago

I finally switched from a standard fiberglass face shield to a full hood with forced air.

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xenaw25•5mo ago

The way we handle sand molds has completely flipped in the last five years

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anthony_wells•5mo ago

Finally got that stubborn riser to break clean on a big gear pattern

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