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“Imagine you go to the bar and


order a beer. If the bartender pours it from three feet above the glass, it doesn’t come out well. We treat metal nicely like we treat beer.”—Rosmait


“If you are off a little, you need


to adjust before you start hitting the sprue hard with iron while keeping as little distance between the mold and your spout as you can. As you attain more pouring practice, it should fall into place. We use fiberglass blankets to catch what falls from spilling so we are able to ‘reclaim’ the iron.”—Harris and Braden


“If the pour is too big for manual


pouring, we have the option [of using] a hoist or fork-lift attachment to an electric holding furnace to pour from.”—Hoefert


Safety First As Dotson’s Chris Witt said, the job of pourer can be a dangerous one, with


backsplash always a possibility. “Sometimes, the casting in the mold will pop back at you and burp or spit,” he


said. “Tat is where people are burned. Te metal splashes back and goes down in [the pourer’s] shoe or glove, and that is a bad situation.” Veteran casting pourers have seen just those sorts of situations, and many of them have tips for staying safe, cool and comfortable while working with molten metal.


“Because the [ladle] handle is so hot, we take a red rubber hose, cut a piece, split it and slip it over the handle. Tat gives you a bearing surface. Te hose is solid in your hand, and the shank twists inside. You couldn’t pour without some kind of insulator underneath your dominant hand.”—Barnhard


“Wear long sleeve cotton shirts and long blue jeans. You will actually be cooler


in that clothing than you would be without it.”—Lammers “We probably try to overprotect. Before, safety glasses were good enough.


Some wore leggings, and some didn’t. Now, we make them wear leggings on both feet. [And despite the] summer heat, we wear flame retardant coats.”—Barnhard


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