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That time we had to pour a 500-pound bronze eagle in 90-degree heat last August
The humidity made the sand so sticky we had to re-mull the whole batch twice, but the venting trick my old foreman taught me saved the piece from blowing out, so has anyone else had a crazy weather day mess with your mold prep?
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wren_smith445mo ago
Oh man, that's brutal. Weather just throws a wrench in everything, doesn't it? I can't even imagine dealing with a core shift that bad.
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henry_kelly543mo ago
Agreed, @wren_smith44, same thing happened to my neighbor's cast iron bench project.
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price.alice5mo ago
My buddy had a commission for a big outdoor plaque. Poured it in his garage during a freak cold snap. The core shift was a nightmare. Metal cooled way too fast. Whole thing warped like a potato chip. He had to scrap two hundred pounds of iron.
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