Stopped using the big ladle for the last pour on a 300 pound casting.

The boss at the Toledo plant always said to use the big one for the final fill, but it kept leaving a cold shut line. I switched to two smaller ladles for the last bit and the surface came out smooth. Anyone else find the standard way of doing something here is just wrong?

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parkerb237mo ago

Heard a similar thing from a guy who used to pour at the old Lima foundry. They had a rule about pre-heating a certain mold type that everyone followed, but it made the metal cool too fast. He just stopped doing it one day and the quality got way better.

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jamie1307mo ago

That rule exists for a reason, man.

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uma_nguyen246mo ago

Exactly, sometimes the rule is just there because nobody ever questioned it before!

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