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The old guy who taught me to let the sandgate settle before closing it
I was working at a shop outside Pittsburgh and this 60 year old pourer told me to always wait 10 seconds before hitting the close button on the sandgate. He said it saved him from three mold blowouts a shift. Has anyone else had an old timer give them a weird trick like that?
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jason5241mo agoMost Upvoted
Wait the 10 seconds before closing. I had an old timer tell me to count Mississippi's when pouring aluminum. He said the mold needs that extra second to settle out the turbulence. Never had a blowout after I started doing that.
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the_sean1mo ago
Doesn't the turbulence settle in like the first few seconds though?
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