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[Mike Gerges]

Funny you mention the laminated sheets, Dmitry and I are working on just
that.  A "certification binder" if you will (even if you won't, we're still
doing it)

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 4:15 PM X tX <trnqfl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thoughts!
> - It would be great to have a laminated sheet (to do dry-erase safety
> checks on) for this and other tools with very dangerous/surprising energy
> sources.
> - A simple "you must have a buddy" decree should be made and may clean up
> a need for multiple role certifications.
>
> With those two guards in place, anyone certified should be understanding
> and safe with it and have some idea of the variety of failure modes to
> watch out for ("make sure you have an extinguisher and at least X gal of
> water at hand, make sure you're not pouring near concrete..").
>
> R
>
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Allan LeSage <allanlesage at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hiya,
>>
>> More notes!
>>
>> We'd like not to bring the foundry inside while it's still hot; after two
>> hours (and a li'l nap) the interior was still hot to the touch.  Discussed
>> briefly with Phil who very graciously agreed to put the foundry in its
>> cubby later in the evening.  Phil suggested that the foundry would be safe
>> to store inside at 100 degrees, we talked about obtaining a pyrometer to
>> test--Phil offered to bring this up at the weekly sshc meeting.
>>
>> We accidentally burned through the bottom of that black tub, the plastic
>> melted.  It cost $5 at Home Despot so not a big deal--I don't think the
>> metal went through obviously but the sand was maybe too thin.  Also the
>> second tub which contained the lid warped a bit.  More sand, maybe larger
>> bins.
>>
>> Yes to some sort of official ruleset, or something toward a certification
>> workflow.  I think there are two roles: the melter/pourer and the person
>> responsible for the foundry, what do you think?  We can do more than one
>> pour in a day, maybe it takes a number of pours to become eligible to
>> operate the foundry, which has the benefit of being able to operate alone,
>> lead a new group, etc.  What do you think, Brady?
>>
>> Yes to doing this again, maybe in two weeks?
>>
>> Let's do a sand casting next time, I have in mind to do this
>> http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/alumflasks01.html .
>>
>> Sand casting is kind-of messy and requires water; if the space is crowded
>> like last Saturday then there's really not enough room.  Do we have a
>> portable folding table or some such?  If so we could move to the hall close
>> to the loading dock.  IMO that's kind-of better, even, because it's easier
>> to clean up an empty space.  I think we can recondition the sand with water
>> in a bathroom, e.g. that weird spraybooth on the first floor?
>>
>> Andrew I accidentally stole your shiv/multi-tool, will return to you ASAP.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 10:41 PM, Brady Huddleston <gungthar at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We should work on some sort of offical ruleset as to how to pour. At
>>> some point, it might be nice to have members organizing their pours through
>>> a certification line.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 22:28 Mike Gerges <gerges.michael at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What I saw was awesome, I'll definitely dress better for the weather
>>>> next time...we should do a next time... Or even practice making some sand
>>>> molds or something
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 3:28 PM ulrich00 <ulrich00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I would like to note that I missed it and I'm sad :<
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Allan LeSage <allanlesage at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Any comments or notes or whatever?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's the blog post I was looking for concerning the propane PSI at
>>>>>> the burner: https://gordsgarage.wordpress.com/tag/homemade-foundry/ .
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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