Weighing the bronze
Building up the heat.
Warming the bronze before adding it to the crucible.
Putting on my protective gear- leather chaps, leather shirt, insulated gloves with welding gloves over and wire mesh face hard and helmet.
The actual pour- David Medina in the dead man position with Carlos Garcia pouring the bronze. My job is covering the pieces with tiles to keep the sand out of the shells and having them uncovered as each piece is poured and then recovered (and to make sure I am out of David and Carlos' way). kris poured sand around the pieces to keep them warm and stabilized. John was also on hand to add spar set should we have any leaks.
Excess bronze poured into inget molds.
The new set up at TXRX took to long to heat the bronze and I need 75+lbs. to pour mine so we just poured a few small pieces. We will pour my pieces next Thursday. 😊