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[Landyman]

A brief intro for those who dont know me.
My name is pete robinson and i am a fettler by trade , i served my time when it was a skilled job and you had to learn all aspects of the foundry , from making the cores,moulds, melting the metal and fettling the casting ready for the machine shop, unfortunately it is now classed as a job for monkeys and the skill has been taken out of it.
Nowadays i have progressed to being a crane driver in a foundry and am one of only a handfull that carry molten metal from the furnace to the mould ( it's mostly done by remote now ).
this is my place of work and what i do , any questions just ask
Pete

Just a small vid of me shifting sand this morning

 

[Rob Holmes]

What do you make?

 

[Landyman]

This vid is a bit longer and was my assessment and my first outing at carrying molten metal

 

[bobk]

What do you make?

John Deere cylinder heads

 

[Landyman]

What do you make?

Allsorts but mostly pump casings and specialist turbines for the oil,gas and nuclear industries but we do loads of different castings as well .

 

[Landyman]

John Deere cylinder heads

Were not that bad

 

[Lofty1984]

This vid is a bit longer and was my assessment and my first outing at carrying molten metal

What are they pouring into the liquid metal from the white pot

 

[REStracTORATION]

Wow cant wait for this to get going mate can i have your autograph before you forget all of us

 

[Landyman]

What are they pouring into the liquid metal from the white pot

Its an additive that makes the metal flow better when its poured into the job

 

[REStracTORATION]

@Landyman at the risk of sounding thick i dont care....
But what do you melt down ie clean scrap old scrap
And also if you melt mild steel down to pour what do you add to make it in to cast as cast is hard and brittle etc

Whats the tricks of the trade

 

[Landyman]

Wow cant wait for this to get going mate can i have your autograph before you forget all of us

Will my boot print on your arse do brother

 

[REStracTORATION]

Will my boot print on your arse do brother

Hahahhah it will have to
Seriously mate im gona enjoy this thread i really like stuff like this

 

[Lofty1984]

Wait till @rc mx110 gets here he will be like a dog with two sticks

 

[opininionated]

Going to me a good one, this thread

 

[REStracTORATION]

Yes really interesting it amazes me how they make the moulds etc and get a succesful pour aaswel


Some mould making will be interesting

 

[Landyman]

@Landyman at the risk of sounding thick i dont care....
But what do you melt down ie clean scrap old scrap
And also if you melt mild steel down to pour what do you add to make it in to cast as cast is hard and brittle etc

Whats the tricks of the trade

We melt down normal steel offcuts , old railway track etc ,as for additions we do about 300 different grades of straight steel and about 150 variations of stainless, additives vary from copper,nickel,silicates etc,even i dont understand the chemistry of it all (but then again niether does our metallurgist )

 

[Lofty1984]

Was that the knobhead who nearly killed you the other day was he a metallurgist? I know he's gone back to India now

 

[Landyman]

Going to me a good one, this thread

There is only so much i can show you,then it starts again but if i can show folk something they dont know , then its been a good day

 

[Landyman]

Yes really interesting it amazes me how they make the moulds etc and get a succesful pour aaswel


Some mould making will be interesting

Will put some pics up later ( patience grasshopper )

 

[Landyman]

Was that the knobhead who nearly killed you the other day was he a metallurgist? I know he's gone back to India now

The very same , and he is back already but keeping his head down