[modeleng] Re: Casting Questions O/T Asbestos shingles
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 13:03:41 -0700 (PDT)
I'll tell you something else that will explode when
heated---old-fashioned Asbestos Shingles when used to
insulated a model water tube boiler casing! Like to
have scared me out of a year's growth when it started
going "Bang" like a .22 RF rifle going off right next
to where I was standing.
Al Messer
--- Roger Mason <roger.g3tdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jesse said:
>
> >and none of us got
> >burnt while we used a wet putty like material
> (probably asbestos based, this
> >was in the pre-EPA days) to build a low dam to
> contain the metal.
> >
> In an aluminium foundry, part of an outfit I
> worked for many years
> ago, the substance used to plug up leaks and
> generally control the
> flow of molten aluminium was uncooked dough - as
> used to make bread.
> It was delivered every morning fresh from the bakery
> near-by! It sure
> made the foundry smell nice!!
>
> We used to cast large diameter aluminium billets
> in a continuous
> casting process. The dies were made of copper and
> were water cooled.
> The water, when it passed through the die just
> trickled down the sides
> of the, by, now solid aluminium cylindrical
> billet. And you guys are
> worried about a little dampness!! :-)
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Roger Mason, in a lovely spring day in
> St. Agnes.
>
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