brightspark
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Paul.
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One of my grandfathers brothers and a couple of other relatives worked there in the 30 and 40s, during the war they built tanks, we did have some tools that came from there, most have gone now, but I have a large adjustable spanner and some hammer heads tucked away somewhere.
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1.56 second clip
I really miss this
I really miss this
pedrobedro
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That bloke looks like Robson Green.
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Brilliant videos, thanks for posting. Back then the only PPE required in that foundry appeared to be a cloth cap. But if you are going to stand next to a discharging steam valve as per the bloke in the second clip, a brown coat was the necessary protection.
Having said that, I had some Ali castings done at a small local foundry a few weeks ago, and the guys there only wear eyeshields and chrome leather spats as protection even when they're casting Iron or Bronze.
Having said that, I had some Ali castings done at a small local foundry a few weeks ago, and the guys there only wear eyeshields and chrome leather spats as protection even when they're casting Iron or Bronze.
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Yikes, I did a stint in a foundry many years ago, and still recall the aluminium burns on some of the guys. Made me ultra careful and always wore full PPE.
A friend installed a continuous casting machine in India, i remember him telling me they had no PPE as it was seen that it was the gods will if anything happened, so they had a priest in to bless the machine before it went into production!
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Nothing to do with casting.... But, good few years ago I was in the local Sub Aqua club & we had an Asian lad come along who was on some sort of scholarship over here. This lad did all his pool training without problems, was taken for his open water training in Stoney Cove a flooded quarry in Leicestershire. (any divers on here will know it) he got it all wrong from the start & sank slowly down to the bottom, but wouldn't help himself at all. Luckily he had 2 buddies with him who struggled to drag him to the surface while he did nothing. He had decided the gods had decided it was time for him to die & he was going to sit on the bottom & wait.
