[TheForge] Cool film clips from down under

[Jerry Frost]

I was comparing this plant with the ones I remember from films past and 
marveling at how clean and relatively safe it looked.

When Russell lanced the tap plug there was a serious shower of sparks and 
later when the lance was applied to the iron melt the shower was several 
times more intense. Still, it was nothing compared to some of the shows put 
on in bessemers and other open hearth iron melters.

I found this gem by searching, iron melter, no quotes or such to keep the 
search terms as broad as possible. I was actually hoping to hit a couple 
backyard iron caster's sites. Marshall's came up of course and I'll buy his 
book and CD one of these days but I was hoping for something new. I got it 
too. <grin>

New Zealand Steel entertained me for several hours and will be a regular 
rainy day visit. I'm just not sure how much help it's going to be when I 
start playing around casting iron cook ware and such. <grin>

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/


From: "Ralph Sproul" <brhlbsmt at mcttelecom.com>



>
>
> ...............I was wondering how you came up with this address now that
> it's not winter............ now we have to call it Random Surfing Safaris
> instead of Cabin Fever.   :-)      We have one more week of no bugs - this
> spring has been so nice that I've got next winter's wood all cut, the
> gardens cleaned up, and the fields put back together of fallen debris and
> plowing divots replaced (very similar to backhoe golf).  Last Spring was
> horrible how long it stayed cold and rainey - this one feels pretty good 
> so
> far.
>
> I also think I like listening to the New Zealand accent as much as the
> steel process.  I just finished my fifth job for two (relocated) New 
> Zealand
> Heart Surgeons.  (Husband and wife in similar trade)  Going to their place
> is a treat to listen to the accent.  Good break from the New England
> cantations.  Makes you listen and enjoy as well as realize how many
> variations of the english language there are.
>
> Ralph
>