Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-12
afashin9ton Standard
HUGH. CASTINGS.
a GllHP5- ~ a BIG FOUHORY
WHERE THEY ARE iiADE.
How a "urtccn Ton CASTING l.
NLic t"r tht Ba>r of Il Mortar
tarria-1 \ Ii.E: Which Re
cdl'- t'i> >ccn~~ of" inferno"

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-..,t t-ah,t- 81 metal and a
. --.4- Il ,-"r~ VIZ, poured out a.
.. .......,u g., tine war-y,I Yesterday at
-. l...>t AMI derrick works across the
l. irit street bride. and fourteen tons
~ rpu ), ,pw slowly cou."aling int"
o.. t..-.-, ,l,.,us %: uur ri the
r.r'l.,,.r.t..- t,r thr coast defense.
o..l. Ei--,.l. who oy r-;,> TIA" cast
u--. l.I quite little party to see
tir pouring X wa< made about 4
,.,'a.l uul hy tomorrow II" foundry
m.u NH have look 1T It t" So. how
. tu,u- ont.
The new cl-tiur j. the racer" on
winch the carriage proper rests on
springs and hyraulir cylinders. This
H.. die in It's turn rest, on the rollers
on 4 hig base. The two pieces to-
rrthcr, each fourteen feet in diameter,
viii probably he shipped in Sertem-
hr-.
There is no casual job to make one
oi these castings. Since the patterns
were finished it has taken week to
build the mold. The disc has holes
IN ii where the supports for the gun
are to % through. These holes were
blocked out by sand cores, which were
baked in the oven. Then the bed of
the mold was laid in sand about the
w""d"n pattern. The cores were put
IN Their places on this bed and the
root OF the mold was built over Them
"A cas- ing OF Orders was built about
the whole and strapped together with
rods.
Meanwhile the iron was melted IN
the furnaces, and yesterday afternoon
IL was all ready. Inc workmeh' VINO
KNOW "heh the rieht "hitehess SHOWS
the medal Is thoroughly melted, gave
the signal, and the gates were opened.
The two great beakers, ladies they
call them, were placed at the furnace
"oofs. 'e Digger oiie i'oios Ten 'ois
Vi hu'o iro'i' 'i'c iessei one se'eii .oi's'
"' s"'o 10 oPeiieo anu VIC i''e''i i'o"s
III " 'f"nquii s're"li'' INC oa''er' Will
ou' sPi'Shine' "l'o o'iis sp"''eli"s
o"'' 'P"iA' ""o" !"
'o''''c' sohic oooi spo'' A'io 'iie
'po'' uo'' s''s 'ooi ions'
"A lazy derrick arm is swung over
inc caidroh ana IL Is picked up by
competent hook. An attendant turns
switch IN an insignificant electric
motor and the derrick coils Its chain
10 liit the melting pot and Its ten tons
oi hquiu iron. Inc other pot Is hlied
ana po'h are brought into position.
Two workmen with wooden brushes
skim OFT the melting pots. Another
throws sand on the surface OF the fiery
huld' which lessons the glare and lets
the men see winch is scum ana whlch
Is pure llquid.
The big founding room is hot with
the exhalations Of those horrid cups.
Twenty men sweat and tug at the
leading chains OF the ladies. The
foreman is shouting dozen directions
at once.
Let her CO." he cries, and the lips
OF the two giant beakers are set to the
channels into which the iron is to be
run.
The pouring is simple enough to
the expert, but interesting to a
stranger. Half dozen men dip bits
of waste on the ends of rods into the
metal and they flame into torches at
once. What for? There are forty
vent holes in the big mold and
stream of gases issue from each. A
touch here and there from the torches
lights the gases and III a minute the
mold Is blazing all over. The men
walk about unconcernedly on top OF
the Volcano protected by the iron
Jacket over the crust OF sand, while the
flames are playing about their legs.
They press the cups to the mouths OF
the moid with wooden handles. Ihey
turn them further and further by
winches ON the sides OF the cups.
Scarcely a drop Is split.