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Vent: I saw a museum exhibit on old cast iron stoves and the patterns were wild
I was at the industrial history museum in Pittsburgh and they had a whole section on 19th century stove plate casting. The sand molds for some of those ornate designs must have been a nightmare to ram up and vent properly. Has anyone here ever worked with a pattern that complex for a one-off piece?
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elizabeth_gonzalez3d ago
Oh man, I saw something like that once. All these curlicues and grapevines and little faces. I just kept picturing some poor apprentice in 1870, covered in sand, having a full mental breakdown because the mold for a fireplace god cracked for the third time. All that work just to boil some water.
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oscar_hunt613d ago
Ever wonder why @elizabeth_gonzalez they even added all those faces?
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