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John/FL
03-26-2005 13:43:55
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Re: Hey, maco02, you owe . . . in reply to John Garner, 03-25-2005 17:08:23
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Back in the early '60s, I was an apprentice in a large Print Shop. One of my early responsibilites was pouring 25 lb lead ingots, called "pigs" for the Linotype machines. Fifty a day minimum, to cover three shifts. After I became skilled at other tasks in the Composing Room, the foreman decided he'd hire a laborer to pour "pigs". One of the things the foreman stressed, when I first begin working with molten lead alloy, was never introduce anything "cold" or "wet" into the hot furnace or the molds. The lead melting room was located in a semi enclosed area for ventilation, so the 30 lb capacity laddle and molds were subject to getting damp or wet at times, if caution wasn't used. When the new guy was hired, he was given hands on training, by myself and the foreman, stressing safety and was shown was could happen if something containing moisture was submerged into the molten lead. Lead splatter was evident on the 12' high ceiling and walls, from prior mistakes. Well, I was away when this happened, but the guy submerged a "wet" ladle into the hot alloy and injured himself very badly, was transported to a hospital and never returned to work again. Wasn't long after that incident, that the Composing Room was phased out and Cold Type process was implemented. Moral of the story ... consider yourself lucky no one was seriously injured.
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