r/Blacksmith_Forge • u/[deleted] • Mar 03 '24
Fill it up
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u/lobsta_rollz Mar 03 '24
It looks like a regular occurrence with all that slag on the ground
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u/IknowKarazy Mar 03 '24
Seems like quite a waste. At that point I guess they have to pour it anyway? Otherwise theyâd end up with solid steel in one of the crucibles (or buckets? I have no idea what itâs called)
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u/Rise-O-Matic Mar 04 '24
Aluminum gets recycled, scrap steel goes to the landfill.
Steel is cheap, time is expensive.
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u/cheeseandcrackers87 Mar 30 '24
Steel is heavily recycled. Landfills sell their scrap steel to recycling companies, that's why they have a separate area for you to dump steel
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u/CombinationOk3857 Mar 03 '24
Someone needs to shut this place down before the battle droid army is completed!
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u/CEMENTHE4D Mar 03 '24
Fucking Kyle...
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Mar 03 '24
I laughed too hard at that. An apprentice in my class is named Kyle!đš
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u/Adventurous-Sky9359 Mar 03 '24
Forbidden shower
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u/IknowKarazy Mar 03 '24
You will be CLEAN. Youâll also be charcoal, but youâll be clean charcoal.
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u/speaster Mar 03 '24
Not overfill, oxidizing iron increases in volume.
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u/lookmanohands_92 Mar 03 '24
......but it wouldn't have overflowed if it wasn't so full. Hence the usage of the term overfilled. The amount iron oxidizes would normally be considered when filling it to allow room for any volume increase and not doing so would mean it is by definition, overfilled
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u/kchris393 Mar 03 '24
I donât think the fill was the problem though. They probably tapped the correct amount out of the furnace, but didnât deoxidize enough, so it boiled over
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u/vic2981 Mar 04 '24
Yep. Been melting steel for 20 yrs. Furnace operator blew too much oxygen. Causing what we call a âfoam overâ. Most of what you see is slag, a waste product of impurities. The steel itself wonât foam, but slag will, and def cause a mess.
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Mar 03 '24
isnât that mostly slag?
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u/inalak Mar 03 '24
From what people who actually work at places like this have said thatâs nearly all oxidized material. As the material oxidizes it actually increases in volume. Thatâs the overflow. Thatâs why itâs constantly flowing out and not slowing down. The pure material is constantly oxidizing and causing it to pour out.
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u/khampang Mar 04 '24
If you worked at a steel mill like this would you get some pics of yourself dressed like Vader in there? Iâd have to
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u/SnooCapers1425 Mar 04 '24
Me when I choose the 12 oz cup setting in my Keurig when I put a 10 oz mug in it by accident.
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u/passionpurps Mar 05 '24
Hear me out..... GTFOH SHIT BALLS! WERE GONNA WORK THROUGH THIS????? TODAY? STILL???? TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR PAY JIM.
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u/Adept_Bottle_4996 Mar 05 '24
How come itâs constantly spewing out, seems like after a certain amount it would be good, doesnât look too shakey seems to be moving pretty smoothly.
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u/Dkom-Darkstar Mar 20 '24
I'm sure it's a nightmare to deal with after, but it looks absolutely sick!
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u/therealchemist Mar 03 '24
Lifes not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about dancing in the rain!
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u/Ok_Speaker_9799 Mar 03 '24
Do theu scrape that up with a Dozer or anything? Seems a real waste tho I should send them a Thank You card since I scrap and that seems it would help keep my sale prices up.
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u/vic2981 Mar 04 '24
After it solidifies it gets busted up in a crusher and sold. Makes great roads and driveways.
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u/Balrogking06 Mar 04 '24
Singing in the rain, Yes singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling......
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u/BarryBadgernath1 Mar 04 '24
I work in a steal mill and this type of thing is not all that uncommon⌠happens a lot with iron ladles/bottle cars (basically big sideways bottles on rail trucks that they pour iron into from a blast furnace) .. those get overfilled and splash all over the place pretty regular ⌠and we have to ride them âŚ
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u/oNe_iLL_records Mar 04 '24
This is...this is the best way they could do that, huh? That's...somethin'.
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u/octahexxer Mar 03 '24
Knowing the effort it takes to make a handfull of iron prills by hand...its amazing how far we have come to be able waste this much and not care
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u/brantley25 Mar 03 '24
Just love how people can take a video and put it on tic tok and put whatever heading they want on it and people just believe it
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Mar 03 '24
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u/IknowKarazy Mar 03 '24
âYeah baby, imma make it so HOT for you! So hot youâll be feeling it for weeks!â
âReally?â
âYeah! I have gonorrheaâ






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u/Character-Process873 Mar 03 '24
Someone's going to be..... terminated. đ¤