On 21 Jun 2005 01:26:20 -0700, "MikeMandaville"
wrote:
I've been thinking about doing some lost cat casting. Should be fun.
Mike Mandaville
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Many of the old time foundry books
[see http://www.lindsaybks.com/prod/sub/foundry.html ]
indicate that molasses was used as a binder with sand to make
cores. In preparation for a pour, many molds would be rammed up
and mice would go in the molds after the molasses. The result
was at best a ruined casting, and generally a burst mold,
possibly with injury to the workers. A cat (or fat rat) should
be spectacular.