Canadian foundryman (1917) . ll on the drill before you haveplaced the splasher and put a shield infront of the tapping hole, or a coverplate or sheets over the trough, in frontof the splasher. (See Figs. 13 and 14),except under unusual it is necessary to pull the tappingbar out dont hold on to the Welsh-man. Lay a bar across the runner tosupport the tapping bar while driving itout; the molten iron may rush out un-expectedly and burn you. Do not stand in front of the iron notchwhen opening it; work from the side asmuch as possible, even on the first spell,and keep your feet
Canadian foundryman (1917) . ll on the drill before you haveplaced the splasher and put a shield infront of the tapping hole, or a coverplate or sheets over the trough, in frontof the splasher. (See Figs. 13 and 14),except under unusual it is necessary to pull the tappingbar out dont hold on to the Welsh-man. Lay a bar across the runner tosupport the tapping bar while driving itout; the molten iron may rush out un-expectedly and burn you. Do not stand in front of the iron notchwhen opening it; work from the side asmuch as possible, even on the first spell,and keep your feet out of the trough. Beespecially careful when working on ashort, green, hard or an unusually longhole. On changing turn, the keeper go-ing off duty should inform the one com-ing on as to the condition of the tappinghole. If the hole has been working shortor badly, and has not been taking theclay, the keeper should inform the otherkeeper and tell him how much clay wasused on the last stop. .1 C A D ] A N F 0 UNI) R Y M A N. PIG. 13. UNSAFE METHOD OF DRILLING A TAPPING HOLE. MeD standing over open trough on planks, no shield used at tapping hole, men wearing loose, baggy clothing. Do not cast until the skimmer, trough,runners, shutters, and spouts are dryand warm. Clay, sand, loam, or cokedust in the runners must be dry to avoidboils of molten iron. Do not leavepieces of cold scrap in the runners orplace damp sand against the shutters orirates. Dont let pieces of wood get un-der the skimmer dam or drain gates, andbank up the drain or punch-out gateson the outside with dry sand. In fillingthe mud gun before a cast, only one manshould do the work if the clay is beingfed at the funnel, because if two menare used, one to operate the plunger andone to feed the clay, one of them may becaughl by the plunger. Loading Clay In loading clay at the funnel do not push it down with your foot; use a , the gun can be loaded as welland more safely b.\ putting the clay inat the nos
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