Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Monday, October 11, 2021

An Impromptu Aluminum Beer Can Melting Guild Meeting

After an extended summer break, our Aluminum Beer Can Melting Guild held an impromptu meeting down at the lake over the weekend.  We managed a quorum by allowing Kevin’s cat, Snowball, to take a stump and join us.

This was the first meeting of the guild since spring.  Mostly, the meeting provided us with an opportunity to refresh our skills and burn the summer dust off the guild’s equipment and “safety-third” gear.  

We melted down only twenty or thirty cans in the campfire on our first run, but completed a flawless pour of aluminum in the end.

Posted are two photographs from the meeting.  I am also sharing a video of Tad making the first official pour.



Snowball on Her Stump



Red-Hot Ingot Mold


Tad Making the Pour

Mitchell Hegman

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