Desiree is, at long last, an official member of the Aluminum Beer Can Melting Guild. On Saturday last, we managed to squeak in a quick gathering of the guild down at the lakeshore.
The
can-melting experience proved especially unique thanks to Tad collecting a few
scraps of hardwood to use as fuel for the fire.
The hardwood produced a bed of especially bright and hot coals.
Given the
intensity of the fire, Tad expressed concern about his beard catching on
fire. Employing his very best “safety
third” measures, Tad stuffed his beard down inside the front of his shirt while
working closely with the crucible.
Additionally, we used a particularly long willow stick (stuck in the
mouth of the cans) as our mechanism for feeding cans into the crucible.
Desiree even dropped
in one of the cans for herself.
Following the
first aluminum pour (and given proper time for cooling) Desiree was presented
with the first ingot poured.
Desiree Standing
Alongside Other Guild Members
Tad Dropping a
Can into the Crucible
Desiree
Holding Her Aluminum Ingot
—Mitchell Hegman
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