In the first weeks pour the iron furnace burns out leaving lead organizer Teresa Smith in a hot position. She reaches out to local fabricators miChelle & Chad from Ballard Road Art Studio Wilton NY for the immediate build of a new Cupolette Iron furnace.
The dust till dawn long hours of 2 days hard work. Humm the fabrication shop tune. Singing the non-stop sparks flying, hammers pounding, grinding to the finish, of the new Iron furnace. Just in time for the Iron Pour in 2 days. Oct 3 noon 2009.
Because pouring iron is a complicated, physically and mentally intensive process, students and professors alike will have to work together in teams to warm, charge and tap the furnaces and to pour the molten iron into their molds. Around two tons of iron is expected to be poured during this year’s event.
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