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Shop Class; Tuesday, Fourth Period [03/05].
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special_rabbit"Hey, everyone!" Amaya announced at the start of class before hefting up one of the makeshift mini-forges from....several weeks (actually, a month) ago onto one of the worktables. "Remember these?"
It had been a while, it was totally fair if you didn't.
"Well," she continued, "today, we're finally getting into learning how to use them! Specifically, for their most basic function, which is going to be melting down metal to pour into casings or molds to form into different shapes as they cool. In other words, we'll be making metal biscuits, which I don't recommend actually eating, unless hard aluminum is something that's already a part of your normal diet. You can see we've got ourselves a few buckets of old and empty aluminum soda cans here," she gave one such bucket a little kick to make the contents rattle slightly, "which we'll be melting down into our metal. So not only is it pretty neat, but it's also a good way to recycle. Just remember, safety first, so please make sure you've got some heat resistant gloves while you're working and some goggles wouldn't be a bad idea, either.
( Mini Metal Muffins! )
"We've got a little more time, so feel free to melt down some more cans and use a variety of the pans to try something else or try melting down what you've made this first time around and do a second pour with a purer metal. Don't forget to save a little time at the end to empty out the ashes in your forge before you leave as well, and let me know if there's any questions, of course."
It had been a while, it was totally fair if you didn't.
"Well," she continued, "today, we're finally getting into learning how to use them! Specifically, for their most basic function, which is going to be melting down metal to pour into casings or molds to form into different shapes as they cool. In other words, we'll be making metal biscuits, which I don't recommend actually eating, unless hard aluminum is something that's already a part of your normal diet. You can see we've got ourselves a few buckets of old and empty aluminum soda cans here," she gave one such bucket a little kick to make the contents rattle slightly, "which we'll be melting down into our metal. So not only is it pretty neat, but it's also a good way to recycle. Just remember, safety first, so please make sure you've got some heat resistant gloves while you're working and some goggles wouldn't be a bad idea, either.
( Mini Metal Muffins! )
"We've got a little more time, so feel free to melt down some more cans and use a variety of the pans to try something else or try melting down what you've made this first time around and do a second pour with a purer metal. Don't forget to save a little time at the end to empty out the ashes in your forge before you leave as well, and let me know if there's any questions, of course."