Overheard a foreman at the Gary plant say 'the mold is never wrong'

He was yelling at a new guy who kept adjusting the cope and drag after every bad casting. The foreman said if you get a bad piece three times in a row, the problem is your gating or the metal temp, not the pattern. I've been guilty of that myself, always tweaking the flask instead of checking the basics first. How do you guys troubleshoot a consistent defect before you blame the tooling?

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hugo_robinson252mo ago

Guilty of blaming the mold myself.

kelly3652mo ago

Totally get that. Used to be my first move too, pointing at everything else. Had a friend really call me out on it once. Made me sit with how much easier it is to find a thing to blame. Now I try to catch myself, but man, it's a habit.

adamp312mo ago

Yeah it's an easy trap to fall into. Takes real work to look at your own part in things.