EXPLOSIONS while casting 250 kg of ant nests! Triple bull ant nest casting (80, 125 and 45 kg) Day 1
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Published 2023-10-07
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Species cast:
Nest 1 - Myrmecia brevinoda
Nest 2 - Myrmecia brevinoda
Nest 3 - Myrmecia tarsata
Casting date: 28/6/2023
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Video shot and edited by Jim A. Barker, Twelve Points Photography. Find his work at twelvepoints.photography or Instagram.com/thejimclasshero.
All Comments (21)
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So the explosions happen when the hot aluminum hits the armory/munition store of the ant bunker?
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“They’re an amazing creature. They do an amazing amount of work.”
Proceeds to flood their homes with molten metal -
14:19 Here's an interesting thing about metal being used as mirrors: Some telescopes use a metal like gallium that can liquefy at room temperature as a lense because you can change the focal point simply by spinning the metal faster or slower. Since it's liquid, it makes a near perfect disk and is considerably cheaper than a glass lense.
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AntsCanada would be really devastated to see this
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So they killed a nest of ants to make a casting for an exhibition showcasing how ants are beneficial for the ecosystem? Now that's interesting...
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Good thing ants don't have social media. They would probably say bad things about you guys to the ant community at large.
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...As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
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You guys better reverse the way you are wearing your gloves. Sleeves outside or one of these days it’s going to burp and you’ll run molten aluminum down inside your glove. Hot slag hand warmer. Not going to be fun.
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"If you do this, wear safety gear please..." as an unprotected child dances around aimlessly within a few feet of the same danger the protected adults are close to. I get it, the whole family is out there, but tell the kid to stay back or wrap him up like the adults, that will not end well.
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I think this is the first time I've seen guys doing this and actually using safety gear. Kudos for doing so and for publicly showing WHY.
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How does the aluminum flow into the ant nest when Australia is upside down? Wouldn't the metal flow into the air??
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I love that everyone is wearing safety gear... well everyone except the kid who's standing a few feet away from it all. He's lucky he wasn't trying to stamp out a fire in that last one the same as he did the first.
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I'd like to point out 4 grown men in safety gear and one minor in no safety gear at all! Just as close, stomping on fire granted but still vulnerable to splashing!!
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I just wanted to see the castings!
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i was hoping to see the metal when it was pulled out of the ground. i've seen it before and it looks super cool. little disappointed you didn't pull it out
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That kid is lucky he wasn't near the third nest. The fact he was jumping right where the crucible was diring the first nest pour was scary. And the explosion is proof he needs to stay much further back without safety gear. Someone get him a Super Soaker for Christmas so he can put out the grass frpm a distance!
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You took the time to point out why it is so important to wear safety gear, yet that little kid ran around you with no safety gear at all.
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Have you guys ever looked into "vibrating" the ground around the nests, when you cast with resin? My thought was to use the vibratory tools they use when pouring concrete, inserted into pre-dug pilot holes drilled into the surrounding earth. Depending on the size of the nest, you might need 2 or more, but I bet even 1 would help to "shake out" bubbles that otherwise might compromise the casting.
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To answer why this happened: the molten metal hit the water table. You can tell it’s low in this area because at 1:50 you can see they’re about 20 yards from a pond at site 1, and site 3 is maybe 10 yards further out. Site 2 is much further from the pond and the ground is a bit higher, which is why there was no explosion even though it was a bigger pour.
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This popped up on my recommendations and that was quite a pour! My father used to work for ALCOA back in the day and molten aluminum is no joke- he's seen some rough accidents back then if you weren't careful near the stuff.
Glad everyone was alright and 100% great advice on proper safety gear as well. Molten metal is friend to no one.
