Waxes—Gating Up
Once the waxes are poured and cleaned the foundry will gate them up. Gating is adding wax channels to the wax pieces so that gases can escape. A pour cup is also added to the wax.
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Today I went to the foundry to check on more waxes and saw that a good deal of the praying man has been gated up.