The keel requires a 85 kg cast iron ballast component.
Instead a 85+ Kg lead keel was cast
the burner was surrounded with bricks to retain the heat
tilting the container the molten lead was poured into the mold in one go
cast removed
the cast was removed voila! the lead keel in its place!
sacrificial keel attached
December 16, 2015
andrevanderheyden
thebmproject 