Re: What no-one has mentioned yet... - DRUMS
"Fastrand drums were actually made by a sewer pipe manufacturer."
Ah, probably centrifugal casting. Fascinating process but I imagine you wouldn't want to be anywhere near it when it went wrong. (While hot molten iron + heavy moulds rotating at high speed = what could possibly go wrong.)
Workplace environment a tad different from my bijoux office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=113cm_U2EBk
Here's one for the weekend, and thanks for sharing your war stories.