Jarod Eells on the right, in the face shield and aluminized safety gear, and Alan Millar on the left, in the face shield and black leather safety gear have just poured molten aluminum into the wooden flask at the bottom right of the picture. To the right and behind the flask is the graphite crucible that the metal is melted in, sitting inside the metal ring (bail) that is part of the pouring apparatus (shank). Centered behind this is the behemoth furnace that Jarod melts aluminum and iron in. The visitor in the background is Dave Patterson, who is shown making a mold in a subsequent picture.