Awesome thread.

Hereford I can't wait to see how tonight's efforts turn out.

I do not have a set up yet but have been working on a crucible design that gets placed on a rack just barely over the surface of the water and the rack has a built in sliding anvil that only until the crucible is in place and settled does the anvil get a sideways whack making the bottom of the crucible come off releasing the contents. the contents are not poured, just a single vertical dump from a fully stabilized crucible.

Mike and others, does this idea have any merit in helping to mitigate the possibility of 02 intrusion as result of a sliding pour?