Iron dropped in slack tub

[Frank Turley]

For accidentally dropped pieces in the deep slack water, I use an old speaker magnet on a hay wire to fish them out.

[Larry H]

Me too, great minds think alike !

[Timothy Miller]

I end up cleaning out the tub about every 6 months or so. It gets a sludge of rust and scale at the bottom that is remarkably hard to remove. It takes a putty knife to break it up. I also have the bad habit of throwing hot cutoffs into the tub to cool off so I don't burn holes in my boots.

[oakwoodironworks]

I like Frank's idea of the magnet. I usually just use the fishing method and get my arm wet! Works OK in the Summer, not to well in the Winter.

[ThomasPowers]

I don't use a whopping big slack tub; never found the need for it especially as I "desert normalize" A36. Generally I carry about 4 gallons of water out in a 5 gallon bucket to pour into a small washtub and pour it out onto the tree that shades the west side of my shop at the end of the day. A dipper works for me to cool off larger pieces that won't fit in the tub.

[Pat Roy]

I use a plastic bucket, about 5 gallon capacity. Anything I drop in it accidentally can easily be retrieved after rolling up a sleeve. Generally that size bucket is big enough although working a lot of heavy pieces that need quenching in a day results in pretty warm water. I don't dump and clean my bucket out, just top it off as needed. There is some residue on the bottom, but no harm there.

[ThomasPowers]

Warm water is nice for the "preliminary wash-up" at the end of the day too.