repawn
05-20-2013, 12:36 AM
I picked up a lee 356-111-1r mold this weekend at the local gun show - $12 DC mold. Sort of a weird weight - 111gr rn - bit I thought - what the heck.
So did some casting this afternoon (still very new to casting)
I did a mix of water quenching and just dropping them in a towel. To make things more efficient I brought out my 358-158swc as well that worked fairly well - I could usually do 3 rounds of casting then switch molds. All if the 358-158s looked great. I do have some problems with the 356-111. It seems that the air cooled boolits were fine. However, the water dropped ones became misaligned - it may be because I was moving the molds to the water.
Here are some pics:
These are the goodish air cooled.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/6ahy5ysu.jpg
These are the water dropped I decide to keep (not that great)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/gaja7ady.jpg
And my rejects:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/qame5u2e.jpg
The mold halves were out of line - must be something I am doing or may be the mold got crud in it. I use the bullplate lube.
I may also have had too much tin? I was using range scrap ingots with a piece of Lino in it an to that I added a few inches of 50/50 soldier. Thoughts?
You all have been great in helping me learn. I am still waiting on a bottom pour pot - still ladling with the lee spoon.
So did some casting this afternoon (still very new to casting)
I did a mix of water quenching and just dropping them in a towel. To make things more efficient I brought out my 358-158swc as well that worked fairly well - I could usually do 3 rounds of casting then switch molds. All if the 358-158s looked great. I do have some problems with the 356-111. It seems that the air cooled boolits were fine. However, the water dropped ones became misaligned - it may be because I was moving the molds to the water.
Here are some pics:
These are the goodish air cooled.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/6ahy5ysu.jpg
These are the water dropped I decide to keep (not that great)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/gaja7ady.jpg
And my rejects:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/qame5u2e.jpg
The mold halves were out of line - must be something I am doing or may be the mold got crud in it. I use the bullplate lube.
I may also have had too much tin? I was using range scrap ingots with a piece of Lino in it an to that I added a few inches of 50/50 soldier. Thoughts?
You all have been great in helping me learn. I am still waiting on a bottom pour pot - still ladling with the lee spoon.