Ron
10-09-2007, 07:28 AM
Last week I filled my lead pot with ww alloy for the first time. I usually use an alloy of recovered proj from an indoor range plus a bit of 60/40 solder. I noticed that the CBE 125 grn TC 9mm boolits cast were much shinier but the old Lee pot dripped like it was going out of fashion. I have never known it to drip as bad.
After running out of ww alloy, I stripped the pot this morning and gave it a good clean. My Dremel tool came in handy and after using a small wire brush inside, soon had all the crud removed. Then it was into the pourer spout; a small dremel tool wrapped with fine steel wool soon saw that cleaned out.
Put the pot back together and filled her up with my usual alloy. Cleaned my RCBS 158 grn RN, degreased and washed in hot soapy water. Heated the pot to the 750 mark on the dial and started casting.
The pot still dripped but only intermitantly and the boolits just fell from the mould. I managed just on 300 for the hour. Just goes to show that a little bit of maintenance really makes a difference in quality and quantity. :-D
After running out of ww alloy, I stripped the pot this morning and gave it a good clean. My Dremel tool came in handy and after using a small wire brush inside, soon had all the crud removed. Then it was into the pourer spout; a small dremel tool wrapped with fine steel wool soon saw that cleaned out.
Put the pot back together and filled her up with my usual alloy. Cleaned my RCBS 158 grn RN, degreased and washed in hot soapy water. Heated the pot to the 750 mark on the dial and started casting.
The pot still dripped but only intermitantly and the boolits just fell from the mould. I managed just on 300 for the hour. Just goes to show that a little bit of maintenance really makes a difference in quality and quantity. :-D