looseprojectile
01-19-2008, 02:50 AM
Didn't have anything to do this afternoon and the new Ranch dog .44 mould was laying there-----.
I pluged in the old Lyman pot and read the directions for the mould.
The suggested method for conditioning the mould is to smoke the cavities and apply some lube to the wear points.
I did just that. The boolits were coming out a little rough looking so I tried brushing some of the soot out of the cavities, wrong moove. The toothbrush has nylon bristles. How do you get the melted nylon off?
About an hour later I was able to start casting again with the nearly ruined brand new mould. I think I cast about sixty good ones.
Anyone know where you can get more durable polishing bobs for the Dremel tool?
My usual tool for scraping aluminum is a sharpened popsicle stick and I am about out of them.
Also I want to warn you guys not to cut the heavy center twisted wire off a bore brush to spin in a mould as it will still gouge the meplat of the mould.
Never smoked a mould before and I never will again! I like my boolits shiney.
Sixty boolits in nearly three hours, good thing it is a two cavity.:roll:
I pluged in the old Lyman pot and read the directions for the mould.
The suggested method for conditioning the mould is to smoke the cavities and apply some lube to the wear points.
I did just that. The boolits were coming out a little rough looking so I tried brushing some of the soot out of the cavities, wrong moove. The toothbrush has nylon bristles. How do you get the melted nylon off?
About an hour later I was able to start casting again with the nearly ruined brand new mould. I think I cast about sixty good ones.
Anyone know where you can get more durable polishing bobs for the Dremel tool?
My usual tool for scraping aluminum is a sharpened popsicle stick and I am about out of them.
Also I want to warn you guys not to cut the heavy center twisted wire off a bore brush to spin in a mould as it will still gouge the meplat of the mould.
Never smoked a mould before and I never will again! I like my boolits shiney.
Sixty boolits in nearly three hours, good thing it is a two cavity.:roll: