ohland
07-04-2015, 05:31 PM
First, I travelled through the caverns of lead.
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This sucker goes in about 3/4 of an inch. On rappel! On belay!
I finally found a good use for the bottom pour lever on my Pro-Melt.
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Both molds are held safely on the pot rim. I'd buy that for a dollar!
This is a crying shame.
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The left side of the "A" and the horizontal part are all quite wrinkled, inclusions, or both. I culled the left side and the horizontal boolits. What the RCBS rotary thermostat says and what the lead thermometer said were different. I just used my lead thermometer to set at 725, and the 321232 started to throw good boollits... What made me wonder is almost every boolit had a nice base.
321232 base is .324", OAL is .945".
OTOH, the 280468s was stellar.
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Most dropped from the mould. Biggest killer was inclusions. This is 2/3rds of the cast, the other 1/3 was culled. Most of those were shootable.
280468s, .283" -ish diameter. .785" OAL. Nose ends up with .270 diameter just before the first groove.
Now this is good flux....
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After trials and tribulations, I picked up the sprues and returned them to the pot. Let it get nice and steamy hot (725) then I just stuck the butt of the beexwax chunk into the pot. After a bit of it melted, I took it out of contact and waited. As I watched, it turned a dark brown / black, and pulled away from the side of the pot. Curious, I tapped the crust with my steel spoon. It cracked a wee bit, some of the molten lead peeked through. I then spooned up the cracklin goodness and discarded it.
143663
This sucker goes in about 3/4 of an inch. On rappel! On belay!
I finally found a good use for the bottom pour lever on my Pro-Melt.
143664
Both molds are held safely on the pot rim. I'd buy that for a dollar!
This is a crying shame.
143665
The left side of the "A" and the horizontal part are all quite wrinkled, inclusions, or both. I culled the left side and the horizontal boolits. What the RCBS rotary thermostat says and what the lead thermometer said were different. I just used my lead thermometer to set at 725, and the 321232 started to throw good boollits... What made me wonder is almost every boolit had a nice base.
321232 base is .324", OAL is .945".
OTOH, the 280468s was stellar.
143667
Most dropped from the mould. Biggest killer was inclusions. This is 2/3rds of the cast, the other 1/3 was culled. Most of those were shootable.
280468s, .283" -ish diameter. .785" OAL. Nose ends up with .270 diameter just before the first groove.
Now this is good flux....
143668
After trials and tribulations, I picked up the sprues and returned them to the pot. Let it get nice and steamy hot (725) then I just stuck the butt of the beexwax chunk into the pot. After a bit of it melted, I took it out of contact and waited. As I watched, it turned a dark brown / black, and pulled away from the side of the pot. Curious, I tapped the crust with my steel spoon. It cracked a wee bit, some of the molten lead peeked through. I then spooned up the cracklin goodness and discarded it.