Echo
02-01-2019, 07:39 PM
I bought a Lymn 3118 2-banger on eBay, and received it Wednesday. Thursday I decided to check it out, the weather was nice so I could do my casting on the patio, so I did. Plugged the SAECO in, came back in a while. the mold /handles (the way I bought it) still on top of the furnace, put on my gloves, got my sprue-knocker in my right hand, and started casting. Hmmm. The front cavity boolit had wings! Cast a few more, and often got more wings. Hmmm Held the mold up & checked - and if I squeezed the handles tight, there was just a trace of light showing between the blocks. If I didn't really squeeze, the gap was bigger. Hmmm.
I dismounted the off-block, the one with holes for the locator pins, and got out my old reamer - gave it a few swipes, remounted, and no change. Did this a couple times, and still no joy - I wasn't taking off hardly any material - Hmmm.
I dismounted both blocks - and they fit together perfectly! No light showing through! The problem was in the handles! I rounded up another set of handles, Perfectamundo! I cast about a hundred pills and stopped for the day.
I have NEVER before found handles to be out of registry like this. A new experience...
I dismounted the off-block, the one with holes for the locator pins, and got out my old reamer - gave it a few swipes, remounted, and no change. Did this a couple times, and still no joy - I wasn't taking off hardly any material - Hmmm.
I dismounted both blocks - and they fit together perfectly! No light showing through! The problem was in the handles! I rounded up another set of handles, Perfectamundo! I cast about a hundred pills and stopped for the day.
I have NEVER before found handles to be out of registry like this. A new experience...