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sergeant69
07-13-2010, 11:50 AM
when ur ladle casting using one of the ladles that hold 1LB of lead and ur holding the mold over the pot (lee 20 lb) and you forget to put the pin in, it takes a LONG TIME to fill the mold w/lead!! :oops:

fredj338
07-13-2010, 12:45 PM
Not to mention the poor HP formation.

GLL
07-13-2010, 05:45 PM
It is even worse when the pin falls into the pot !

Those LYMAN handles make good flux it turns out ! :)

Jerry

RobS
07-14-2010, 12:09 AM
when ur ladle casting using one of the ladles that hold 1LB of lead and ur holding the mold over the pot (lee 20 lb) and you forget to put the pin in, it takes a LONG TIME to fill the mold w/lead!! :oops:


It is even worse when the pin falls into the pot !

Those LYMAN handles make good flux it turns out ! :)

Jerry

These two statements really made me chuckle...................I'm not the only one that pulls a brain fart every once in a while.

Shuz
07-14-2010, 11:07 AM
Just another reason to utilize a bottom pour furnace!

sergeant69
07-14-2010, 11:22 AM
Just another reason to utilize a bottom pour furnace!

????????....with no pin in the mold how would that of helped?

Moonie
07-14-2010, 12:18 PM
sergeant69, well he would have noticed the issue quicker... :D