I was finally able to finish the first softserve mold.
Well, I was able to get the first mold finished and I thought it looked pretty good (until I cast some bullets)....
I guess I missed something in the programming, it wasn't following the surfaces as I'd expected and I just didn't see it.
I just had that feeling about this mold, I was trying a simpler method and got bit.
I have another program from a different CAM program so I'll try that at some point after I go through it and make as sure as possible it isn't going to make a mess of this machine.
It was postproccessed for a similar controller but not the exact model I have.
Anyway here's what I got. It weighs 162gr lino but is a no go.
The bullet on top is 90' to the parting line and looks fine.
The problem is the bottom bullet which is on the parting line.
The algorithm didn't follow the surfaces as I expected, so, bad bullet.
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...f/100_2360.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...f/100_2365.jpg
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...f/100_2363.jpg
It's doubly dissapointing because the mold casts great and the bullets fell right out of the mold with a little tap.
Wife says "just don't look at it from the side" :) Grrrrrrrrrrr
I had done this one a couple months ago but was in no hurry to get it home.
It's a two cavity, just regular bullets, the RN is modeled after a bullet I use to buy for my Jap rifle, Speer .313 175gr RN.
Haven't been able to buy them for years now so I thought I'd try to duplicate it in lead.
The other is a Lyman 311467 or close to it. That one took some time and mold smoking to get it to start dropping from the mold properly.
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...f/100_2362.jpg