Just One of THOSE Days

[Frozone]

I just took an order for 1K boolits.
I have ~ 50 in the box.

So, I fired up the melter and went to work.

Last time (about 2 weeks ago) I used this mold I got 99% good from it.

Today, I got 99% rejects.
Same alloy, same temps (mold is instrumented), same fluxing.
Every thing was the same. I even sat in the same chair

I couldn't pour a usable boolit to save my ****!

SIGH

[runfiverun]

don't feel too bad, i threw 5 lbs of 55 gr boolit back in the pot.
sat down for a little while and worked on some 8mm [checking and sizing them] and re-cast those same boolits into 95% keepers.
never touched the pot or the mold in between,i must have been holding my mouth a little differently the second time.

[44man]

It is time to fume the pot with Jack Daniels breath fellas!

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

As I age, I find some days, it's best just to give up and do something else.
Sometimes, I can work magic, sometimes I cant sit in a chair without screwing up

[Calamity Jake]

I will see how MY day goes, I'm about to fire up the pot!!!

[Hondo 60]

It is time to fume the pot with Jack Daniels breath fellas!

Alcohol & ANY aspect of guns, reloading, shooting etc are ABSOLUTELY incongruous in my book.

[runfiverun]

that was his way of saying, if things ain't working go do something else.

[44man]

that was his way of saying, if things ain't working go do something else.

Yep, not literal, just a laugh.
I am eating a big pickle right now, might work too!

[Mugs]

I think i had a good day. Casting 115 grn. for the 30 carb., cast for 1 1/2 hr. got 785 boolits and they all look like keepers. Not bad for 2 cavity mold.
Mugs

[tiwimon]

Boy, am I glad I am not alone in having one of THOSE days - I had my schedule all cleared a few Sundays ago and planned to cast after church - soon as I get home, I fire up the pot, change into my casting clothes as quick as I can and get everything set out and proceeded to spend an hour in futility - and this was my easiest to use mold. After an hour I was so utterly frustrated I just had to stop - plan on doing some this weekend - I'm hoping to get mostly keepers and I'd be tickled pink to get a production rate anything approaching Mugs and his 785 in 1 1/2 hours - wow!

[1Shirt]

Like Gable told Scarlett, "Tommrow is another day!"
1Shirt!

[Frozone]

Ain't that right!

I just shut the pot off.
Yesterday I poured ~ 1500 (45#)

I gave up sorting them - I was only getting one keeper every 50 - 60. And that was only if I wasn't too critical!

Well I did the same 45# just now - pour all yesterdays failures back in.

I haven't gone through em yet - still hot.
But a good sampling looks like no fails at all.
Of course there will be a few - Every now and them I get impatient and move early, or I accidentally plug the next hole with over flow.

But it looks like 99% goods

Only thing different today over yesterday is - cloudy today and 10º cooler, it was partly sunny yesterday.

Sometimes it's just best not to analyze things !!!

[GaryN]

You forgot the eye of knute. You have to follow the recipe.

[tiwimon]

Ain't that right!
Only thing different today over yesterday is - cloudy today and 10º cooler, it was partly sunny yesterday.

That's your problem right there - shoulda been shooting, not casting on a warmer, sunnier day

[cs86]

As a new caster what is a reject in your eye's?

[762 shooter]

You forgot the eye of knute. You have to follow the recipe.

Newt.

[Frozone]

As a new caster what is a reject in your eye's?

Voids, Wrinkles, Frost, Rounded Edges on the grooves/base, under or oversize (flashing), I'll reject a bad sprew cut too.
Basically ANYTHING other than perfect.
I sell the good ones, but I will often save the 'good' rejects ( maybe a little wrinkle on the nose or on one ring) to shoot myself as 'blasters'.

[runfiverun]

yep.
i'll toss back anything that just don't feel right or looks at me funny.
i'm pretty critical of my castings.

[MT Chambers]

I would have thought that Knute Rockne's eyes would be worth a fortune!

[Mugs]

There was a thread a year or so back that most casters had better results on cloudy overcast or rainy days. Yesterday when i cast the 785 boolits it was overcast and cool.
Mugs