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Thread: Hensley & Gibbs #51 on eBay: Buyer Beware - Mold is ruined

  1. 09-30-2015, 08:56 PM #1
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    Hensley & Gibbs #51 on eBay: Buyer Beware - Mold is ruined

    eBay Auction:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/231704797261...xe=exe,ext=ext

    The seller confirmed its been cleaned with a "soft wire wheel brush."

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    New message from: counting-empties (8,695)
    Yes , I hit everything with a soft wire wheel , it had a light coat of rust from sitting , it has NO pitting .

    Bill


    The mold is ruined IMHO.

    FYI for the board.

    Update I received after I posted this message:

    Click image for larger version.  Name: ruinedmold.jpg  Views: 95  Size: 21.8 KB  ID: 150185



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  2. 09-30-2015, 10:27 PM #2
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    What is the matter with these idiots??? Using a steel wire brush or wire wheel on a mould, what are they thinking?.. At one time I had 45 H&G 8 & 10 moulds, always used a nylon bristle brush to clean them if needed...
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  3. 09-30-2015, 10:29 PM #3
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    Someone will buy it....maybe
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  4. 09-30-2015, 10:35 PM #4
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    What a shame.......
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    How did you know to ask if it had been wire brushed or do you just do that to be sure? I could not tell from the pics but not really sure what the tell tale signs are.
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    Would this work in the mold??
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    You could just spin a nail down to make a new HP pin, or get Buckshot or Erik to make you a new one. That isn't the problem. The problem is the rounded edges of the cavities that was worn away by the wire brushing. If you cast a boolit with it now, it will have a Mohawk-looking stripe all the way around it where the molds don't meet flush and squarely anymore.
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    You can really see the rounded edges at the nose of the cavities. Should cast a nice fin.
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    Uniformly rounded edges.

    The seller is a dolt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dkf View Post
    You can really see the rounded edges at the nose of the cavities. Should cast a nice fin.
    Thanks, now I see what you mean.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrWolf View Post
    How did you know to ask if it had been wire brushed or do you just do that to be sure? I could not tell from the pics but not really sure what the tell tale signs are.
    I've been examining molds on eBay since 1995. I know the signs since I've seen a few hundred damaged ones by now.

    The rounded corners and other rounding of sharp edges is a dead giveaway if you know what and where to look.
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