I make pewter bullets regularly. That's how I break in new molds. Get a hotter temp, heat up the molds and cast away. Don't wait too long on the sprue!
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I make pewter bullets regularly. That's how I break in new molds. Get a hotter temp, heat up the molds and cast away. Don't wait too long on the sprue!
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I've cast up alot of pure tin boolits, I use a Lee "REAL" 50 cal mold, as I have found no other use for it
Just pre-heat the mold to normal casting temps before, and it's just like casting with COWW alloy, no pounding of sprue plates, I use a gloved hand to open the sprue. Also, I poured them with varying size sprue puddles as well, that way I have different weights as well as the REAL boolits which are consistent weights.
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I took a less technical approach, pour my tin in a sinker mold. Sinker mold has weights impressed
into it- not true weight but close enough for uniformity.
Get a piece of small angle iron or channel at ACE use vice grips to hold in place you now have a small tin mold.
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+1 here. This works great and the sprue can be cu t off if desired with side cutters.Originally Posted by Drm50
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Instead of a muffin tin, I found a Twinkie tin. Same deal, different shape. For pewter and solder scrap, I just pour enough to fill the bottom. Nice little 3-4 oz even bars. Simply dip as much in as needed.
Lee Ingot molds .. the 4Oz side will give 2 oz tin ingots and the 1/2 lb sides will give 4 oz ingots
at least in my HSB tin
They are easy to break in smaller pieces if needed
Easy to figure additions to the pot that way
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Works well. Weigh up a few and figure out how many to make a pound- write that on the container.
The enemy of good is better.
You can also use a teaspoon or table spoon to make little ingots you can weigh ...
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I drilled an old book binders clamp, drilled with several different sizes. Easy release and equal weights that look like boolits.
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