BCB
04-23-2012, 10:54 AM
May I write freely?...
Started casting some 452490’s this morning—I had such a good outlook when I started…
But, it developed into the worst casting session I have had, I do believe, in my short casting career…
The Lee 20-pounder had a drip so bad that I thought it might need a prescription to stop it. It splashed lead all over my pants and my fuzzy sweatshirt….
I put an ingot mold under the spigot on the furnace and dump it on the floor to let it cool and then put the chunk of lead back in the pot. Must not have left it cool long enough—nice blister on my right thumb…
I absolutely could not regulate the temperature…
The vents in the Lyman mold filled with lead…
Under the sprue plate lead accumulated…
A chunk of lead got between the mold blocks. I have no idea how that happened. Many of the boolits got wings…
My red/yellow lab wanted in and out of the garage a dozen times—up and down to open and close the door…
Caught him chewing on a boolit that had gotten on the floor—one of many that hit the floor…
I drop the sprue puddle in an old cardboard box and then dump them back into the melt. Have done this hundreds of times. The box began to smolder this morning—never happened before…
That’s about all of the annoyances that I can remember…
But, I did start with about 12 pounds of lead, so I ended up with around 300 boolits without actually doing the counting…
And on the bright side, the last 10 boolits I cast were nearly perfect…
Rant over—I am feeling much better now…
BCB
Started casting some 452490’s this morning—I had such a good outlook when I started…
But, it developed into the worst casting session I have had, I do believe, in my short casting career…
The Lee 20-pounder had a drip so bad that I thought it might need a prescription to stop it. It splashed lead all over my pants and my fuzzy sweatshirt….
I put an ingot mold under the spigot on the furnace and dump it on the floor to let it cool and then put the chunk of lead back in the pot. Must not have left it cool long enough—nice blister on my right thumb…
I absolutely could not regulate the temperature…
The vents in the Lyman mold filled with lead…
Under the sprue plate lead accumulated…
A chunk of lead got between the mold blocks. I have no idea how that happened. Many of the boolits got wings…
My red/yellow lab wanted in and out of the garage a dozen times—up and down to open and close the door…
Caught him chewing on a boolit that had gotten on the floor—one of many that hit the floor…
I drop the sprue puddle in an old cardboard box and then dump them back into the melt. Have done this hundreds of times. The box began to smolder this morning—never happened before…
That’s about all of the annoyances that I can remember…
But, I did start with about 12 pounds of lead, so I ended up with around 300 boolits without actually doing the counting…
And on the bright side, the last 10 boolits I cast were nearly perfect…
Rant over—I am feeling much better now…
BCB