fatelk
12-30-2012, 12:23 AM
I went down to the local gun show today. I really shouldn't have because I need to be getting rid of a ton of stuff instead of buying more, but I found what seemed to be a good deal on a couple of old molds.
I found an Hensley & Gibbs 10 cavity #50. It's missing the handles and is a little beat up on the outside, but the cavities look fine to me. It had bullets in it, and when I finally cut the sprues and got them out to measure, they look to be around .360".
I'm wondering what is the best way to clean it up. My justification to my wife for spending the money on it was how much I could likely resell it for. Of course I'll have to keep it at least a while and try it out real good first.:) We'll see how it goes with the casting; the darn thing weighs a ton.
Someone beat on the end of the sprue plate at one time, deforming it. My thought was to square it up with a file, and carefully dress the bottom of the plate where it has some dings also (the tops of the blocks are good, it's just the plate that's ugly). I'll make some nice wooden handles for it. Any other thoughts on what to do with an old unloved mold like this one?
Oh, the other mold I bought is a Lyman 429421 in much nicer shape complete with handles. The bullets that came in the cavities measured .432", perfect.:)
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG008_zps838f9d67.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG006_zps430c7d99.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG007_zps277b4960.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG003_zpsb96bd318.jpg
I found an Hensley & Gibbs 10 cavity #50. It's missing the handles and is a little beat up on the outside, but the cavities look fine to me. It had bullets in it, and when I finally cut the sprues and got them out to measure, they look to be around .360".
I'm wondering what is the best way to clean it up. My justification to my wife for spending the money on it was how much I could likely resell it for. Of course I'll have to keep it at least a while and try it out real good first.:) We'll see how it goes with the casting; the darn thing weighs a ton.
Someone beat on the end of the sprue plate at one time, deforming it. My thought was to square it up with a file, and carefully dress the bottom of the plate where it has some dings also (the tops of the blocks are good, it's just the plate that's ugly). I'll make some nice wooden handles for it. Any other thoughts on what to do with an old unloved mold like this one?
Oh, the other mold I bought is a Lyman 429421 in much nicer shape complete with handles. The bullets that came in the cavities measured .432", perfect.:)
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG008_zps838f9d67.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG006_zps430c7d99.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG007_zps277b4960.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm274/fatelk/HampG003_zpsb96bd318.jpg