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BBQJOE
05-28-2013, 06:41 PM
I just had Erik ship me this mold. It should be here shortly. This will be my first HP mold, and attempt at casting such.
I can't wait to see what challenges are ahead of me.
I thought I should hurry up and reserve some bandwidth here for this, because lord knows even after researching tons of HP threads I'm bound to have questions. :-)
runfiverun
05-28-2013, 07:48 PM
your pin is too cold.
BBQJOE
05-28-2013, 07:59 PM
your pin is too cold.
I see that coming. Can I preheat it with an oxy-acetylene torch? :roll:
Dakotared
05-28-2013, 09:05 PM
you can once!!!:D
harley45
05-28-2013, 09:18 PM
Get a hot plate!!
dverna
05-28-2013, 09:38 PM
Is this premature ejection? Or premature rejection?
Take a blue pill before the act and if your session lasts for more than four hours, call a qualified professional.
runfiverun
05-28-2013, 11:51 PM
make a wire hanger stand from a coat hanger.
and set it up so the tip of the pin dangles in the melt.
some use a torch and the stand to do the same thing.
it will depend on how quickly you can get everything apart and back together and filled again.
Love Life
05-29-2013, 11:21 AM
Run the melt hotter.
BBQJOE
06-02-2013, 09:39 AM
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I stopped by the post office yesterday, and ta-da the mold arrived.
Today I shall take my first whack at HP's.
I'm curious though. When I go to open the mold after a pour, do the pins just slide out with the weight of the bullet, or do they need a little tap.
Erik sent along some black wax for lubing. I know the sprue hinge needs a little, as well as the alignment pins. Does anything else need to be lubed?
He also sent extra c clips. Do these get lost often?
BBQJOE
06-02-2013, 12:54 PM
Let me ask this more directly.
Do the sliding pins need to be lubed?
BBQJOE
06-02-2013, 07:00 PM
Here's the results of today's casting. This mold was a breeze to work with, and started casting gems almost right off the bat.
There's a few rejects in the bunch with poor fillout. But hey, whattaya want for homegrown?
It appeared to be happiest around 750°+.
Thanks for the suggestions, and thanks Erik
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azrednek
06-02-2013, 07:19 PM
make a wire hanger stand from a coat hanger.
Not wanting to change the gist of this thread but I had to jump in and comment. I needed a metal coat hanger a couple weeks ago. Finally in closet #4 I found two. One hanger the horizontal portion was a cardboard tube. They have all been replaced by plastic. I see the plastic coat hanger as the end of an era of Yankee Ingenuity. The metal coat hanger probably has as many different uses as a pair of pliers. If you have any, grab'em before the wife replaces them with plastic as my wife did. Like what Will Rogers said about land "they ain't making anymore".
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