LenH
09-28-2014, 05:05 PM
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I bought a new mold last week from NOE, it is the 454-424 255 GR HP mold. I received the mold on Wednesday and I cleaned the mold with Dawn Dish soap
and a soft bristle tooth brush. I ran the mold through 4 heat cycles as per the instructions. Saturday I got the alloy up to temp & got the mold off an old worn out
hot plate (old habits are hard to break) and spent the next three hours in fruitless frustration. I never got the first bullet off that mold. Late Saturday night I sent Al
Nelson an e-mail and told him of my frustrations. He replied Sunday afternoon with a few tips. I fired the pot back up and got out the new hot plate my darling wife
got me for my birthday. Got the melt to temp and the same result, I called Al and we talked while the mold was on the hot plate on hi. He assured me to keep
tinkering with the mold. One of the blogs on the NOE site said that the pins need to be hotter than the mold which seemed almost impossible, but during that conversation that mold hit the SWEET spot that Al was talking about and the bullets started dropping off the pins but when the bullets started to frost a bit a couple of the pins began to stick. but I did get a few that are shootable. The ones pictured are sized .452 with Randy Lee's Tac-1 lube.
I hope I finally have this thing figured out, any help from you guys will be greatly appreciated.
Len H.
I bought a new mold last week from NOE, it is the 454-424 255 GR HP mold. I received the mold on Wednesday and I cleaned the mold with Dawn Dish soap
and a soft bristle tooth brush. I ran the mold through 4 heat cycles as per the instructions. Saturday I got the alloy up to temp & got the mold off an old worn out
hot plate (old habits are hard to break) and spent the next three hours in fruitless frustration. I never got the first bullet off that mold. Late Saturday night I sent Al
Nelson an e-mail and told him of my frustrations. He replied Sunday afternoon with a few tips. I fired the pot back up and got out the new hot plate my darling wife
got me for my birthday. Got the melt to temp and the same result, I called Al and we talked while the mold was on the hot plate on hi. He assured me to keep
tinkering with the mold. One of the blogs on the NOE site said that the pins need to be hotter than the mold which seemed almost impossible, but during that conversation that mold hit the SWEET spot that Al was talking about and the bullets started dropping off the pins but when the bullets started to frost a bit a couple of the pins began to stick. but I did get a few that are shootable. The ones pictured are sized .452 with Randy Lee's Tac-1 lube.
I hope I finally have this thing figured out, any help from you guys will be greatly appreciated.
Len H.