Hensley & Gibbs #51 on eBay: Buyer Beware - Mold is ruined

[Texasflyboy]

eBay Auction: (http://www.ebay.com/itm/231704797261?euid=36453fef91c6471abe8da459120f9845&cp=1&exe=12808&ext=32575&sojTags=exe=exe,ext=ext)

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The seller confirmed its been cleaned with a "soft wire wheel brush."

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Yes , I hit everything with a soft wire wheel , it had a light coat of rust from sitting , it has NO pitting .

Bill









The mold is ruined IMHO.

FYI for the board.

Update I received after I posted this message:

150185

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Tom in VA

[starreloader]

What is the matter with these idiots??? Using a steel wire brush or wire wheel on a mould, what are they thinking?.. At one time I had 45 H&G 8 & 10 moulds, always used a nylon bristle brush to clean them if needed...

[Garyshome]

Someone will buy it....maybe

[Beagle333]

What a shame....... :(

[MrWolf]

How did you know to ask if it had been wire brushed or do you just do that to be sure? I could not tell from the pics but not really sure what the tell tale signs are.

[skeettx]

Would this work in the mold??
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351529701665?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[Beagle333]

You could just spin a nail down to make a new HP pin, or get Buckshot or Erik to make you a new one. That isn't the problem. The problem is the rounded edges of the cavities that was worn away by the wire brushing. If you cast a boolit with it now, it will have a Mohawk-looking stripe all the way around it where the molds don't meet flush and squarely anymore.

[dkf]

You can really see the rounded edges at the nose of the cavities. Should cast a nice fin.

[GSM]

Uniformly rounded edges.

The seller is a dolt.

[MrWolf]

You can really see the rounded edges at the nose of the cavities. Should cast a nice fin.

Thanks, now I see what you mean.

[Texasflyboy]

How did you know to ask if it had been wire brushed or do you just do that to be sure? I could not tell from the pics but not really sure what the tell tale signs are.

I've been examining molds on eBay since 1995. I know the signs since I've seen a few hundred damaged ones by now.

The rounded corners and other rounding of sharp edges is a dead giveaway if you know what and where to look.