BlackIce05
02-12-2017, 05:52 PM
So, I've been reading various books, websites, forums etc. for about a year to make sure I got a decent start to casting boolits. Well, the time finally got here that I could actually melt some alloy and see what kind of damage I could do. All in all I think it went fairly well, I realized the temp control on my little Lyman pot is a joke, and for some reason I require a hotter alloy temp than some others have mentioned, 700 seemed to work perfectly(when I could get the pot to hold it there). I only had to throw back the first 4 boolits, after that they straightened right up. I do need to work on my ladle skills some, I seem to get some off and on with holes in them, from what I can find that's due to turbulent pouring? But, in an hour or two I had 112 boolits that look usable to me. But, being my first time, I was hoping some of you more experienced casters can look at the pics and see if there's an obvious problem that I don't know to look for. So, I'm actually open to and hoping for a little helpful criticism, aside from my lack of photography skills, I just could not get any pics without a glare, I'll try again after bit when the sun starts down. I believe that at the very least, I'm off to a very good start and it's all due to the knowledge and information I've been able to find through this forum.
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