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12-02-2017, 09:48 PM
The story began here: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?342720-Lyman-311041-Woes!
Before shipping the mould to Larry Gibson for testing, I was contacted by Dusty Bannister. He suggested I crank the heat to 725 and make 100 pours. He also said to ignore the "whiskers", just pour 'em up and then then mike them at three points around the driving bands- with the parting line as 12 and 6 o'clock, mike them at 1&7, 3&9, and 11&5. Record all the numbers and average them.
Wellllllll.......That mould was a turkey!:shock: The average OD was .309" AND it was out of round by .002"! I then shipped the mold to Larry who corrected the block misalignment problem and then ran it with WW metal, Lyman #2 and straight linotype. In the end, his comment to me was "I have now seen a Lyman mould that is both undersize AND out of round." He sent 4 sample boolits cast of linotype when he shipped the mould back and suggested I return it to Lyman, which I did.
I had this mould for over two years, and I explained that to the rep at Lyman. And for all that time I constantly fought with this thing to try to make good boolits. I couldn't believe it when a brand new mould showed up in my mailbox today!! Thank You Lyman! :bigsmyl2:
And a big "Thank You!" to Dusty and Larry!!:drinks: It's guys like you that make this site the great place that it is!!:Luvcastboolits:
Casting will commence after deer season ends, stay tuned..........
Before shipping the mould to Larry Gibson for testing, I was contacted by Dusty Bannister. He suggested I crank the heat to 725 and make 100 pours. He also said to ignore the "whiskers", just pour 'em up and then then mike them at three points around the driving bands- with the parting line as 12 and 6 o'clock, mike them at 1&7, 3&9, and 11&5. Record all the numbers and average them.
Wellllllll.......That mould was a turkey!:shock: The average OD was .309" AND it was out of round by .002"! I then shipped the mold to Larry who corrected the block misalignment problem and then ran it with WW metal, Lyman #2 and straight linotype. In the end, his comment to me was "I have now seen a Lyman mould that is both undersize AND out of round." He sent 4 sample boolits cast of linotype when he shipped the mould back and suggested I return it to Lyman, which I did.
I had this mould for over two years, and I explained that to the rep at Lyman. And for all that time I constantly fought with this thing to try to make good boolits. I couldn't believe it when a brand new mould showed up in my mailbox today!! Thank You Lyman! :bigsmyl2:
And a big "Thank You!" to Dusty and Larry!!:drinks: It's guys like you that make this site the great place that it is!!:Luvcastboolits:
Casting will commence after deer season ends, stay tuned..........