metricmonkeywrench
12-13-2021, 08:24 PM
Doing a bit of casting the other night as I was musing all the deep thoughts of all of the worlds problems as I was casting merrily away and I glanced up and noted my fishing type pull scale hanging on the wall and the gears on the brain pan began turning.
Has anyone put a pull gauge (trigger, fishing, luggage etc) on a sprue plate tab to get a reading on what the force to open, not cutting of course, should be? Or in other words what does right feel like? I know there are the various factors such as pivot screw and spring washer type, sprue plate finish and so on. Most of my moulds are second hand and I figure about all of them have been tinkered with, some by me as well.
I'm mostly interested in hearing about Lyman 1,2 and 4 cavity and Lee 2 and 4 cavity moulds, but the question stands for about any manufacturers mould.
Has anyone put a pull gauge (trigger, fishing, luggage etc) on a sprue plate tab to get a reading on what the force to open, not cutting of course, should be? Or in other words what does right feel like? I know there are the various factors such as pivot screw and spring washer type, sprue plate finish and so on. Most of my moulds are second hand and I figure about all of them have been tinkered with, some by me as well.
I'm mostly interested in hearing about Lyman 1,2 and 4 cavity and Lee 2 and 4 cavity moulds, but the question stands for about any manufacturers mould.