GRid.1569
10-06-2009, 02:40 PM
Have some ingots of linotype from a specialist printing supplies company here in the UK... tried melting some down tonight... really nice, bright & clean (compared to melting down old commercial cast bullets) I like it !
But here's a question...
The Lyman thermo shows temp ranges on the face for different alloys, Lino being the coolest... so should I aim for these temps or... ???
I'm going to cast the lino in a lee 6 cavity mold (358-158 RN) for use in my Marlin 1894... First tries weren't so good (Lino @ 750) Melt stream seems very fluid, good fill but "bounces" out of the sprue plate holes easily... takes a while to cool & to drop from the cavities - I'm assuming a slow shrinkage (release) rate because of the temps (?)
Any thoughts gang...
But here's a question...
The Lyman thermo shows temp ranges on the face for different alloys, Lino being the coolest... so should I aim for these temps or... ???
I'm going to cast the lino in a lee 6 cavity mold (358-158 RN) for use in my Marlin 1894... First tries weren't so good (Lino @ 750) Melt stream seems very fluid, good fill but "bounces" out of the sprue plate holes easily... takes a while to cool & to drop from the cavities - I'm assuming a slow shrinkage (release) rate because of the temps (?)
Any thoughts gang...