Bumpo628,I thank youfor all the work you have put into this spreadsheet and all the variables you have included.I am a new castor - yet to cast my firstboolit. In fact I haven't even started smelting the 300 + Lbs of WW's I have accumulatedthus far.
I fully understandthat the information you have provided is to be taken with a grain of salt. Asyou have stated repeatedly the values you are using have been obtained frommany different sources and as such are not presented as "Gospel".Therefore I intend to use the chart as a damn good starting point and progressfrom there.
Being a beginner I intend to segregate all the differenttypes I have into 1 Lb ingots of "Pure"ingots - Pure COWW, Pure SOWW, Pure Lead, Pure sheet lead, Pure 50/50 ingots,etc..My casting pot is only a 5 Lb potand adding product to the pot as I cast will require small known quantities ofknown types as I use from the pot to maintain a proper mixture . Therefore Iwill smelt everything into 1 Lb ingots and then smelt SOME of each type intosmaller 8 Oz, and 4 Oz ingots. That way, as i cast, and I need to add 2 Lbs ofCOWW to my pot I will have smaller ingots of 50/50, SOWW, Pure Lead, etc. I canadd to maintain the approximate mixture I am trying to achieve as dictated bythe spreadsheet.
If when casting I amnot getting good fill or boolits will not fall properly from the mould I can use the smaller quantitiesof 50/50 etc and see what happens without screwing up the whole pot and havingto start all over. I can then record the actual mixture for future casting sessions.
BUT in the end, I will allow the results of what is happeningas I cast and what happens with the boolits going down range to dictate futuremixtures that fit the requirements of my pot, moulds and firearms.
Your spreadsheet is a damn good tool to be used as astarting point to get me in the ballpark right off the bat.
THANK YOU