broke handle, need help

[desteve811]

I broke the handle (metal peice) to the spruce plate on my 6-cavity lee mold. Cant find any replacement handles on Midwayusa or even the lee website, any ideas?

[Muddy Creek Sam]

Call Lee. $1.50 OR THERE ABOUTS

Sam

[helg]

Check for a part number at "replacement parts" link for your mold here

Here is a list of parts with pictures for one of the 6-molds:
http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/cata...707.3291=90327

Once you find the right part number, you can order it from the page, find by the number on midwayusa, or call Lee.

[desteve811]

Thanks! Going to order extra's.

[WHITETAIL]

I bet there is nothing you guys can't fix!

[Rockchucker]

I broke my first lee handle and just brazed it back. Pay the postage and I'll fix it for you.

[Cloudpeak]

If you pre-heat your mold on a hotplate properly, you'll be able to easily open your sprue plate, especially important on the Lee sprue plates, IMO, as they seem to be a bit delicate.

[Sprue]

This needs to be a Sticky......... and placed over in the the Mold & Maint Thread.

I too, need to order one of these.

Thanks for the info fella's.

[desteve811]

Thanks Rock but i already ordered 3 of them. Can i send you the 2 broken ones i have to get fixed? I thought i heated the mold up enough but appearently i didnt. Maybe i should invest in a hot plate. I sit mold ontop of melting pot for about 10-15 mins. I have 4 6 cavity lee molds.

[mpmarty]

I broke one of mine and sent it to LEE. They sent me two for free.

[odoh]

I got my spare from midway when I got my 6 cavity. It was $7 at the time ~

[Rockchucker]

I broke the handle (metal peice) to the spruce plate on my 6-cavity lee mold. Cant find any replacement handles on Midwayusa or even the lee website, any ideas?

Call lee, I did and they sent me a new one free. Then I brazed the broken one while waiting for the new one. I'm still using it to this day,

PM me and I'll give you my address,

[iron mule]

another good way to prevent this from happening if you don't hae a hot plate to use and also agod way to get the mold up to heat is to cast using the fisrt two cavs do about two or three then the same using the first 4 cabs again three or four times then use all six this will cause less stress on the spure cutter till it gets up to heat and you will have less rejects from a cold mould also
mule

[Maven]

What iron mule said!

[desteve811]

Well i must be having a bad weekend. After the broken handle on Saturday, I wanted to cast up some 12 guage slugs. After the 10th slug or so, the drive key fell out! How can i fix this?? Now when i break open the mold, the drive key sticks to slug and falls out with it. Bad, bad, bad casting weekend...

[montana_charlie]

I broke the handle to the spruce plate on my 6-cavity lee mold.

Have you checked at the lumber yard?
CM

[Rockchucker]

I've got your handles repaired and in the mail, I just pm'ed you also.
Glad to help a fellow caster out.

Ron

[AZ-Stew]

desteve,

I learned early on that with Lee 6-bangers, you must be sure to get the SPRUE plate completely closed before casting. Otherwise you won't get the proper leverage to easily cut the SPRUE.

Regards,

Stew

[desteve811]

Thanks again for repairing my SPRUE plate handle

[desteve811]

Have you checked at the lumber yard?
CM

Yes, the few they had, had knot holes.