Fired up machine #1 (Larry) yesterday to try out my 00 mold. The mold had just started throwing fairly good shot, although I really don't like the sprue it leaves on the shot, when the sprue cam actuating rod broke off from the guide rail. I will take the guide rod assembly off Moe and put it on Larry until I have a chance to grind the stub off the broken unit and weld on a new rod. Maybe this is someone trying to tell me to get cracking on the Skew ball mill machine.
Anybody else had any problems with their sprue rod cam actuating rod snapping off? If so, did you replace it with a larger diameter rod or reinforce it in some way?