Lets if we can post this vid...
Welcome. IIRC another member pointed it out to me but I'm not sure who.
Quote from: avator on March 17, 2024, 01:49:28 PMWelcome. IIRC another member pointed it out to me but I'm not sure who.I'm not sure, but I think that would have been me... a bit better than a year ago!
@avator, Bill, nice video. Shows the basics. I plugged my bottom feed, it wasn't reliable outdoors. Actually it would chill the lead, relative to the pot, at least on the 20 lb pot. It would either drip, which as you show, you can sort of time, or it would get plugged with debris. It plugged once too often for me, so I inserted an aluminum plug into the down spout. Now I ladle cast. I really need an indoor or at least sheltered place to cast. Being out in the open with a breeze is not good for casting consistency.
Thanks Keith.. I made another one a few months ago but I didn't think it was good enough to post. I have enough experience now that I figured someone new to casting may benefit from it.Small .22 pellets are tough to pour well. I have got as little as 50/50 cull rate.. I'm getting the hang of it. Unless you have years of experience, controlling those temps is very helpful. Not getting in too big of a hurry helps too.
Quote from: avator on March 20, 2024, 05:15:47 PMThanks Keith.. I made another one a few months ago but I didn't think it was good enough to post. I have enough experience now that I figured someone new to casting may benefit from it.Small .22 pellets are tough to pour well. I have got as little as 50/50 cull rate.. I'm getting the hang of it. Unless you have years of experience, controlling those temps is very helpful. Not getting in too big of a hurry helps too.I have never had any desire to cast smaller than .25 cal. I saw the writing on the wall when casting .25 cal and up. But if that's what I wind up shooting the most, then I will have to give .22 cal a try.
Yeah, you can see from the video how fast they fill. It so easy to overfill and have a mess. One trick is to only keep the pot half full. The force of the heavy lead runs it out really fast. A half pot also melts and comes up to temp faster.
Made a trade with another member for a mold.. I received the NOE 217 17 WC 4 cav mold. I set all the pins to equal depths and made a pour. Then I decided I wanted a little heavier pellet. I let the mold cool and pulled the pin brackets... one of them was tight tight tight and I stripped the Allen head on it.I know I have a set of EZ Outs around here but I couldn't find them anywhere. So while in town this morning I picked a couple up. I set up the vise on the drill press and drilled the head off the screw. It came off flush with the top of the mold and left nothing to get ahold of to twist it out. Changed to the smaller bit and drill center down through the remaining screw shank. I tapped in the EZ Out and the screw shank backed right out with my fingers.While at Lowes a picked up a couple 10 - 24 button head CS 1/2" screws. Perfect replacement.I remember my tool and die days... an EZ Out is not something you want to snap off in a screw. That made for a really bad day at work.
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