Quote from: Cap'n Redneck on Today at 06:03:47 AMAnother NO-NO is hitting the mold with a steel hammer to dislodge the bullets.
Use a wooden mallet or a piece of hardwood and tap on the hinge bolt of the handles.
The sprue-plate hinge bolt must be lubed VERY sparingly to avoid lube seeping into the mold cavity and causing wrinkled bullets. I prefer to run my molds dry.
Quote from: River City John on Yesterday at 06:37:17 PMI just finished casting for the season. I never plan on saving any of the early casts as it takes several pours to get the mold up to heat. So into the pot they go to be melted down for the next pour.
Did you smoke the inside of your mold before beginning casting? It makes the bullets drop out with just a tap.
If you have an old long handled spoon you can insulate the handle, or set it in a wood handle, and use it as a scoop to drag the dross off the top. I use a pea-sized pellet of wax to flux, then clear the dross off the top of the lead pool.
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