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Offline stimpylu32

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3 pots & 6 molds = too much work
« on: July 12, 2009, 02:29:59 AM »
Was out in the garage friday and started to cast up some bullets for my 41 , well then I decided to fire up another pot to do some 45's while I was at it , next thing I know I have the 3rd pot going and drag out the 22 cal molds .

So now I have 6 molds out , 3 pots running all at diffrent temps and bullets everywere ,  :o Don't think I'll do that again .  ::) Just way too much like work - this is suppost to be fun , Right ?

Just trying to keep track of which mold is which will drive you nuts .  ;)

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:D If i can,t stop it with 6 it can,t be stopped

Offline Lloyd Smale

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Re: 3 pots & 6 molds = too much work
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2009, 01:01:13 PM »
ill sometimes do two pots and 4 molds but thats about all my feeble mind will handle.
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Re: 3 pots & 6 molds = too much work
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2009, 03:18:25 PM »
last  night  i started  to do the  2 molds  at once

decided against  it.......figured  i'd be  sorting  them later

i  always drop  them in a bucket of water

i  cast  40  lbs  of  lead     too  much  work



most  were  sized  tonight
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Re: 3 pots & 6 molds = too much work
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2009, 08:51:46 AM »
I'll do one pot and two molds, maybe three if some get too awful hot...
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Re: 3 pots & 6 molds = too much work
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2009, 10:40:32 AM »
Tom W. +1

When it ceases to be fun........... LOL

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Re: 3 pots & 6 molds = too much work
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2009, 07:36:45 AM »
Well, as stated in the past, I normally use 3 - 4 - 5 molds at one time, but only with one casting pot.

I normally drop the bullets directly into a 5 gal. bucket of water in which I have an old bath towel semi-floating.  The towel cushions the bullets enough that they don't dent each other as happens without the towel.

I make no attempt at keeping the different bullets separated at that point, doing that during the culling process.

I find that with the bottom pour ladle, and a large pot on the top of my years old Colman, I can get and maintain a good rate of production, pausing only to keep the pot fluxed.

When I get to the point of needing to add a lot of metal to the pot, I am probably about done for that session anyway.

However, the pot is large enough that I can slip in a fresh chunk of lead - about 2 1/2lbs - and have little if any slow down in production - that is providing I don't allow the pot to get too low in which case the fresh lead saps too much heat out of the remaining metal.

Works for me.

Keep em coming!

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