Ian, you missed your calling.................should have been an engineer.But John, when one's mind is so great as mine, the amount of thinking to which you refer is actually quite normal.
But John, when one's mind is so great as mine, the amount of thinking to which you refer is actually quite normal.
Care to share a photo of your "device to grip the sprue plate...?"
Experimented with the tight against the spout approach using several molds for half of one season. The results were not what I wanted.While on the topic of bottom pour etiquette, here is a question for the seasoned bottom pourers.
Do you hold the mold up tight to the spout or do you put it on the rest and let the melt pour in from a small distance from the spout. I tried holding it tight and decided to go with the short distance method, which required a small puddle be left on top of the sprue plate. I honestly don't remember why I chose this method. I suspect that it might have been holding a full 4 cavity mold up tight to the spout might have gotten a bit tiring on my old arthritic hands.
Any pros or cons other than tight eliminates the occasional spillage?
Do you hold the mold up tight to the spout
That thing is 18 years old? You either don't use it much or you just take way better care of your stuff than I do! LOL!Hi,
Always went with a bottom pour.
About 18 years ago figured to get serious with a bottom pour pot, wanted a MAGMA but could not swing the dough.
Called the nice Lady at RCBS and asked if she had a "second", she said no but had a dent sale for $200 brand new...
Well I jumped on it and never looked back, but the MAGMA'S are nice, but the RCBS is too!
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That thing is 18 years old? You either don't use it much or you just take way better care of your stuff than I do! LOL!
That has never worked for me - the sprue plate freezes the spout and sticks to it, and the fill-out/weight variance is terrible. Otherwise, I get by with a variety of gaps/positions, as long as I leave a little room for air to get out the sprue hole and form a decent puddle - a long, inter-connecting puddle on multiple-cavity moulds.Do you hold the mold up tight to the spout....
Thank you for going to the trouble with the pics! That explains everything.Here is the sprue plate opener..........
....Keeping the same level in the pot was established as critical in the first attempt........
Hi,That thing is 18 years old? You either don't use it much or you just take way better care of your stuff than I do! LOL!