castmiester
Active Member
I finally got to the end of gathering everything I need to make up some loads. The only issue I have is dealing with is the sprue plates.
I spent some time at work sanding slightly warped plates. Dressed up the blocks where there was some wear at the bolt holes. A light file pretty much took care of it for the most part. Ebayed GC molds, and don't care about some excess smear per say that is taken care of by a exacto knife. They fill out great with 750 degree melt and a fan cools off the sprue but thinking I need more time for cooling. Maybe a better way to cool the sprue ? I know fit is king and leading isn't an issue then. In the future I'd like to get non GC moulds, so in the mean time do my homework to square away the plate/bolt issue. Filling a flat on the screw for the set screw eventually needs to be done over from normal wear and tear. Is there other ways, like I guess extra screw and plates handy ? I saw Kal tool and die with replacement sprues and hardware. I bought a sprue for my 6 cavity Lee mould from them years ago.
I spent some time at work sanding slightly warped plates. Dressed up the blocks where there was some wear at the bolt holes. A light file pretty much took care of it for the most part. Ebayed GC molds, and don't care about some excess smear per say that is taken care of by a exacto knife. They fill out great with 750 degree melt and a fan cools off the sprue but thinking I need more time for cooling. Maybe a better way to cool the sprue ? I know fit is king and leading isn't an issue then. In the future I'd like to get non GC moulds, so in the mean time do my homework to square away the plate/bolt issue. Filling a flat on the screw for the set screw eventually needs to be done over from normal wear and tear. Is there other ways, like I guess extra screw and plates handy ? I saw Kal tool and die with replacement sprues and hardware. I bought a sprue for my 6 cavity Lee mould from them years ago.