And......the AC value is down from 9 BHN, after 5 months.
Would really like for that recipe to work. Twenty pounds (
3 Pure and
1 Lino, in 5 # INGOTS) fits perfect in an empty 22# Pro-Melt. Kind of hard to make a mistake.
Plan is to empty that alloy from the pot. Melt a 5# Lino and record the melt temperature. Then add 3 pure ingots and cast some pistol bullets for BHN testing......
.Rick doesn't like to use bullets with small meplats like Miha's 180 SiIL. See, if I get the same low BHN values. It's possible that I got a mis-marked ingot from Roto. BTW, the only ingots of theirs, I have, are either Pure or Lino.
However, that isn't a priority, right now......deer hunting started, last Saturday, runs till end of February. I only cast in the Winter/Spring and I do it outside, with the garage door open. My Pro-Melt runs on 220V and the only outlet is in the garage, for my air compressor.
It's been in the 90's with high humidity, for sometime. My garage, like the house, is ICF. When it gets hot, it stays hot. Last year, I had mold issues with my Chevelle seats, from trapped humidity.......use to open the garage doors in the early AM, to cool it down some. I also have a wooden "roll around" tool box that I was unable to open the drawers. I nixed that solution.