Cast a bit yesterday...

CWLONGSHOT

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Got a loaner Mold Monday. It’s a nice 4 cav SAECO Mold. Didn’t record number maybe someone will recognize. It’s a SWC design made for the 38 Super. About 150 g.
I cast in COWW and powder coated my own green mix.
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The mold cast beautifully. I only cast about 200.
CW
 

CWLONGSHOT

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Haha. I’ll have the mold for more than a month. It’s owner is not needing it for at least that time. Didn’t plan on casting yesterday. But it was warm and isn’t forecast to be this weekend.
CW
 

CWLONGSHOT

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I cast about five pound more of these yesterday. About 1/2 got water quench.

They are too long for the Sig. but I loaded twenty with 17g 2400 in a 350 legend cast to try!

Drained the pots yesterday too. I usually just leave the lead in. Sometimes even fill them & slow to cool.

What do you all do? It’s no big deal to work down to nearly empty then just fill a ingot mold to drain. I just never gave it much thought..

Gotta cast some H&G 45’s this AM!

CW
 

Spindrift

Well-Known Member
Those look great!
When the casting session is over, I just add the sprues, and pull the plug. I leave the alloy in the pot for next time.
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
I too leave the pot loaded usually with a reject example of what was cast so I know what I was pouring . I think if I had a bottom pour I'd drain it .
 

S Mac

Sept. 10, 2021 Steve left us. You are missed.
I usually fill the pot and unplug it, seems to heat up to temp better the next time full instead of melting ingots, more contact with the sides of the pot.
 

Ian

Notorious member
I dump sprues, culls, and ingots into the remaining liquid until it is "quenched", might as well use the heat for something useful and the pot cools off much more quickly so I don't have to worry about unattended dripping accidents.

Many years ago a member on another forum lost his whole casting/reloading building due to a bottom dripper being left unattended while heating up. He lost a LOT of stuff. That always stuck with me, especially since my casting setup is in my house.
 

fiver

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he got a lot of cool care packages though.

my pots are always full, from start to finish cold to cold.
I am going to turn one pot down to half full at the end so it doesn't stick the rod and drip on start up.
 

Ian

Notorious member
Yes he did, and had good insurance, and Dillon hooked him up with replacemements IIRC.
 

fiver

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they did fully replace at least one of his machines and gave him enough stuff to fix another AIRC.