CWLONGSHOT
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Likely many of you have done the same. But I had a few requests so I remade a old video on adding a set screw to sprue screw on a lee mold.
Fixed up a Lee mold...
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Bret4207
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Dude!!! Do yourself a favor and address that sprue hole! A simple round or cone shaped grinding wheel of the appropriate size and stone to hit the face of the sprue plate will clean that mess up and get it sharp quite easily. You're just looking for scratches on the top of the blocks leaving it like that. Only takes 5-10 seconds per hole and no power tools required- or wanted!!! Twist the grind stone in your fingers.
Thumbcocker
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I just bought some permatex high temp thread locking compound at O'Reilly's. Supposed to be good up to 450 degrees. Haven't tried it yet but I will.
CWLONGSHOT
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That plate has been stoned flat. Its something I do with all Lee molds before I ever cast them. Heck, I wont even open a lee mold today!!! I unscrew it and run it on a flat India stone!!
Not sure what your seeing but maybe just the pic.
Not sure what your seeing but maybe just the pic.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Top pic of the sprue hole with the Philips screw showing. See the ragged edge along the bottom? That's where the cone/round stone comes in. Just a couple twists to break the inside (?) edge, then stone it flat. I scored the top of a lot of molds before I figured out the burrs there can move around. Better to break that edge IME.
CWLONGSHOT
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Ooh yes I see it now. It appears to but does not drop below bottom plane of the plate. I have addressed these a few times but generally dont unless it causes issue. I remove and stone bottom surface and break edges with my mold prep.
Your right it could drop and cause issue with use. I need ta get such a stone and add to my LEE mold prep regimen.
CW
Your right it could drop and cause issue with use. I need ta get such a stone and add to my LEE mold prep regimen.
CW