S Mac
Sept. 10, 2021 Steve left us. You are missed.
My latest mould is an Ideal 454424. Super nice but it requires more effort than usual to open while casting. At first I thought the alignment pins needed to be tapped in a bit, but now after a bit of tapping with no resolution I think maybe it's something else. I did break the top edge of the blocks with a file, like Ben recommends to help the base fill out. Need to give that a touch more, a secondary problem. My point is the blocks stick if I pour a little longer to get the fill desired. When I don't keep the sprue molten long enough to completely fill the base, the blocks don't stick. They are sticking at the top. Any ideas?