Not hot enough. Either let you melter heat up longer or preheat your mold more. But you're def not getting hot enough. The REAL is aluminum so it'll het up qwik. But the Accurate is probly iron so it needs longer to warm up.So got my new .50 I bullet mold in yesterday. Today I had to play with it. I new to casting but have cast lee reals without much difficulty. Problem I have is wrinkles. What am I doing wrong ?
What do you clean your molds with before a session?Actually my accurate is aluminum. Long story short pot was at highest setting mold was pre heated and threw probably 100 (or more) slugs and 75 of those looked like the one pictured. So I venture so say the mold was hot enough. I tried running faster slower and throwing 1 instead of 2 bullets nothing seemed to change
I used to get wrinkles with a oily mold , scrub with dish detergent (dawn) and as long as your in the kitchen put the mold on the stove till hot/dry .Then go out and throw mold on the hot plate you have { right} and then start casting ,I crank it up when casting pure and compression casting will get you sharp bases/edges /EdActually my accurate is aluminum. Long story short pot was at highest setting mold was pre heated and threw probably 100 (or more) slugs and 75 of those looked like the one pictured. So I venture so say the mold was hot enough. I tried running faster slower and throwing 1 instead of 2 bullets nothing seemed to change
I cleaned with brake wash, new mold wanted to be sure oil was offI either clean with 91% iso or brake cleaner.
Are you using a bottom pour lead pot? if the spout gets clogged up and doesn't run at top speed that will also cause wrinkles.
Well I had the pot on its highest setting and towards the end of the session some bullets were frosty leading to me believing I was to hotI drilled out my nozzle a little. But waiting for the lead to get really hot helped me get rid of my wrinkles.
YepWell I had the pot on its highest setting and towards the end of the session some bullets were frosty leading to me believing I was to hot
Maybe cause your pot was running low ,a balance on temp needs consistent adjustment lead supply/versus heat will make casting a lot easier with less throw backs/EdWell I had the pot on its highest setting and towards the end of the session some bullets were frosty leading to me believing I was to hot
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