Casting round balls

Buckknife,.... Hey, thanks for tha "information", I find it very innerest'n!!
I never could git "good results" from a bottom-pour pot, and I have better luck cast'n with a ladle!!

I remember see'n "cut-off" plates be'n sold for the Lyman blocks,... if I remember correctly, they was "thicker" then the original plate on Lyman's blocks!! (might jest be simular to the "thicker sprues" you mentioned!) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Now if I could jest rember "who" was sell'n'em,.... (think it was some fella from Texas!)!! ::

 

[PowderFlask2]

Rollingb

Get on the BPCR site and ask there, I know the subject of thicker sprue plates for Lyman molds has come up before and there is some one who sells them

http://groups.msn.com/BPCR/messages.msnw

Steve Brooks custom makes molds using saeco blanks that have very thick plates for BPCR but may be money wasted for a round ball mold. (excellent molds by the way)

 

[No Powder]

I cast with a laddle, and the first couple balls have wrinkles then the molds is warm enough so that the ball are smooth. When pouring in the lead after the mold is full I still keep pouring for a 1/2 second or so. Yes the lead runs down the side but it pops right off when the spruce plate is opened and I have very little problems with air holes in the finished product. Don't know what the rest of you do but it works for me.

 

[tommy b]

But like i say i have never cast a round ball,dont supose i ever will as long as i keep worken where im at now. :haha:

I hear ya. Kind of like a mailman taking a hike on his day off. Thanks for the info. It really helps me to understand the casting process a lot better.

 

[tommy b]

Ironwood,
Yes, I am interested. I am trying to locate bee keepers in the Denver area, but haven't had much luck. I think that there was a disease or something, that wiped out a lot of the bees around here several years ago. I have a buddy that used to raise them but does no longer. Maybe he's still has some wax lying around, collecting dust. I'll have to ask. him.

 

[Ironwood]

Tommy.... Did you ever put something where you would be sure you could find it when you needed it? I do know where the guy lives. If I don't find his business card by Monday I'll drive down and get the information.

 

[musketman]

There is a bee keeper that lives near me. He sells his beeswax for $4 a pound.

I can't help myself from this.... "What about ear wax?" :winking: :haha:

I can get pounds of the stuff (it seems like daily) from my kids...
Hey, wax is wax... NOT!

 

[gordy]

No Powder: That was another thing i meant to mention in My post,Not to worry about a little overflow!I know all the books say to just have a dab of lead in the hole,but I think most beginners tend to pour too slow worrying about being neat,hence wrinkles.Also if the cutter is working properly there will not be a nub big enough to throw the ball off balance. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif