headednorth
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I will give them a better cleaning. Just kind of swabbed the cavities out with some acetone and a q-tip.Thats awesome man!
I would take the moulds and scrub them with some hot water and degreaser when you get a chance.
If they're throwing wrinkles its oil or a cold mould. Cast fast until they start to frost then slow down a bit that way you can rule out the oil or burn it off either way.
I would adjust the lead stream to be enough to get a good unbroken stream. Leave a good sprue puddle on top too, that will help with fill out and heat the moulds up quicker.
They will shoot fine no matter how ugly. They'll shoot better just because you made them and thats a better feeling that a fancy tight group from a factory load.
Any pics?
After a bit I was picking up the pace a little. Started off with the .358, trying to get the hang of it. It was hard for me at first to line up the hole in the sprue plate under the valve in the pot for some reason. Got the hang of it and after a while was more comfortable and started going a little quicker. By the time I switched to the .312, I had it pretty much down pat so I was moving along. Between that and the fact that its a 2 cavity mold vs a 6 cavity, the wrinkles went away a lot quicker doing the .312's.
In hindsight, the sprue was pretty small because I had the flow throttled back so much. Ill crank it up a bit to give a bigger puddle. The more I do it the easier it will be. Had fun getting into it today.
Have a pic on my phone which I tried to upload but couldnt get it to work. Phone has been working like shit lately. Tried to attach it to an email so I could open it on the laptop and load it that way but couldnt get that to work either. Ill give it another shot tomorrow.