I must be more of a man than you?Man, that made my wrist hurt just watching. I cut about 6" off the handle on mine and re-threaded it.
Or just dumber?
I must be more of a man than you?Man, that made my wrist hurt just watching. I cut about 6" off the handle on mine and re-threaded it.
I think what gets me the most is that this mold doesn't overheat, no matter how fast I go or how much alloy I pour over it it never gets too hot. It is extremely large and has small cavities so that must be it. I'm too used to aluminum molds and small iron molds.
Hogwash.You got it. I can certainly overheat that same mould with a bottom-pour furnace, but I can cycle it extremely fast, too. I cut the sprues with a gloved thumb and only tap handle hinge bolt with a rawhide mallet to drop the bullets off of the pins. Almost no pausing or wasted motion. Ladling is inherently slower and the mould is sitting there cooling off while you dig up your alloy for the pour. Those few seconds matter a lot to brass since it has a far higher coefficient of heat than either iron or aluminum.