Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
If H+G had used aluminum they would have engineered the moulds so they worked right from the start!
Heat cycling for me never had anything to do with alignment pins. It was just something that SOMETIMES had to occur before the mould would cast right. I don't know where the idea of "heat cycling" being a method or suggested course of action came from. For me "heat cycling" means "casting sessions" where you go from a lot of problems and culls to the session where all the sudden the mould decides to start working with me instead of against me.
Heat cycling for me never had anything to do with alignment pins. It was just something that SOMETIMES had to occur before the mould would cast right. I don't know where the idea of "heat cycling" being a method or suggested course of action came from. For me "heat cycling" means "casting sessions" where you go from a lot of problems and culls to the session where all the sudden the mould decides to start working with me instead of against me.