castmiester
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does any one make them or is it easy to case harden yourself ?
You can purchase replacement Sprue Plates(at least for lyman molds). Find someone that does case hardening and send them some new ones. Gun Parts I have seen sent out for Case Coloring were provided to the service provider in the white. So maybe check on a surface prep required before sending. Hope this helps.does any one make them or is it easy to case harden yourself ?
anodized aluminumAren’t the sprue plates on six cavity Lee molds made from aluminum?
and they warp, and you still worked with them ? I don't think I warped it. I pour melt at temps others do... 750 to get nice bullets.RCBS will send you a new plate.
I don't know if it will be any thicker than the old RCBS sprue plate originally installed.
Can't image why it would need to be thicker than the ones they've been using for the past 40+ years.
Your words, not mine. /\and they warp, and you still worked with them ? I don't think I warped it. I pour melt at temps others do... 750 to get nice bullets.
I straightened out my plate only to warp again.anodized aluminum
I'm thinking that the sustained heat from casting will just anneal steel anyway
so why are my plates warping then ?Your words, not mine. /\
I never said they warp. And I've never had a problem with the quality of RCBS molds, including the sprue plates.
and they warp, and you still worked with them ? I don't think I warped it. I pour melt at temps others do... 750 to get nice bullets.
I don't beat them open...... I lightly tap them with a light 1/2 inch diameter wooden dowel mallet holding the mold on a downward angle almost vertical and SQUARELY with a light tap to break the sprue. I don't try and bust open the plate with one try. Yes they are the original platesAre you beating them open?
Are you applying force at a vector against the pivot direction?
Are they the original plates?
I don't know why you are warping them.