MidWay had these on sale for $16.74
( I just checked their WebSite, over night they went back to $29.00 )
I have the conventional lube groove version.
For $16.74, I figured it was time to order the tumble lube version.
Ben
The sprue plate is a stamped piece of metal.
The edges of the plate look like teeth on a saw blade.
Nothing to do but take a flat file and remove that.
Then I take a sanding block with some 220 paper and clean up
and smooth the edges of the sprue plate.
The mould cavities look very nice.
As is usual, the sprue plate was so tight that it wouldn't move without cutting deep grooves in the top of the mould. Time to give it my " standard treatment " for all new Lee Moulds.
I'll install a 10-32 set screw. This will allow me to put whatever tension on the sprue plate that I want.
The hole is drilled and tapped now.
I like to drop in a small piece of copper down into the threaded hole to protect the threads on the sprue plate bolt.
The job is finished
Lee aluminum moulds are VERY soft.
You're guaranteed to gall the tops of the mould if the sprue plate is too tight.
( I just checked their WebSite, over night they went back to $29.00 )
I have the conventional lube groove version.
For $16.74, I figured it was time to order the tumble lube version.
Ben
The sprue plate is a stamped piece of metal.
The edges of the plate look like teeth on a saw blade.
Nothing to do but take a flat file and remove that.
Then I take a sanding block with some 220 paper and clean up
and smooth the edges of the sprue plate.
The mould cavities look very nice.
As is usual, the sprue plate was so tight that it wouldn't move without cutting deep grooves in the top of the mould. Time to give it my " standard treatment " for all new Lee Moulds.
I'll install a 10-32 set screw. This will allow me to put whatever tension on the sprue plate that I want.
The hole is drilled and tapped now.
I like to drop in a small piece of copper down into the threaded hole to protect the threads on the sprue plate bolt.
The job is finished
Lee aluminum moulds are VERY soft.
You're guaranteed to gall the tops of the mould if the sprue plate is too tight.
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