My 1st melt UPDATED

[gnmontey]

What do you mean by bottle neck?

Once melted were you waiting on any one operation to complete in order to continue? I.E. Waiting on an available muffin tin.

When I did my 110# melt with Fingers, we had 3 regular size muffin tins going and were close waiting on those.

M

 

[Armored Metal]

Once melted were you waiting on any one operation in order to continue? I.E. Waiting on an available muffin tin.

M

I used two muffin tins. I didn't need more since it was a small batch.

 

[gnmontey]

I used two muffin tins. I didn't need more since it was a small batch.

So your two mini muffin tins did the whole 25# batch in one go?

M

 

[Armored Metal]

So your two mini muffin tins did the whole 25# batch in one go?

M

No. While the 1st batch of ingots cooled down, I added some WW to my melt for batch #2. The ingots were cool enough to be removed from the pans by the time I had to flx my 2nd batch.

 

[maltextract]

If you want to remove the muffin tin cool off bottleneck stand the muffin tins on a cookie sheet with water in it, cools really quick. I've also smoked my muffin tins with a tiger torch turned way down, the ingots just fall out.

 

[camster]

I can only be supportive because we scrounge for clip-ons in different regions...
Congrats!
Awesome feeling comes with that first pile of ingots. First good bullets to drop from a mold feel great, and the first one you launch is priceless! I am finding the entire process of casting, and reloading as rewarding as shooting itself.

 

[Armored Metal]

If you want to remove the muffin tin cool off bottleneck stand the muffin tins on a cookie sheet with water in it, cools really quick. I've also smoked my muffin tins with a tiger torch turned way down, the ingots just fall out.

Thank you. I saw a video where a guy just placed his muffin trays on an old wet towell after pouring. As a noob, I was just a bit nervous about having water around my melt. I'll get around to trying it when I do a bigger batch.

I also burnt the teflon coating off of the cavities of my muffin trays with a blowtorch and my ingots fell out whitout any effort.

 

[yomomma]

I can only be supportive because we scrounge for clip-ons in different regions...
Congrats!
Awesome feeling comes with that first pile of ingots. First good bullets to drop from a mold feel great, and the first one you launch is priceless! I am finding the entire process of casting, and reloading as rewarding as shooting itself.

here, here

 

[Armored Metal]

I can only be supportive because we scrounge for clip-ons in different regions...
Congrats!
Awesome feeling comes with that first pile of ingots. First good bullets to drop from a mold feel great, and the first one you launch is priceless! I am finding the entire process of casting, and reloading as rewarding as shooting itself.

I can't wait to see the end resut! I feel the same way about how rewarding it is.

 

[gnmontey]

I can't wait to see the end resut! I feel the same way about how rewarding it is.

Yup. When you go from this (a big thank you to fingers284)



To this (1240 38s)



You will be grinning from ear to ear.

M

 

[Armored Metal]

Yup. When you go from this (a big thank you to fingers284)

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To this (1240 38s)

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You will be grinning from ear to ear.

M

Awesome! Good job!

 

[gnmontey]

Awesome! Good job!

These 370gn 50cal Maxi-balls are silly expensive when purchased TC branded. Well worth the mold investment. Pan lubing is easy.
I harvested 200 on my first cast, and that will probably do me my lifetime.

M