Mold guide adaptor

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I am wondering if the mold guide adaptor could solve a problem I have.  I have a few molds that are heavy, very heavy.  A H&G ten cavity in #50BB and a couple of Ideal armory molds.  The scales show 6 to over 6&1/2 pounds.  No problem if I were in my 20s or 30s but am 74 and a little crippled.
How far will the rod extend from the leg on a Lee 20 pound pot and are the parts steel or aluminum.
I am thinking the adaptor may serve as a support for the molds so that I could use them more often.
Thanks

Jim O

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[Mike B.Moderator]

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It can all may tend to depend on whether your moulds are an NOE RG mould type or not. Due to the RG NOE pin type adapters … on the bottom side of those RG moulds… .  Also … what manufacturers model lead pot type type … that you are currently using .to produce your lead product might be helpful in giving you a more definitive answer …

This along with the fact that, you have not said as to whether you are using a ladle pour method, or a bottom pour lead pot… The non RG type mould might possibly be of potential be of some benefit in supporting those heavy moulds … if you lead pot is a bottom pour… Lee lead pot… and the mould or moulds are non RG versions then potentially the answer to you question might be affirmative …

However if your moulds are RG types the round NOE  Lee adapter on a Lee Bottom pour lead pot will not tend to lend itself to a smooth transition from cavity to cavity, on said Lee … bottom pour lead pot …

For that you might tend to also need an NOE RG adapter …  to get the proper support that you may just be looking for… That should work on both the versions of the NOE moulds…

Also because you stated that the moulds are heavy… and the mould pot brand & pour type type was not specified …  the adapter may not be of as much use to you as you might think …

As an example a 5 cavity mould sprue plate … may potentially be too long to fit underneath some bottom pour lead pot brands … due to the long sprue plate sticking out the front of the mould …  Unless you are mounting the sprue plat with the  long nose towards your fingers, & the mould handles … Brass also tends to be a whole lot heavier than aluminum …

I sincerely hope that you see the need from the examples indicated above that you need to add the intel requested in this reply so as to know specifically … what you are using … so that one might be able to offer a more definitive & specific answer.

Take Care, & Stay Safe…

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Mike B..
• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Mike B..
• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Mike B..

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As to the length portion of your question… In the NOE picture of the part in question … One might note that the needed & accompanying allen wrench is also shown …  Using this allen wrench as a comparative size gauge one might tend to figure that the length of the round pin adapter is around 2 inches in length one can potentially expand the photo and measure an actual allen wrench & from that tend to deduce the round pins length … Photographic evidence such as this tends to be utilized to determine size & diameter … of photos. Much like the measurement scales that CSI photographers use when taking photos… at a crime scene. Photographic intelligence personnel also use this method when looking at a photograph taken from a great height… Knowing the ~ size of an item in that same  photograph allows one to use that intel to ones advantage in determining the size … or in this case the length of another item in the same photo…

Personally the 10 cavity H&G moulds that I have … all have a sprue trough cut in the sprue plates … H&G tended to do that to their gang moulds …  to aid in the filling of said moulds … This tended to allow for  a rapid fill of the gang moulds without moving the mould very far, & if one was to use a ladle pour with a Lee 20 pound lead pot edge… that hot lead pot edge might also be of use as a support to help take the weight off of one’s wrist… plus it just tend to help keep the mould warm between fillings … That might then also tend to improving the end product by keeping the mould hot…

Your call on how to proceed…

Take Care, & Stay Safe…

 

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