Some pouring today!!!!!!

[Fatman]

With all the powder I've bought I ran out of Horseheads so I had to get some pouring done. Only poured two trays full and had to stop cause the back started hurting. Got all the sprues trimmed from Tray 1 and although Tray 2 shows some still on they are all off now!!!

Half way through pouring I couldn't figure out why the horsehead started pouring so bad - bout 2 more pours and I found a small piece of lead on the 1/32 oz side of the mold which was keeping it open, got it out and back to normal. So I'm gonna have some trimming to do but that's okay.

Tray 1

Tray 2

 

[BucktailJiger]

Good job ,

 

[ScottV]

Way to go Fatman. Those look great.

 

[StumpHunter]

Looks like you were busy. Nice looking jigs. I poured 300 heads yesterday also and poured a few 1/16 pony heads for use next week. I don't like those #12 crane's and I wonder if anyone has tried a bigger size crane for the 1/16 oz and up.

 

[LedHed]

WTG - Fm

 

[toadfrog]

I use ball bearing swivels on the big stuff 3/4 and up . Put an s hook in the mold then after I pour and paint I can have the blades and swivels already assembled . Slide them on crimp shut and your good to go . Lets you do all the main work up front not dealing with hanging hardware.

 

[Fatman]

Yeah the swivels definately slow you down - and the mold being double sided is also a pain cause theirs not a lot of room in between the 2 sides but they don't make a production for 1/16th unless you want a Pony mold.

 

[Jig Man]

Now its time to paint....

 

[Fatman]

Yeah It's 159 am and I just finished trimming all the horse heads and tommorrow I'll get the tin foil on them. Then I need to decide what I want to paint and what I want to mix up!!

Stump on the Pony head jigs you can switch over to a #10 swivel when you hit the 1/8th oz head but I wouldn't use it on any smaller than that it really throws off the balance no matter what blade you put on it. Really destroys the action of the jig.