Russ,... I can honestly say that I've never heard of the terms "Leementing", or, "Beagleizing", and I'm no stranger to casting my own balls.
Care to expand on this?
I was hoping R.M. would come along and do this for me, but here goes.....
Due to the price of the Lee Single Cavity moulds they lend themselves to many abuses. One of those is called "
Leementing".
Leementing simply means "enlarging" the hole!
To do this, you cast a regular size ball. remove the ball and get the handles tight together again, open the sprue plate, insert a large nail, then pour a wheel weight (hard) alloy into the mould around the nail....when this cools / hardens, you then remove the ball with the nail in it and dip it in mineral oil, then in Valve Grinding compound...cover the ball really good with compound, then place it in back in the mould with a the nail attached to your hand drill....slowly tighten your grip on the handles while you spin that ball at about 2,000rpm for a minute or so.......remove the ball, clean the cavity real good, and then repeat this process until you get the size ball you need....the very last time you do this, you replace the Valve Grinding Compound with "Red" Rouge. This will polish the interior of the mould, and make for easy drop-out.
Now, a couple of things are important;
You must hold both the mould, and the drill, in near perfect alignment when you are doing this. Years ago, I built a small jig just for this. A drill press, and a small drill vise works wonders here.
There ain't nothing to it....it's just a "thang" some of us do.
I will let RM tell ya about "Beagleizing"...RM is a first rate caster, and like myself he has more moulds than he knows what to do with.
There is
nothing I shoot, that I don't cast for...including all my centerfire rifles.
I love it! It's a whole 'nother hobby all in itself.
Uncle Russ.....Oooh! Did you see my new Rifle Gun?
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