by paulson games » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:25 pm
When I'm doing the bulk casting I usually run 6 molds at a time and I run two pots, I'd ocassionally run three pots but the seal went bad on my oldest pot so I only have two available. Certain items I have 12-18 molds for. Some items I might only have 2-3 molds in that case I mix and match stuff so that I'm always running a full pot of 5-6 molds.
I try and cycle the stuff every 20 minutes, I've found that if I try and do it faster the resin is still a bit soft and gets dimpled or dented when I de-pressurize. I could probably use a faster setting resin but I'm only using a 3 minute pot life resin now and I don't want to have to rush more than I'm currently at.
I offset each pot so that I'm basically changing stuff out every 10 minutes, during that time I'm setting up the molds for the next batch that way the release has time to dry and I can get them powdered and closed back up without breaking the flow.
Most days I don't cast all that much as I try and do it in between rounds of playing killzone or battlefield but there are days where I do nothing but cast and run off a ton of stuff off.