Back to the number of bullets cast per session...the worst part for me is getting the pot, alloy, and mould up to heat, but once I start getting good bullets I’m likely to go along time, like until the pot runs low or something calls me away.  The actual process of casting, once I’m “in a groove” is actually not that bad.  Since the setup and warmup takes so long though I don’t even start casting that often, so it’s a good idea to take advantage of a good run and make all I can! 

Froggie 🐸

Once the lead pot is up temp while also having the mould sitting on top of it. Take and just put the bottom front edge of the mould into the alloy about a 1/4 to 3/8 deep for a count of 25 seconds and the first bullets will start to come out really nice. The alloy that is left on the front edge when removing the mould from the lead pot can easy be wiped off with your casting glove.

Any good resolutions to keep the lead sticking to the dipper? I've applied the black mold prep to it in the past and it never seems to last very long. Sure wish someone offered a mold with non-stick teflon coating or something! This lead sticking to the dipper creates a lot of oxidize lead that I have to flux the pot like almost every 10 bullets

The alcohol? in the mold prep also evaporates pretty quick but I've found you can add more to the bottle to revitalize it.

The only person I ever heard say he loved to cast was old Dale Casner. He used to cast for John Amber who habitualy showed up with either no bullets or the wrong bullets. Dale would cast for him and John would share his catered lunch. Truth be told I think it was the lunch that Dale loved.

Having said that every mold depending on size and caliber will cast differently. Bigger molds want cooler tempos than smaller molds. I adjust my temperatures so that the bullet will give me the heaviest bullet and still  fall out throughout the heat up - cool down cycle that all electric pots go through. 
My typical method is to put my mold on the edge of the pot when I plug it in and walk away for an hour. Then I cast 10 or 12 bullets before I start to keep any. Keeping a good rhythm I add one of the warm up bullets at the top of the heat up cycle I scrape dross every 8th bullet cast and weigh every 12th to make sure im staying consistent. I cast about 100 at a time. 
I weigh each bullet and reject any thing that is more than i tenth if a grain per 100 grains of weight. thats  2 tenths for my 218 grain .32s. out of a batch of 100 I typically throw one or two back in the pot.

40 Rod

I actually like to cast bullets. I have a big table with an old wooden chair next to it, so it's fairly comfortable to sit there and cast. The other thing is that you need molds that work well, luckily my favorite molds cast nice bullets without much fuss. I can sit there and cast 100 bullets fairly easily. 

Kurt,
  Thanks for that Bell solder paper.  I have a block of "Wiping Solder" here somewhere.

I have what look like Lyman handles, large and small that are cast/machined from aluminum. Don't know when they where made...'50's maybe? They are much lighter than the iron ones and are pleasant to use. Have some other aluminum handles made by Shiloh in the 70's that I modified-heli arched to fit other brand molds too. Is true the big custom molds and the over size handles are fatigueing after a spell.