mgreenfield
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Here's how the "quickcrete" mix experiment has worked out so far.
1/ 3 tablespoons of mix + 1 tablespoon of water makes a soupy mess that will pour, but that is NOT plastic in the least bit, and therefore very difficult to hand-mold.
2/ The 3 Tbsp of mix + 1Tbsp of water amounts, when set & dry, yield 60gram pieces; just right for me. It measured right at 3" long and 1" diameter through the fattest part.
3/ The mix does contain some fine sand. This makes the glande surface quite abrasive, which could cut the service life of sling pockets and release cords.
Next step is to make a multi-cavity 2-piece wood mold, with fairly large openings into which to pour the mix. The best glandes from such a mold could be ellipsoid, but flat-tailed; similar in shape to the bullets used in high-powered rifles.
Such a mold might yield smoother glande surfaces than hand-forming.
Large numbers of glandes could be made quickly and cheaply with such a wood mold.
mgreenfield
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