machinist = not much money .I am cheap too as I didn't buy a blank mold either I made the whole thing out of free alum. I got from work. Cost me nutin too. Nothing wrong with being cheap, no matter what my wife and daughter say
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
As for slugs, I have been pouring them out of this mold using clamps. Very simple. I can just cut off piece for a belly weight but I would like to have a cleaner way to pour them.