this evening I pressed the blank again as well as pressing a small drill bit to mark the sprue hole. After sanding down all the bulges on the face of the mold halves, I drilled the sprue hole slightly larger and then countersunk the opening of the sprue hole to accept the melting pot spout. then I pressed a hook after taping it in place on the mold, everything looks great so far. every time you press anything be it a jighead blank, hook etc, you have to knock the alignment pins out of the mold halves and drag the mold faces across a peice of sandpaper to remove the bulges in the mold faces caused by pressing the blank or hook. All I have left to do now is sand the bulge created by the hook and shave the area around the hook bend with my mill/drill, then install handles and a hinge, which is something I haven't done yet. I won't be pouring with it yet because money is tight right now and I still havent replaced my broken pot.