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How I recondition Lyman 45 Sizers
First step is find a pile of junk!
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Begin disassembling it. Don't force it!
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Do some cleaning. Boiling it out works well, but keep the temperature down or you will destroy the paint!
Just hot enough to melt out the old lube which can be as hard as rock!
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I'll post some more pictures as I make some more progress!
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Cleaning the old lube out sure makes a mess!
Cleaning the old lube out sure makes a mess!
There are ways to reduce the mess.
Lube floats. When you pull clean parts through the melted layer of lube they get all gooey! Yechh!
The old lube hardens into a layer of cold lube which is easily removed from the pot when the water cools.
Unplug to cool and add some ice cubes to speed up the cooling.
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