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Thanks. I could heat treat them if I knew what steel he uses. I'll give him a shout. Thanks again for the info.

My problem is that I have .358 and .452 dies and punches but in need of a .321. Hard to find and don't really know any machinists. Lathesmith was the last one I knew to make them. Any suggestions...

Thanks for the replies. Guess I'll be looking for a luber/sizer that will support readily available components. Guess I can still use for .358 flat nose sizing. Thanks again.

Are sizing dies and top punches still available for either Star or Phelps?

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Anyone out there that can identify this lube sizer.? No markings.
Any help appreciated.

Lyman 49 for cast loads
Hornady for pistol and rifle with "j's"
Sierra for rifle with "j's"

Yea. Luckily I had a 21,000 gallon reason to have muriatic acid on hand.

Yes, I tried the muriatic acid and got no snap, crackle or pop! Thanks Springfield and blackthorn for that tip. Tried it on a zinc WW that I had and sure enough, instant fizzle. When the reaction...

Thanks banger. I'm going to give it try. Thanks every one else who commented. I don't think I would be having anywhere close to the success a newbie could expect without the knowledge that exists on...

Problem is that his son smelted it years ago and he's not sure how or if he even knew to stay away from zinc. My only indications that there may be zinc in it is it looks a lot different (color and...

I guess it looked a lot different than my ingots in appearance and color along with the zinc WW in the box. I've been very careful to cull out the zinc when I separate my WW's. How critical is zinc...

The other day a friend gave me about 50 lbs of ingots for helping him out. The ingots look dull and frosted. Along with the ingots were a couple lbs. of COWW'S. Some of the WW are zinc. I have a...

That is exactly the info that I was looking for. Thanks Dave and Lafaun for your input and time.

Anyone know what watt heater to get. If I run a PID controller, does it really matter what I get, within reason? This is my first lube sizer (Phelps), first heated base and I'm not an electrical...

Thanks Lafaun. Didn't realize ebay had all the stuff needed. Haven't been on it for awhile.

I know alot of you have built your own heated bases for your star sizers and was wondering if you could share links to where you got your components (elements, controllers, etc.) Also, does anyone...

Mustang,
Thanks for the reply. I haven't lubed them yet. I was speaking in reference to other PB boolits that I have done and meant that is my method of lubing.

I'm a newbie to the site and casting. I have had reasonably good success casting the boolits and got a good batch the other day from a Lyman 358156 mould. I would like to GC these to shoot out of my...

It was so hot here today, I just filled my smelting pot with WW and left it out in the sun for a few hours. No seriously just smelted 100#'s the traditional way but I popped a sweat (and kept it out...