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Build your own burner.
Some copper tubing, an old "severed" 1 lb propane bottle and a couple of drill bits and you can make an AWESOME burner.
I use one to smelt ~200# at a time. It makes really...

Pat, sorry about the inconclusive picture. The press on the stand is a Hornady progressive. I quit buying Lee a LONG time ago. The few Lee products I have were acquired in one purchase.

No...

Creeker,
How MANY wood stoves are you FEEDING???
Back on topic....
My reloading / casting / workshop area wouldn't be feasible w/o the stove. Propane heat is what I used previously and it got...

Yeah, I went the modified cartridge case route. Only I took a .5 dia carbide cutter and cut an exit port that allows the bullet to fall out when the next bullet comes in.
Easy on the hands and...

Cayoot, I did a job in the UP at Sagola at the LP OSB plant Fall before last. BEAUTIFUL country. And lots of friendly people. Thought I was in the deep south. (except for the 20F in the early...

Thanks for the encouraging words, Cayoot. Here lately it's been full steam ahead on everything.
I can't say how much I LOVE that SB. It puts everything where you can see it. And easy to get to. ...

Information overload.... (that's a GOOD thing for us addicts)
I keep coming back to this thread looking for more ideas. Thanks guys. I especially like the strong backs... So, I had to build one...

Greeetings fellow Pb hurlers ! ! ! Been a while since I've posted. Just can't seem to get back into to the "swing". Don't know if it's age or the road or too many other things that require...

I've been married over 28 years to the same woman. (my how time flies) I put up with her nuances and she mine. Her biggest "concern" is my treasure trove of "raw materials". (she calls it junk)LOL...

I saw this thread a couple days ago and remembered rebuilding my old Lyman melter. But I couldn't for the life of me remember what I used for the electrical transition from cord to element.
Well,...

Personally, I wouldn't recommend the aluminum. If my 2 brain cells are working correctly, the melting point of the alum pot would be between 1100 & 1200F depending on alloy. The aluminum will no...

Here lately, I have been experimenting with lubes and making small batches (2-4 oz). The best thing I've found for keeping measurements precise is a large (read 2+ oz) vetinarian (sp) syringe. It...

If you guys have access to a heavy / sturdy pot, adding antimony to the mix isn't difficult. (To this redneck, anyway) I have a couple ingots left that I have somewhere around 30% Sb. (Sounds...

"Very Interesting" "Fascinating". Really!
When alloying the aluminum, we had to use "adjusted weights" for specific elements based on their atomic weights.
Lb per Lb for lead alloys is MUCH...

Just wanted to check with my more learned colleagues on this issue....
I know when I was with the aluminum mill, our chemical certifications for aluminum alloys was based on volume and not weight....

What a man! That is miraculous. I LOVE a good success story.
I've had to rebuild a couple of molds myself and found WD40 and sliding the faces together will gently reduce/eleminate parting lines...

I agree... we can never have too much lead / alloys stashed away.
I saw an amazing magic trick today... A fellow turned a few creme filled doughnuts into (4) 5 gal buckets of [B]WW[B]. I want to...

After a year of "aging", those wheel weights behind the "shop" have finally been redeemed.... It also took me about that long to accumulate the materials to put the "smelter" together. (After...

After a year of "aging", those wheel weights behind the "shop" have finally been redeemed.... It also took me about that long to accumulate the materials to put the "smelter" together. (After...

Glory be and thanks to the SEARCH function....
Here is a side view...

Well, here goes nuttin'.... I hope this works (picture and melter) Still need to weld some "handles" on the pot so it doesn't fall through the hole and trim the top of the pot a bit.
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Greetings and Salutations to all, but especially those from Shooters.com. I feel like I found lost treasure. Since Shooters closed, I had to "go on the road" as a millwright, so I haven't taken the...