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I have done top punches for my old Lyman 45 in PLA - thousands of bullets and have yet to have one wear out. PLA is actually stronger than PETG for parts that aren't exposed to heat.
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For smelting dirty lead, I use a tablespoon of plumbing flux for ~20-25 lbs more or less depending on the amount of dross.
Once that has reduced the dross, scrape out the dirt and junk - don't do...

3D Solutech mostly

Candle Wax, (unused) toilet ring wax, synthetic 2-stoke oil and crayons for color - makes a decent but smokey lube in a pinch at a very low cost.

Doing the autotune from cold doesn't give the best settings (even for an autotune) - the phase change can throw off the tuning.
Best way is to heat up to full liquidus then allow to cool to where...

In Massachusetts - Each town is a fiefdom unto its own. The cheif of police determines what level of training you need above state minimum, if you need referal letters and from whom, and if you will...

I usually don't even wait for it to char - the volatiles in the wood work as flux also

Amen - He is good

Your grandson has a great Granpa

That's a pretty complex part for 45 minutes without a drawing - good job and wish my skills were at that level

This - I purposely cast a little higher in temp to get a frosted bullet to get good adhesion.

Sizing before coating will leave lube residue that will affect coating even if you meticulously clean...

I use a cheap HF oil lubed 10gal 4cfm compressor.
Didn't work well with impacts until I changed over to high flow couplers. With high flow couplers the impact had much more power and ends up using...

This is true for the section that includes the actual thermocouple.
If you swapped the wire types on the internal cable (from TC connector to PID) but get the polarities correct then you will see a...

If you aren't using pins then primer pockets and insides aren't getting wiped the same way the outsides wipe against each other to clean.
The idea is to get the cases clean so dirt doesn't damage...

USA made tap and a tap guide in the same setup used to drill

https://www.shars.com/spring-load-tapping-guide

A big part of the 3d printer issue is the controller fails heater on so the thing overheats and flames out.

Not all thermocouple wire has the same color coding- from your offset it looks like you have the jumper wires reversed.

Swap the jumpers and retest.

If they work really depends on your bullets and loading style.

If there is no case to grab the bullet from the fingers the bullet gets dropped on the floor (you can hold the slider to stop this...

I saw a drawing for the mold somewhere but it wasn't very good.

If anyone here can get me a readable drawing of the bullet, I'll design one and ship a couple of printed ones* for just shipping....

Isoheet - no need to go to the pharmacy
https://www.goldeagle.com/product/iso-heet-fuel-line-antifreeze-injector-cleaner/

Have access to a 3d printer?
I have made several top punches in PLA and they work very well - have even crushed a bullet or two by misaligning where the bullet was damaged but the punch was no worse...

I toss carbs in the ultrasonic - if they are really gummed up I fill a pyrex beaker with solvent and the carb and put that in the cleaner (saves solvent and reduces the amount of evaporation)

Once you had a hole in the bullet you should have opened it up as large as possible with larger drills - at that time you could have taken the die outside and popped the primer off with no risk.
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Drill press? Yes, then use it as a ghetto lathe
Chuck up a hardwood dowel and go at it with a rasp/file until you have a section that will fit tight into the die and extend down to the bullet tip. ...

push the whole thing out with grease - I have a lathe so a threaded adapter to add a zirk fitting to the decap pin opening would be an afternoon task.

Lyman cast bullet #3 has data for #311467 in 308 but not for 30/06 - the 30/06 data lists a 187g 311334 mold

Looking at the 308 load data for both the #311467 and #311334 you should be able to...

Congrats - will be 24 in May for me and the mrs