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You don't need 20 ton, however, with a 2.5" piston on the die you have 4.9 in^2 and 2700 psi therefore 13250 lbs of force. 6 ton a little under powered but lots of people are getting good results...

One of my earlier attempts at pucks was putting too much meal in and making too thick of a puck. After drying and smashing they dusted instead of breaking. My die is similar to fly's in size and I...

Nice find, I had a similar experience Sunday to a clist add for a pair of decoration wall hanger muzzleloaders. The guy said he had a long one and a short one so I asked for pictures. The ling one...

That was a great read to go along with my morning coffee next to the fire. It sounds like a great time was had by all. Thanks for the link.

Wally

I have been using weeping willow with good results. I am still looking for black willow to compare, but am satisfied so far. As stated earlier , remove the bark and split to less than 1 1/2". This...

I have the pedersoli frontier in .54 and absolutely enjoy the gun. It shoulders well and is more accurate than I am. I hope you enjoy it.
Wally

A little less pectin and you get crab apple syrup. Awefully good on a stack of hot pancakes. My wife and I always split our harvest between the two.

Wally

Here is a link to a wood species density table
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-density-d_40.html
It appears that several of the good gun charcoals are in the density range of 25-35.

Wally

Same here Flyer, picked up a little over 100lbs for $20. Sorted it this evening about 14 lbs of steel and junk and about 6lbs of zinc.
Wally

I use 25 grams of powder for each puck, this gives me 10 pucks per 250 g batch. Use a dowl or similar object to tamp and level the powder in the die before pressing.
Wally

Between Ihaveadotcom and seatle pottery, my costs are $2 /lb. Charcoal doesnt cost anything just time and an evening around the fire.

Wally

I had some free time this afternoon so I grabbed my latest batch of powder a scale and powder measure. Measured out fifteen 100 grain charges and weighed them out. The average was 99.6 with a...

Mold maker,
Agree 100% on spring harvest, been doing that for my diamond willow sticks and that almost makes peeling them easy. The stave horse and draw knife are always ready from my bow making so...

Another benefit of lower char temps that maintain some of the creosote in the charcoal is softer fouling. Similar to swiss versus goex. I am still in design mode on how to easily control the temp. ...

The bark contains a much higher percentage of lignens and other non-desirables. Leaving the bark on would be like or worse than mixing good and bad wood types. Try a shave horse and draw knife, it...

Hotfxr,
I use a similar approach. A half oound batch requires 9 grams of water to be at 4% moisture. I olace my water bottle on my scale and zero it out every 3-4 sprays is worth about 3 grams on...

Just finished my new press in time to use it with the batch of weeping willow charcoal
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Thanks for the info on the dies. I have some silver maple on deck. I am going to make a batch with normal torte firing and then a second batch keeping the torte temp under 620 to keep about 7%...

Fly,
WHAT IS THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF YOUR DIES? If you have a 2" did then that press will get to the 3500 psi to ensure good plaasticity of the kno3 and sulfur if 2&1/4 then it can only get to 3000...

When polishing, screen first to get rid of the dust. I have a seperate tumbler for polishing and just toss a few denim scraps from patch making and let them go for 6-12 hours.

There is no...

Nobade

i drilled and tapped a 0-10000 psi guage into the base plate of my jack so i know the exact pressure applied. "Youtube" is full of great how-to videos on the jack modification.

Wally

The difference in densities between homemade and production powders will also be affected by polishing or tumbling the finished powder. This step knocks off the jagged little points and bits when...

General rule is 1 grain per caliber for a minimum load so 54 grains of 2f. Usually optimum load will be +/- 10 grains of 1.5 times caliber so 81 grains. You can try 5shot groups in 5 grain...

The pressure issue is based on the physical properties of the potassium nitrate and sulfur. They both exhibit plasticity between 2200-2600 psi and this allows them to "flow". Once this happens the...