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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Forum: 3D PRINTED RELATED ITEMS
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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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
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...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
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.
Forum: Casting Equipment
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...
Forum: Our Town
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...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I usually don't even wait for it to char - the volatiles in the wood work as flux also
Forum: Special Projects
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
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
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...
Forum: Our Town
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...
Forum: Casting Equipment
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...
Forum: Our Town
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...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
USA made tap and a tap guide in the same setup used to drill
https://www.shars.com/spring-load-tapping-guide
Forum: Casting Equipment
A big part of the 3d printer issue is the controller fails heater on so the thing overheats and flames out.
Forum: Casting Equipment
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.
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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...
Forum: Cast Boolits
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....
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Isoheet - no need to go to the pharmacy
https://www.goldeagle.com/product/iso-heet-fuel-line-antifreeze-injector-cleaner/
Forum: Cast Boolits
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...
Forum: Our Town
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)
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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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Forum: Reloading Equipment
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. ...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
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.
Forum: Cast Boolits
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...
Forum: Our Town
Congrats - will be 24 in May for me and the mrs
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |