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He had it double boxed. First one the outer box looked rough but not broke open. Inner box was completely tapped all over which helped keep it from breaking open. Second box was boxed up the same...

So I have a buddy that sent me 2 boxes of Lead Ingots he got in an estate sale each box weighing about 65 pounds thru the post office. A couple of days later I get 1 box but the other never arrives....

I have an older RCBS Rock Chucker with bicycle handle grip and a newer Lee Single stage with the quick change dies. I like the Rock Chucker for the strength that this older press has and it's built...

If you have access to a drill press and taps you can bore 2 additional holes 120 degrees apart from the original set screw and install 2 more set screws. By using the 3 set screws you can center the...

Ok I smelted down some lead this past weekend using 2 methods. On the first setup I used an older 4 lb Hot Pot electric cast iron furnace. While it was small and I could only do small batches. It...

Thanks everyone. Now to find a pound of tin to melt into the mix. I guess I could get some tin solder and use that?

Thanks. Tin would be all I need? I figured it might be too soft as is.

Smelted down about 16 pounds of old round ball muzzle loader balls that were given to me and cast into ingots. Also had some lead shielding that was given to me from a person that worked at the...

My perfect measure has been great. For H4350 stick i usually set it to throw a couple of tenths under and trickle the rest in to my 505 scale. Once i set it for w231 it is spot on from throw to...

Thanks everyone. I'm going to build one without the bypass.

Geez guys. Sorry I brought up the subject. I just wanted to know if it was possible. I'm just getting into casting and was asking questions on this since I had read that you probably shouldn't...

Even if you won it for $500 and paid $1000 to ship, that's like a cent and a half per pound just to get it home. Now cost to smelt down to ingots - that's another story.

If you were going to build a seperate PID Controller to control the lead pot but wanted to wire a switch to allow direct power to the pot until the lead melted and then flip the switch to control the...