How Many Sticks???

[crandall crank]

Just wondering if anyone knows how many sticks (1" dia x 4" long) of lube one gets when they make a batch of Ben's Red. I know it depends on "How big is your batch?". The batch would use a whole tube of Lucas Red & Tacky.

I am asking so I will know how many molds I will need to have in order to do a pour all at once.

[Ben]

If you use this method, you may never go back to the sticks.

Ben

https://youtu.be/GQ5n68SrrUo

[rancher1913]

mine did about 2 quarts.

[crandall crank]

So, how many sticks does two quarts make?

[Bookworm]

This sounds like a job for math. I hate math.

I'm out....

[Dusty Bannister]

If you had done any site search you would have discovered this thread. This does not exactly answer your question, but it will tell you how much lube it will make and if you know how much your finished sticks will weigh, then you can find out how many molds you will need.

Quote Originally Posted by wquiles View Post
Thanks to Ben and others who shared how they make it, I decided to try it today. This is the basic mix:
50% beeswax
30% Red, Tacky Lucas High Temp Grease
10% Johnson's Paste Wax
5% Dexron II or Dexron III Trans. Fluid
5% STP Oil Treatment


But a forum member was nice enough to describe that in other units, and using a complete Red Tacky Lucas Grease:
24 ozs. = 3 cups - melted beeswax
14 ozs. = 1 3/4 cups - Red N Tacky , heat it..it doesn't really melt
4.6 ozs. = 2/3 cup - Johnsons Paste Wax - melted
2.3 ozs. = 1/3 cup - Dexron II or III ATF
2.3 ozs. = 1/3 cup- STP Oil Treatment

Note, 1/3 cup = 5 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon

[rancher1913]

take a quart jar and put a stick of lube in it, now visualize the jar full and count.

[crandall crank]

That's the exact recipe I was referring to...but it does not have any conversion from area to volume.

In crunching from 1" dia X 4" tube to ounces (volume)....

The answer is 9.8, or about 10 sticks

[centershot]

As Ben pointed out in the video, stop wasting time making lube sticks! It is much simpler to just cut some pieces and put them in a small pot and melt them! Once melted, simply pour into your sizer. Eezey-Peezey!

[C.F.Plinker]

14 oz of Red'N'Tacky is 30% of 46.6 oz. A stick of Javelina weighs 1.625 oz. Assuming the Ben's Red weighs the same, you will get approximately 28.7 sticks out of a batch.

[gwpercle]

If you use this method, you may never go back to the sticks.

Ben

https://youtu.be/GQ5n68SrrUo

An old electric coffee pot , with a good length spout and the innards removed works well also .
Leave the lube in it, plug in, heat and use spout to fill lube sizer , let cool , put top back on and sit on shelf until next time. The built in heat source and spout is convenient .... can be found at local thrift shop, flea market or garage sale for $2.00 or so.
Gary

[Bazoo]

I'll buck the trend, I say make your sticks. If your working on a batch of bullets.. and you run out of lube, you dont wanna take a coffee break, just throw in another stick and keep cranking. Sides, its cool.

[fiberoptik]

An old electric coffee pot , with a good length spout and the innards removed works well also .
Leave the lube in it, plug in, heat and use spout to fill lube sizer , let cool , put top back on and sit on shelf until next time. The built in heat source and spout is convenient .... can be found at local thrift shop, flea market or garage sale for $2.00 or so.
Gary

Sacrelidge! Old coffee pots are for making coffee!! Perculators rock! Mines faster than a dripmaker!


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[fiberoptik]

Sacrelidge! Old coffee pots are for making coffee!! Perculators rock! Mines faster than a dripmaker!


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Next you’ll say use good cast iron Dutch ovens for lead!


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[gwpercle]

If you had done any site search you would have discovered this thread. This does not exactly answer your question, but it will tell you how much lube it will make and if you know how much your finished sticks will weigh, then you can find out how many molds you will need.

Quote Originally Posted by wquiles View Post
Thanks to Ben and others who shared how they make it, I decided to try it today. This is the basic mix:
50% beeswax
30% Red, Tacky Lucas High Temp Grease
10% Johnson's Paste Wax
5% Dexron II or Dexron III Trans. Fluid
5% STP Oil Treatment


But a forum member was nice enough to describe that in other units, and using a complete Red Tacky Lucas Grease:
24 ozs. = 3 cups - melted beeswax
14 ozs. = 1 3/4 cups - Red N Tacky , heat it..it doesn't really melt
4.6 ozs. = 2/3 cup - Johnsons Paste Wax - melted
2.3 ozs. = 1/3 cup - Dexron II or III ATF
2.3 ozs. = 1/3 cup- STP Oil Treatment

Note, 1/3 cup = 5 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon

It might have been me , I remember doing a conversion because I had measuring cups , tablespoon and teaspoon measures but no way to weigh ounces. So I found a conversion chart and came up with something I could easily measure. Ben had said his original formula was based on volume, so the conversion to cups was still a volume measure of ingredients.
The tube of Red-N-Tacky I had was 14 ozs. so I just based everything off a whole 14 oz, tube.
Warning....I'm bad at math so there could be an error...if one of you is good at math check my numbers and see if this converted formula holds up. If it's in error ...fix it.
Gary