Today I cast up about 100 of the 429244 HP .44 mag boolits I use for deer hunting. I have a little table in the garage where the casting is done. I use a dipper pot and dipper tools. I use high heat thick cotton gloves when working with hot tools and molten lead. (I also wear glasses to protect my eyes.) I have on the table a marble bottom from a trophy where I set my hot tools. The drill holes keep my hot tools from rolling around. I also have a small brass brush for brushing the inside faces of the mould in case some bit of lead gets on the face causing flashing. I also have a small metal wire brush for brushing lead off the tools keeping them clean. Lastly, I have a couple of copper wire punches for punching out any lead sprues that gets stuck in the sprue hole. The copper is softer than the metal sprue plate so it doesn't damage the pour hole. All my ingots I always label them with a magic marker. They all look the same to me, so marking them Pure lead, WW's lead or 50/50 alloy helps me to keep the ingots separate for future casting sessions. Some of these things I do may help a newbie to casting make their casting sessions more enjoyable. My set up isn't big or fancy, but it turns out really good boolits.
Ohio Rusty ><>