Photos of good ovens thread

[bearhawk]

Oh no, another newbie starting another oven thread. This is different.

I've been casting off and on for 30 years and with some problems I'm having, I'm getting into PC. I just bought 3 pounds of powder from PBTP as I have a lot of soft lead I hope I can get to shoot well without leading up my barrels like my 45/45/10 is doing to me. I've been doing a lot of reading here on what ovens work pretty well going back 6 years or more.

Many say they are using a "convection oven brand x" and no model number nor photo so that isn't enough detail to know what models work well for a newb. The big brands each sell up to 10 different convection ovens (some good/some bad). Some of these ovens stay in production a long time. A photo is better than a model number as it is easier to look at the models listed on walmart, target, Amazon, etc and match the photos. A model number would be a help as we can look up that model to find a photo. Sometimes you can find the same oven with a different brand (like Mainstay or other store brand) and that's where the photos of your good ovens are helpful as most of them are coming from China.

Photos will be helpful too for those that have the luxury of going to Goodwill or other thrift stores.

If you have an oven that works really well, can you take a photo and reply to this thread and state briefly why you really like your oven?

Is this one of the ones that are good? It's a Hamilton Beach 31101. I'd like to do some production at times so a larger one seems good.


What does a 3 rack one that works well look like?

[Conditor22]

Hamilton Beach 31101 cheaper here

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hamilton-...mpaign_id=9383



Hamilton Beach 31331 Convection Toaster Oven has been a good oven

[rancher1913]

just about any convection oven will work fine. the convection part is the key to not having melted boolits.

[bearhawk]

Thanks Conditor22. The link you have is of the same model as my photo above.

[Conditor22]

IF you want to do large volumes, check into a kitchen-sized convection oven or get several countertop convection ovens from thrift stores. I score two decent 2 shelf convection ovens for <$20 each in thrift stores.

That 2 shelf oven you're looking at should handle all you want to make and bake, it should do 2 7# trays at a time

[Petander]

Check wattage.

My "toaster oven" is 800 Watts and I don't bake in it. I pre-warm things on top on it , dry washed bullets in there etc. I failed coating with it right in the beginning, even four pounds overload it with bad results that take a long time to keep up to temp. Underbaked coatings. It has a fan but "convection" is something else.

Should have known better.


I then got a proper 2000 Watt kitchen wall oven s/h. Happy ever since. It has three blowers to keep temp. It's about four times the size of that convection oven.

Good oven here in the pic.

[OS OK]

Get one of these...



to avoid this...

[gnappi]

My Hamilton easy reach was something like $6 in a thrift store, it's temperature is stable... no over-swing (call it what you want but it does not melt bullets) the timer is accurate though I bake a timed 30 minutes anyway, and it has two tray locations so I can do a lot more baking in an hour.

For some reason I keep getting "hamilton_easy_reach.jpg: Upload of file failed" So sorry no pix.

[fredj338]

Oh no, another newbie starting another oven thread. This is different.

I've been casting off and on for 30 years and with some problems I'm having, I'm getting into PC. I just bought 3 pounds of powder from PBTP as I have a lot of soft lead I hope I can get to shoot well without leading up my barrels like my 45/45/10 is doing to me. I've been doing a lot of reading here on what ovens work pretty well going back 6 years or more.

Many say they are using a "convection oven brand x" and no model number nor photo so that isn't enough detail to know what models work well for a newb. The big brands each sell up to 10 different convection ovens (some good/some bad). Some of these ovens stay in production a long time. A photo is better than a model number as it is easier to look at the models listed on walmart, target, Amazon, etc and match the photos. A model number would be a help as we can look up that model to find a photo. Sometimes you can find the same oven with a different brand (like Mainstay or other store brand) and that's where the photos of your good ovens are helpful as most of them are coming from China.

Photos will be helpful too for those that have the luxury of going to Goodwill or other thrift stores.

If you have an oven that works really well, can you take a photo and reply to this thread and state briefly why you really like your oven?

Is this one of the ones that are good? It's a Hamilton Beach 31101. I'd like to do some production at times so a larger one seems good.


What does a 3 rack one that works well look like?

That is exactly the oven I have, works great but you do need an oven therm. The dial is off by 25deg on mine. I like the double racks, lets me do 600/9mm at a time if I want.

[Conditor22]

My old (and still working great) Hamilton Beach 31331 Convection Toaster Oven.

I added a "heat sink (ceramic BBQ briquettes {you can use lava rock, fire brick, glass, --anything that will hold heat}) so the oven recovers faster after being open


and now a PID (top one, bottom one controls my casting pot. Notice the state of the art cardboard deflector shield to funnel the smoke into the vent fan )with a green switch to turn the fan on/off

[725]

I picked a no name toaster oven out of the neighbor's trash and it has worked well for me.

[Jags93]

I have an Avantco 1/4 sized convection oven for Hi-Tek. I bought extra trays so I can do multiple batches in one sitting.

I typically run 5lbs per tray and 2 trays at a time but also been successful running (3) 5lb trays or (2) 7.5lb trays at once.

It’s a bit pricey but holds temp very well without a PID.


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[bearhawk]

The pics are sure a help. Keep them coming if you have an oven that works well.

[Retumbo]

I use the same but have it hooked up to my PID controller

https://youtu.be/0wZWlnCHimA at the 14:40 minute mark

[OS OK]

If I ever have to replace the old clunker analogue convection oven I have, I'd surely get one with the digital controls and temp. readout.

[Dragonheart]

just about any convection oven will work fine. the convection part is the key to not having melted boolits.

Sorry, but that is just not an accurate statement. Convection is definitely the way to go, but I have a Black & Decker Convection with a fast heating quartz element purchased NEW and it is worthless for cooking PC. First it won't get above 380 F. degrees and then when it does the temp wanders within 50 F. degrees. So all ovens whether convection or not are not created equal.

[Dragonheart]

My first oven donated to the cause by my wife in 2012. A Hamilton Beach Countertop Convection oven, still going strong after tens of thousands of cooked bullets. Note: the additional racks I made by cutting down wire racks obtained at the Goodwill Store, then wrapping with metal roof flashing front to back leaving a flat surface. I cut silicon baking mats to fit for a non-stick reusable cooking surface.

My second HB Countertop convection purchased at the Goodwill Store New for $20. I made additional racks for this one also. It's a little wider than the old one.


My last oven free from a neighbor a 30" 220V. wall oven that the all digital board was out. So I installed a PID added extra cooling fans, timer, lights, switches, etc. I probably have close to $100 invested. but I use it mainly to PC other things or when I want to do thousands of bullets. I built extra racks so it has 5.

[kevin c]

https://www.breville.com/us/en/produ...ns/bov800.html

This is what I have. The only mods are that I have three racks in it, with the top and bottom ones holding about ten pounds of reject bullets on mesh stainless steel. They act as diffusers to cut down overheating from radiant heat and double as a heat sink.

[MOA]

My first oven donated to the cause by my wife in 2012. A Hamilton Beach Countertop Convection oven, still going strong after tens of thousands of cooked bullets. Note: the additional racks I made by cutting down wire racks obtained at the Goodwill Store, then wrapping with metal roof flashing front to back leaving a flat surface. I cut silicon baking mats to fit for a non-stick reusable cooking surface.

My second HB Countertop convection purchased at the Goodwill Store New for $20. I made additional racks for this one also. It's a little wider than the old one.


My last oven free from a neighbor a 30" 220V. wall oven that the all digital board was out. So I installed a PID added extra cooling fans, timer, lights, switches, etc. I probably have close to $100 invested. but I use it mainly to PC other things or when I want to do thousands of bullets. I built extra racks so it has 5.

Nice looking setup for doing pounds an pounds at once. Now that's doing it the economic and efficient way. Good ole Katy Texas, Today's home of Academy. I remember when the store was just a small hole in the wall place in a strip center just down from a pop-eyes.

[bearhawk]

I took the plunge. I was down to 2 different ovens, the HB 31101D (old school controls) and the Oster TSSTTVDGXL (has a PID type control from the factory). I live in rural WY so going to thrift stores would cost more in gas than just buying a new oven online and getting it delivered. Santa brought this one:



Hamilton Beach Black Countertop Oven with Convection & Rotisserie, Model# 31101D

Yesterday afternoon and this morning I've PC'd a bit over 2000, 170gr .40 of my cast boolits. According to the Taylor mercury thermometer a setting of about 380F fluctuates between 390-405F. I am very happy with this combination so far and it didn't break the bank. I am also using 6 (2 3-packs) wire mesh organizer baskets 6"x12" from Amazon (just like the 6"x9" from BB&B but bigger). I can load up 4 baskets and bake them all at the same time and use the other two to sift.