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    Quote Originally Posted by uscra112 View Post
    Never used a club on a mould in my life. Never will. Wear leather welders' gloves, grab the sprue-plate handle and give it a twist. What's so hard about that?
    Are you loading any 4-8 cavity molds? No meaning Lee 6 cavity either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Burnt Fingers View Post
    Are you loading any 4-8 cavity molds? No meaning Lee 6 cavity either.
    Touche. No, I'm casting for accuracy, not volume.
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    Quote Originally Posted by uscra112 View Post
    Never used a club on a mould in my life. Never will. Wear leather welders' gloves, grab the sprue-plate handle and give it a twist. What's so hard about that?
    How about when the mold is cold and you have a 6 cav sprue plate that won’t budge with your gloves hand?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gwpercle View Post
    It was 1967 and my Dad had a wood replacement hammer handle for a claw hammer lying on his work bench....
    Looked like it would be just the right shape and size to open a mould, so I borrowed it.
    I swear I always meant to return it... I'm still using it to this day .
    When I told my Dad I had "borrowed" it , his reply was " Keep it , I bought two when I was at the hardware store . " My Dad always had a habit of buying a spare ... I find myself doing the same thing now...like father, like son !
    Wow...Fathers Day is coming up... I sure do miss that old Guy .
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    Not too far from my home we have what is billed as the largest flea market in the midwest. While we were there once I bought an old beat up Louisville Slugger, I cut it down and I use one piece for my mold mallet. I've never needed to do more than tap the molds.

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    I have been known to use a tree branch, but these days a lead mallet made from copper fittings and a drop of rebar. Much less work than the branch

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    piece of wood from a old tree, take the hits and blunts but leaves my mold in a good shape.
    1,5 inch in dia, about 12-15 inch long, i used one side completely out, the other side is also starting to ware out.

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    Caveman boolit caster !! ^^^^
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    Got a longer hinge bolt, Brass shoulder bushing to go under it and #8 screw and bolt with aluminum spacer for the plate hole. Cut Sprue with light wood stick, as a lever between the 2. No hot hand anymore and it will cut a cold Sprue no problem. No shock to the pivot bolt and aluminum mould. Sprue just drop into the bucket. 5$ for parts for 2 moulds at HW store. Haven't found the right shouldered bolt yet, if plate makers bent the 'finger' up, even simpler. 4x pistol mould is next. Got a large flat blade craftsman screw driver I can use as lever and handle bolt tapper.
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    Whatever!

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    Axe handle it got for $4 or $5 somewhere. Works great. Was looking for something really good and figured that would work till I got something better. After using it I haven't looked for anything else since.

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    I use hickory hammer handles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by parkerhale1200 View Post
    piece of wood from a old tree, take the hits and blunts but leaves my mold in a good shape.
    1,5 inch in dia, about 12-15 inch long, i used one side completely out, the other side is also starting to ware out.

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    still goes strong
    If you hadn't said otherwise, I would have bet good money that your picture and uscra112's comments were about some old collar bone you found in the woods!

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    GONRA uses a "handy lumber / scrap - cutoff". WEAR GLOVES / GOGGLES !!!

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    I use a cut off from a kids ball bat. It's still going strong after at least 40yrs. Before that an assortment of chair legs and such.

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    I use an old piece of hardwood dowel which is maybe 1" or 1 1/4" in diameter. I can't do too much damage if I miss the hinge bolt and hit the mold. ��

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    I use a nightstick,billy club or whatever you want to call it. Works great. I've been using it since the late 1980's.
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    A Bodock billet about 10" long and roughly hammer diameter . Why ? Because it's been in the family for years and that's good enough for me . I have several other things that I have used but this has always been my favorite .
    Grumpy Old Man With A Gun....... Do Not Touch !!

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