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Thread: Hi Tek Shaing container, round or square?

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    Hi Tek Shaing container, round or square?

    I have noticed some use round and some use a square shaped container.

    Is there a benefit in using either?

    Also, what volume container to what weight of bolts would be adequate?

    NB Sorry , meant shaking
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    Cool

    I can imagine pros and cons to both, but what I use are nut containers from Costco that have flat sides and four rounded corners. I think the corners make for a good tumbling action. I don't have one in front of me but I think the bottom is about 10 by 12 cm and the sides are a bit over 15 cm tall. It holds the 2.5 kilo batch of boolits with room to spare, and is easy to hang on to while shaking.

    ETA: Sorry, I didn't notice you are Down Under. Has Costco or Walmart invaded you yet? Anyway, the warehouse type stores carry nuts in these big plastic screw top jars as I described, which is an excuse for me to stuff my face in order to get the storage containers I need in my workshop.
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    Round 2 litre bucket
    Hooroo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    Round 2 litre bucket
    How many pounds or bullets and how many mLs?

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    250 135gn 9mm bullets with 6mls per coat.
    Hooroo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    250 135gn 9mm bullets with 6mls per coat.
    2187 grams to 6 ml in a 2000 ml container, yay, I can work with that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    250 135gn 9mm bullets with 6mls per coat.
    6 Milliliters = 1.21 teaspoons.

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    hahahahahahaha.. teaspoons.....hahahahahahah... you Septic Tanks kill me with your antiquated units of measure.

    Even your nails are weird. why would any sane person measure nails by penny weights????? truly weird...
    Hooroo.
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    Don't forget grains of powder instead of grams or ounces.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    hahahahahahaha.. teaspoons.....hahahahahahah... you Septic Tanks kill me with your antiquated units of measure.

    Even your nails are weird. why would any sane person measure nails by penny weights????? truly weird...
    I cant be older than you by that much mate, but I remember buy nails buy the penny weight as a late as 1965 and then it all changed when dollar Bill did his song and dance routine prior to 14th Feb 1966, I could sing you the song if you like hahaha. Regards Stephen

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    We use to buy nails...2" 3" 4" by the Lb.
    I'm 1960 vintage
    Hooroo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    We use to buy nails...2" 3" 4" by the Lb.
    I'm 1960 vintage
    I'm 50s vintage, maybe it was a Murwillumbah and Lismore thing that is where I lived then, and we still used the old currency those days. Regards Stephen

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    just up the road.
    Hooroo.
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    a cricket wicket is a chain long = 22 yards whats wrong with yards feet and inches

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    Quote Originally Posted by robg View Post
    a cricket wicket is a chain long = 22 yards whats wrong with yards feet and inches
    nothing... I grew up with feet and inches. now metric.
    I work with timber and always have a dual scale tape measure.

    I drive people crazy when I say I need 4x2 12ft3" and 3mm long.......

    We get a lot of old people come in looking to match old timber. that is where imperial measure comes in handy. they just don't think in metric.
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    3mm long 2x4, now that’s weird and quite short too.

    Do you work with any QS figured woods like Blackwood, Tiger Myrtle, SheOak or Queensland Maple?

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    All Aussie Hardwoods, Spotted Gum, Ironbark, Brush Box, Tallow Wood, Grey Gum, Black Butt... all very hard and beautiful timbers.
    Hooroo.
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    A triangular container might be good for the new Jellybean -colour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    nothing... I grew up with feet and inches. now metric.
    I work with timber and always have a dual scale tape measure.

    I drive people crazy when I say I need 4x2 12ft3" and 3mm long.......

    We get a lot of old people come in looking to match old timber. that is where imperial measure comes in handy. they just don't think in metric.
    The weird thing is, i machine stuff in imperial, yet measure other stuff in metric.... Stuffed if i know why, but eh, it works for me.

    You siring up people mixing metric and imperial does not surprise me at all. I too like doing stuff like that to people to see the reaction, i do it to members of my club all the time, they know i'm messing with them, but the look of are you serious?

    Those are some fine hard woods, not as easy or cheap to get here now. Houses used to be all hard wood frames, now pine or steel. Americans call some wood hard wood, i swear our pine is harder

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    We supplied hardwood frame to brisbane back in the 70's and 80's. then pine took over.
    We had a hardwood roof truss plant at Wacol and a wholesale yard at Jindalee.
    Hooroo.
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