Used a stove fan unit, too, for the bottom pour. Don't use it too much anymore. I started ladle pouring, instead.
Used a stove fan unit, too, for the bottom pour. Don't use it too much anymore. I started ladle pouring, instead.
Ahhh, the fruits of my labor. A few 124gr 9mm coated with Eastwood chrome (ok powder, thin coat but cured really nicely) and a batch of 158gr 357 that will be coated with Eastwood Ford light blue this week. Love that I can now cast pretty much anytime.
That’s a nice rig. one of the Tinbasher at work is going to build mine for me and help duct it out. He is a ducting specialist and he also gave me a nice fan to I’m looking forward to replacing my 20” box fan held in place with coat hangers a wing and a prayer and good idea on the light I’m going to have to add some in
I had a 30 inch range hood laying around that has a light and a 2 speed fan in it from the factory. It has the option of venting through the wall or vertical venting/ducting. Mine goes through the wall with a dryer flap on the other side.
The sides and hood kind of capture the fumes and with the fan on high keeps up with the smoke from fluxing. Sorry. Can't seem to get pictures vertical.
This is the casting bench and the red boxes are for my molds.
This is a removable fan that goes into a window over the oven for cooking PC boolits. The fan assembly comes out and goes in another window in the shop just out side of the reloading room door where I do my smelting of raw lead, and CCWW. This is a four season set up.
Lots of great ideas, inspiring. I already have a range hood from a remodel, and so fan/light with speed control. I intend to use sheet metal as heat shielding as well as for ease of cleanup.
I really don’t plan to cast a lot in the Rockies as I cast more when in N CA. Grand babies on the coast, grand babies in the mountains, duplicate reloading gear in both houses. I prefer to cast during baseball season as I have done for decades.
Being able to cast during winter when in the Rockies will be a plus, and the warmth of the pot and gear is good enough if dressed properly. It would be nice to heat the shop, likely another project (solar water heat exchange) to make my small shop more cozy without having to layer up too much. Small dreams, good thoughts.
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One of my coworkers/friends is a sheet metal journeyman with a specialization in ducting so he built me this out of scraps and a spare fan he had laying around and we just finished installing it. Still needs ducting in but at least I have it now
Just need to install a light in it thinking of using my 2’ fixture and get a daylight led bulb for it.
Will be a while befor I use it because I told my self I’m not allowed to cast any more boolits until I finish smelting the 55gallon barrel of wheel weights down its 2/3 full still ugg
Not sure of the cfm of the fan, as it’s an old now my Tinbasher friend had laying around. I’m thinking of getting some deadening pads to sick on the sheet metal, as it’s verry noisy to any bumps or vibrations from the fan. As for pipe insulation I don’t think it’s necessary as it will be a less than 4’ run of pipe, I just have to shorten the output and add a 90, about 2feet out the window behind. I’m probably going to frame in and delete the window. Although that is on my round-to-it list, so it may take a while to get around to it
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Oh I get ya we set it back of the edge of the bench and tested the hits to my head it’s a couple inches higher than when I’m sitting on my chair probably won’t be a problem if it is then the pipe insulation is a good idea I’ll file that one away in the old gray matter rolodex although my head is pretty hard with a thick skull so it might be more to protect the hood from me
Some of ya are ignoring basic physics.
Lead particles at casting temperature can only get a very small distance from the top. Like a millimeter.
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I have a kitchen hood which i vent into an unused chimney. Works good for me. Usually can find them out on the berm after kitchen remodels.
Would a bathroom fan be sufficient to remove the smoke and odors? I have a basement with a bathroom. If I casted in the basement, I’d be 7-9 feet away from the vent?
Just knowing enough to do it, is not enough to do it right! -Taz
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |