The first time I tried to preheat I ended up with a lead sculpture. I never tried that again.
The first time I tried to preheat I ended up with a lead sculpture. I never tried that again.
Looks like this is a very common beginner mistake !
Thanks for reporting your experience. Based on that I am going to check the yard sale toaster oven that I bought for $1 before I bake my first batch. Probably use a cheap oven thermometer from the $1 store. Thinking while I write, I can include a batch of uncoated boolets to make it more realistic without risking anything.
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I lined the bottom of my small convection oven (Amazon $ $50 in 2016 and still going strong with a PID) with ceramic BBQ briquettes to help the oven recover faster after the door was opened. (fire bricks/ lava rock work also)
** top PID controls the oven, bottom PID controls the casting pot. the hood vent wasn't quite wide enough for both my casting pot and oven so I rigged a cardboard hood vent extender **
the screens on top of the oven are to set pans of boolits on to pre-warm for casting on cold/damp days
before PID
I bought 2 large convection ovens from thrift stores for under $20 each
ue to warm boolits or bake 2 trays at a time
works great but haven't PC'd in it yet
testing thermostat setting for the oven -w- 2 thermometers on bake shelf
Last edited by Conditor22; 11-11-2020 at 05:47 PM. Reason: clean up
Conditor22,
That’s a nice setup you have running.
I’m still trying to figure out these PID’s and what all is needed to get one set up.
Rightbrained This didn't happen overnight, I've been at this a little while.
I understand that for sure and I don’t expect to be considered even a novice for quite some time.
One thing is for certain , I’m a hard headed cuss and won’t give up.
Another choice for you, digital thermometer with a thermocouple. Drill a hole in a coated bullet,insert thermocouple, smash the bullet onto the thermocouple. Put it in with your bullets. When your powder hits the target temp start a timer. Example, 400F for 10 minutes. This way you are measuring the temp of the bullets and not the air temp of the oven. You will work out which way works the best for you.
Boolits !!!!! Does that mean what I think it do? It do!
A hundred and four years old!! WOW,, It doesn't look a day over seventy years old,,,
LOL, I could not resist,,,
I just built my first PID, for the lead pot, I had not thought about one for the oven,,
I wonder if some 1/2 inch thick copper buss bar, or something else that holds heat would help in the bottom of the oven??
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 |