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    Can You I.D. these

    I am not computer savy, learning to post this photo was a 2 hour adventure.
    The next time I have a mid-life crisis I am going to buy a sports car, not a computer!

    anyway I thought I would show some of my recent casting efforts.
    Attachment 18214

    Anyone who can correctly identify all the boolits by mould, weight, lube, type of alloy,and casting temperature will receive an old LEE mould that was bored so far off center the boolits can't be pried free with a screwdriver.
    Last edited by Greg in Malad; 12-26-2009 at 12:02 AM.

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    Good picture, Greg. I wouldn't even attempt to I.D. all of them.

    I hear ya about learning to post pictures, it took me a while too.

    One suggestion is to use an off-site host. I see that this picture is posted on the castboolits server. By using an off site host, you can easily post a larger picture without using your castboolits allowed storage. I use Photobucket, Shutterfly, and Imageshack.
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    1] The moulds are the ones that cast them.
    2] The weights are exactly how much they weigh.
    3] The lube is the kind that is in the grooves.
    4] The alloy type/types are those from which the boolits were cast.
    5] The temperatures were those at which they were cast.

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    .............I'd say the lube was Carnauba Red, but as for the rest trying to see the boolit detail would have me crosseyed in no time!

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    I tried to use photobucket, It didn't work. I guess I need another 2 hours, It will have to wait until tomorrow, the .223 needs more boolits. And I wasn't kidding, the mould was bored so far off centerline it took a screwdriver to pry them out.
    It must have been a monday morning mould.

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    I can't access the pictures.

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    Ditto on the access to pic's here

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiloh View Post
    I can't access the pictures.

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    me neither.

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    Greg the alloy must be invisillum cast in a noseeum mold!
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    As you can see, Greg did an edit and apparently messed up. The picture appeared in the post before it was edited.
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    Simple, those are noseeums.
    Marty-hiding out in the hills.

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    noseeums

    I dont see it either.
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    Can't see the pics either.

    I use image event for my pics. It's not a free hosting site, costs about $20.00/year, BUT the pics are always at my disposal, and the storage size is enormous.

    http://www.imageevent.com/

    Uploading to their site is easy, simply have the digital pics in a file on your computer, click upload on the image event site. You can then click on the image once uploaded, then choose "copy image location". Then drop that copied link into the picture icon in the tool bar at the top of this window, like this;




    mmmm, that's a pork butt roast I did on my smoker last summer!

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    Well, I see this pic!!

    You do pork roasts on a smoker as well!! Outstanding.

    When I don't have the time, I do them on a Weber Grill. Succulent!!

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    Now i know who cut my Hickory tree down. You send me the pork shoulder and we will call it even. I know it was Hickory smoked, i can smell it from here. Now my mouth is watering so bad, i may have to dig the smoker out of the snow. I gotta have some smoked meat.

    I can't see the original pics either.

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    OK so I am computer stupid! I deleted my attachment file and didn't realize it would delete all photos. The bad thing about learning to use a computer on a forum is the whole world gets to see my mistakes. In the shop I melt them down and cast them again.

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    told you coming over would cause my poor puter skills to rub off on ya.
    the photobucket i suggested earlier today does work, if you need help call over and talk to Dawn she knows the drill.

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    I always have a bunch of windows open at one time, I didn't mean to hijack this thread with pics of food! That was just where I ended my last session on image event.

    I should take a pic tomorrow of the smoker buried under 6" of snow, then put another one of it with that roast about half done right alongside of it. Fact is, I'm real hungry for some "Q" as slick calls it, it's only December! 4 months to the earliest I could fire up the smoker!







    There I done it, got a good start on cabin fever!

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    Quote Originally Posted by runfiverun View Post
    told you coming over would cause my poor puter skills to rub off on ya.
    the photobucket i suggested earlier today does work, if you need help call over and talk to Dawn she knows the drill.
    Thank you.
    I will have to call for help. it is midnight and I still can't get photobucket to work, I keep getting "invalid file" when I try to upload. Enough for today, I need to be up early for tomorrows 500gr. rabbit hunt. No boolits under 500grs. are allowed.

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    Snuffy, We cook different down here, so you will have to explain to my why your roast appears to have a fuse protruding from the end.
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