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    Boolit Buddy Ron's Avatar
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    Moulding boolit lube


    I was speaking to a friend of mine recently who services hospital medical equipment. He uses syringes to calibrate these machines. I thought that maybe these syringes could be used to mould boolit lube so he gave me some to try.

    The syringes are "Terumo" brand size 50mil. The inside diametre is 1 inch, just the right size for my RCBS Lub a matic. Well I got them home and cut the end off of them. Then mounted them on a piece of timber using spring steel tool holders and hung it on one side of a shelf rack. The bottom holder need to be as fitted but the top one needs to be opened out a bit to prevent distortion when the lube is poured.

    I already had some Felix lube in a jug so heated it up and poured it into the syringes/moulds. The lube has to be on the cool side otherwise the syringes can get a wee bit out of shape. I let them cool overnight and the following day, applied slight heat to the syringes, pressed the syringe handle and the tube of hollow lube came right out.

    I have got to have another look at securing the wooden rods but the system on the whole works OK. Photos are attached for information. I hope someone may find this useful/interesting.
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    What diameter are those syringes?
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    The inside diametre is 1 inch, didn't measure it in metric but about 2.5mm

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    Can see it now!Southern Son,rocks up to hospital and asks for 1dia 50 cc syringes and the nurse looks at and says.WHY????

    Can buy from chemist usually.
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    stick them in the freezer for 10 minutes and they will pop right out.

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    if u turned the end of the dowel down a bit u mite be able to drill a hole in the plunger/seal part of the thing to hold it sort straight , i say turned down because i'm afraid the dowel is prolly a bit bigger than the part they use to hold the rubber on ...mite have to try this someday ,great idea amigo !

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    Great idea. I use 1"pvc, but split them so I can easily separate the halves & pull out the lube sticks. I use a Star, so bdon't need hollow sticks.

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    stick them in the freezer for 10 minutes and they will pop right out.
    I just found that pushing the lube out of my 1" molds while the mold is still warm (not hot) made it effortless. When I froze them, I had to use lots of pressure. I'm sure that every lube is different -- mine was Felix lube.

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    Buy them at Tractor Supply. They carry them for farm animals.
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