lead_her_fly
01-09-2011, 09:13 AM
I didn't start casting when I was young. Lots of family issues that made that almost impossible. That is neither here nor there I guess but, even after starting my own family, it took a while to get both feet headed in the same direction, so to speak.
I started reloading shortly after Shane, son #1, entered middle school. He is 32, been married for 10 years and has 5 kids. I know how hard it is to have "man hobbies" while trying to raise a family on one income.
We shot some while the kids were growing up, we just used factory ammo.
Last year, around June when my father in law passed away, I sent a rebuilt Square Deal press home with him. While they were here, they live in PA and us in IN, he took notice of the casting setup I have. He was really interested and you know me, I started the subliminal messages (cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast). You all know the drill!
At any rate, it took. Now he hasn't gotten any boolits yet, but is well on his way in smelting ingots. Thought I would share some of his pictures of it.
It really isn't that hard. It will be something that his 4 boys will be involved in in the future, I'm sure. The thing about it is that soon he will not be beholden to someone else to produce projectiles for some of his firearms. That's a good thing in my book!
All of the stuff he uses in his setup, he got from Wally World except the RCBS thermometer.
So, here are his pictures.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1665.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1666.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1675.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1679.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1681.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1684.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1685.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1686.jpg
I asked him if those "pie pieces" fit in the Lee 4-20 Pro pot. He said that they did. You all have seen the setup I have, corncob ingots with the regular Lee and Lyman ingot moulds with the cast round muffin ones too.
Now, Shane is an Engineer and much, much smarter than the Ole' man. But if I can do this, so can you! All you need to do is get started.
Gotta get a mould now!
I started reloading shortly after Shane, son #1, entered middle school. He is 32, been married for 10 years and has 5 kids. I know how hard it is to have "man hobbies" while trying to raise a family on one income.
We shot some while the kids were growing up, we just used factory ammo.
Last year, around June when my father in law passed away, I sent a rebuilt Square Deal press home with him. While they were here, they live in PA and us in IN, he took notice of the casting setup I have. He was really interested and you know me, I started the subliminal messages (cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast,cast, you need to cast). You all know the drill!
At any rate, it took. Now he hasn't gotten any boolits yet, but is well on his way in smelting ingots. Thought I would share some of his pictures of it.
It really isn't that hard. It will be something that his 4 boys will be involved in in the future, I'm sure. The thing about it is that soon he will not be beholden to someone else to produce projectiles for some of his firearms. That's a good thing in my book!
All of the stuff he uses in his setup, he got from Wally World except the RCBS thermometer.
So, here are his pictures.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1665.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1666.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1675.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1679.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1681.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1684.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1685.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r115/Sackettwannabe/Casting/IMG_1686.jpg
I asked him if those "pie pieces" fit in the Lee 4-20 Pro pot. He said that they did. You all have seen the setup I have, corncob ingots with the regular Lee and Lyman ingot moulds with the cast round muffin ones too.
Now, Shane is an Engineer and much, much smarter than the Ole' man. But if I can do this, so can you! All you need to do is get started.
Gotta get a mould now!