nlpro
02-08-2012, 01:36 PM
Hi i'm new to casting and have been lurking around here to learn what i need to know and i'm all set up now except my old lube sizer .My grandfather gave me an old lyman 45 lubesizer it is orange with the ventilated cap on the tube. I have been trying to get it cleaned up i have boiled it and its all clean except can not get the cap off the tube, Does that cap unscrew or just pop off the tube if its not stuck ? The tube unscrewed off the body easy but i just cant get the cap off and i don't want to break it .
Also i plan on getting a 2 o-ring pressure nut for it as recommended to me by a friend and i have read about on here .But the pressure nut it has is odd and not like one i have seen any were else . No brass ring as on others i have seen it is 2 piece with 2 screws holding the top half to the bottom and what appears to be a cloth seal sandwiched in between the top and bottom pieces.Has anyone seen one like that before ? My grandfather is 96 and cant remember how old it is and i am wondering if its an unusual collectable model that i should not be using ?
Also i plan on getting a 2 o-ring pressure nut for it as recommended to me by a friend and i have read about on here .But the pressure nut it has is odd and not like one i have seen any were else . No brass ring as on others i have seen it is 2 piece with 2 screws holding the top half to the bottom and what appears to be a cloth seal sandwiched in between the top and bottom pieces.Has anyone seen one like that before ? My grandfather is 96 and cant remember how old it is and i am wondering if its an unusual collectable model that i should not be using ?