Lyman handles...what goes around...

[3006guns]

comes around. Or in this case just keeps going around. Has anyone ever come up with a good way to cure loose wooden mold handles? Although I can cast with them it's a constant battle to keep the them in position. Takes some of the fun out of casting and that's heresy! I thought of epoxy, but I'm sure the heat would break it in loose in minutes. Any ideas?:confused:

[imashooter2]

Silicone caulk holds them on for me...

[floodgate]

3006guns:

Try muffler-patching cement from the auto parts store, or that black stove repair paste cement from a fireplace and woodstove shop.

floodgate

[3006guns]

Both good ideas........thanks! Since I have a couple of molds that are doing this, I'll give both methods a try.

[454PB]

I've got one I patched with JB Weld many years ago, it's holding great.

[Buckshot]

................Drill and pin the handles.

.............Buckshot

[dubber123]

Buckshot would have to get fancy and involve actual tools! Probably right though. I got a set of Lyman handles last year minus the wood for a couple bucks, and epoxied a pair of Lee 2 cavitiy handles onto them. This worked great and ended up being one of my favorite sets of handles. Very light.

[Calamity Jake]

Like Buckshot, drill and pin, no more problems.
I have also replaced some of my Lyman handles with wood file handles found at the hardware store.

[DLCTEX]

Gorilla Glue(polyurethane) repairs cracks and holds handles on for me. DALE

[357maximum]

JB quick

has held on many lee/lyman handles for years...makes great "custom" nosepunches and boolit seaters also..

gorrilla glue for the wood splits would work great too...that stuff is amazing...I recently repaired a Browning BL22 stock that my F.I.L used as a bat when he was forced to adjust an attitude on a stray mange old mutt...turned out great.....good stuff.

[bruce drake]

Brownells Gunbedding Epoxy has worked for the cracked handles I inherited.

[3006guns]

Thanks again to everyone for the help! I really am suprised that some of the glues listed hold up so well....you'd think there would be enough heat to break the bond. Maybe I'll pin AND glue!

[rmb721]

Furnace cement. Some brands are good for 2000 degrees.

[shooting on a shoestring]

The clamps are light, heat doesn't bother them, and I can tighten them enough to stabilize them on the steel tangs.

[BustemAgain]

Try Permatex Ultra Copper High Temp RTV Silicone. It works great and is available at any auto parts store.

[Dale53]

I had in the past drilled and bolted (with a #5 screw and nut) the handles on Lee, Lyman, RCBS, and Saeco handles (yeah, all of them will fail one time or another). Someone on this forum suggested that I try high temperature silicone from an auto parts store. It works extremely well. I even had one come loose while casting, I used the silicone and continuted casting. That was several months ago (and several thousand bullets) and it is still going strong. It is not better than drilling but is sure a heck of a lot easier and faster.

Dale53

[dromia]

Milliput epoxy putty for my handles.

[Nardoo]

I use the same high temperature Silicone that I use for beagling - Loctite 596. Your handles will never move.

Nardoo

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