labradigger1
01-12-2015, 08:45 PM
Some months ago I was at a local scrap yard and spotted copper sheets about 10"x16" and ink stamped 1/2 oz and stamped along the edges .0070. I thought this may be some great gas check material for the bargain price of $3.00 a lb. I bought about 30 sheets of it and sat it aside until I got a fc maker. Fast forward many months and I done some horse trading with BM and long story short I ended up with a 30 cal freechex II. Could not have been happier with the trade!
So this evening to the reloading room I went with my new to me copper sheets and freechex.
I set up my old famco arbor press with the freechex and cut some copper into strips with the old paper cutter. I punched out quit a few nice checks but the edges of some were a bit rough.
I then took a torch and started to anneal the strips to make them softer in hopes to get a smoother edge.
This is when things got interesting. As the torch flame played over the copper it began to smolder, I thought perhaps lacquer to keep the copper shiny, then it began to stink terribly and catch on fire. I blew it out and Lo and behold it is a veneered product! One layer of super thin copper veneer over two layers of some kind of cloth of which I hope to never smell again as it REALLY stank!!!
Long story short, this was not totally copper sheet but a wolf in sheeps clothing. It makes gc's ok but w/o knowing the composition of the inner lamination I am not running it through my barrels.
Anyone want a "good" deal on some faux copper sheeting?
Be warned! If it seems to good to be true it prolly is. I would never have known it was laminated unless I soldered it or heated it with a torch.
Lab
So this evening to the reloading room I went with my new to me copper sheets and freechex.
I set up my old famco arbor press with the freechex and cut some copper into strips with the old paper cutter. I punched out quit a few nice checks but the edges of some were a bit rough.
I then took a torch and started to anneal the strips to make them softer in hopes to get a smoother edge.
This is when things got interesting. As the torch flame played over the copper it began to smolder, I thought perhaps lacquer to keep the copper shiny, then it began to stink terribly and catch on fire. I blew it out and Lo and behold it is a veneered product! One layer of super thin copper veneer over two layers of some kind of cloth of which I hope to never smell again as it REALLY stank!!!
Long story short, this was not totally copper sheet but a wolf in sheeps clothing. It makes gc's ok but w/o knowing the composition of the inner lamination I am not running it through my barrels.
Anyone want a "good" deal on some faux copper sheeting?
Be warned! If it seems to good to be true it prolly is. I would never have known it was laminated unless I soldered it or heated it with a torch.
Lab