Due to the advice from this website I am now a "thrift store junkie"
Three good scores for less than $24.00 totalAttachment 293235Attachment 293236
(mold was mine, hot plate & flat pan from 1st store then used oven at 2nd store)
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Due to the advice from this website I am now a "thrift store junkie"
Three good scores for less than $24.00 totalAttachment 293235Attachment 293236
(mold was mine, hot plate & flat pan from 1st store then used oven at 2nd store)
Yep, one man's junk is another man's treasure. There are some good buys out there, if you know what you're looking for.
Congratulations !!! I think the flatlanders call it upcycling.
if the flat pan is teflon/non-stick coated, and it looks like it is, do not heat it to high temps (above a couple hundred degrees).
at higher temps it will give off very toxic gases.
google it if you dont believe me.
The thrift store came through for me. Picked up a whole ream of onionskin paper for patching bullets for less than a dollar. Gotta like that!
Coffee can in a hot plate makes a good mold preheater
I went into our local Goodwill last weekend and found a pewter tankard for $1. I was tickled!
All I found at the thrift store yesterday was an old Wagner 10" cast iron skillet for $4.
And if you want a marker board to jot down project notes on just grab a glass covered framed picture for cheap that you wouldn't mind having on the reloading room wall.
http://i.imgur.com/ENOpMxO.jpg
I picked up 35 pounds of #8 shot for $5.00. With my $1/lb. powder and $10/brick primers at an auction, was loading for less than a dollar/box. Made one mistake though. Passed up a 20 gage MEC Jr. for $10 because I didn't own a 20 gage. Two months later, I did.
I spotted something behind the tellers on the fancy shelfs at the thrift store. It wasnt a couple bucks but was an Adco red dot. Made in Japan and a great scope. Its on my WM 10/22 SS carbine and really shoots.
My Kimball Baby Grand came from a Habitat thrift store. Love it, the nicest piano I’ve ever owned. I found some shepherd hook plant hangers and hung some of my 1/3 size sass marshals on them, they work fine. Lead cas loads only.
Hey Baltimoreed, where did you get 1/3 size SASS Marshall targets? Are they available through SASS? I'm not a member (I was doing Cowboy Fast Draw instead) but I'd love to have some additional novelty targets. I did get five little "rubber ducky" cut outs, and those shepherd hooks would be good for hanging them as well. Interesting reactive targets make teaching younger shooters a lot more encouraging for them.
Froggie
we sure were sold a bill of goods with teflon, as bad if not worst than lead poisoning.
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/i...n-coating-safe.
and this is one of the corporate friendly sites
thrift stores can be great source for cheap pewter too
but my biggest problem with thrift store pewter is girlfriend forbids me to melt most everything we ever find.