fit a small motor outside the oven and extend the shaft and a small fan inside, viola!!! your own semi-convection oven..
My oven is a convection wall oven bought of AU-Ebay for $50, it will still be getting a additional fan to increase air flow.
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fit a small motor outside the oven and extend the shaft and a small fan inside, viola!!! your own semi-convection oven..
My oven is a convection wall oven bought of AU-Ebay for $50, it will still be getting a additional fan to increase air flow.
It looks like my red copper, But I have yet to do brown.
My first try of Brown Copper.Folowing instructions,using recomended ratios and hiere it is....
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This is 2 coat,baked
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I manage to get very nice,,even coverege with 2 coats so i think that 2 coats will be just fine..Need to shoot that to be sure,but for now it looks promising.Also,i think that Brown Copper HT powder is most similar color to jacked bullets...
They look great. When will you test shoot them?
In many cases, two even thin coats is more than adequate.
Did you do tests?
Have you sized any?
From what diameter before sizing and to what diameter after sizing?
Please post your results on your application.
Thanks much
Ok guys, I have had multiple calls from customers stating this in my bullet coated with Hi-Tek. They said it left blue streaks inside the barrel along with sparking when it hit the backstop at the range.
It weighs 122gr, feels like powder coating, and was loaded into an aluminum case. I couldn't find my bullet puller so the marks on it are from the old handy dandy pliers! Lol
Shot another 350 or so 38s and a good 150 or so 45s tonight.
Lever gun and revolvers all spotless and shiny.
Gotta love hi-tek
Hi-Tek Joe, Trev
Any idea about the clear lube coating on the Hrbc.com.au website is?
Josh,
Hi-Tek coatings on baking, end up any where from yellow tan to golden brown, depending temperature & bake time.
None remain clear/colourless and transparent. Sorry.
I suppose, exporting coated Lead is very expensive and our alloys seem much more expensive here than in the US.
With USD/AUSD exchange rates as they are, it does not favor sending stuff to US when initial prices are already high.
Ok, ok....I was hopeful :violin: Nonetheless, let's be hopeful the blue color is lurking around the corner of discovery:)
Trevor,
Looks like your police gathered up some CROC BAIT today.
Way to go AUSSIES, now throw the rest of them out of the country!
Yeah. These scum were planning on kidnapping a stranger off the streets and beheading them in the middle of the Sydney's "Martin Place" which is a large open air plaza in the Central Business District that is always full of people.
There is a lot of talk among gun owners on Aussie forums about CCW.......
Before CCW is even considered we need self defence as a genuine reason for firearm ownership.
After yesterdays raids there is already some talk in the general media about how the 96 gun laws have disarmed the community and made us sitting ducks for this sort of scenario.
Yeah. I want my ColtAR15HBAR back. And SLR and HK91
My wifes PTA arrived yesterday, her 1911 comes home Sunday... my toy is cleaned and ready.. If I understand correctly all governments class terrorists as targets, my licence says I am a target shooter, sooooooooo.......... the conection is obvious isn't it??
Time for you AUSSIES to stand tall and demand more from your politicians.
Maybe get a few HOLLOWPOINTS coated up too!
I got a few 100 155gn HP Hornady's loaded and ready in 40S&W
As well as 185gn Flying Ashtrays for the 45 ACP.
Iam shooting 115gr red hitek in my glock 42 with both eyes open and its very very great.
Christmas not to far.
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/...psb347770d.jpg
Shooting some dry powder 115 & 135's TEXAS TEA and Zombie Green, I really like the TEXAS TEA.
Keep showing them to folks at my club, some have been ordering some finished projectiles
from Bayou Bullets and SNS CASTING.
Started telling them that more and more FINISHED projectiles are being
offered by different vendors and they can use colors to designate loads.
Given time many more will follow as they see the advantages.
TOO BAD we don't have more reloading classes here, nobody want the LIABILITY
in this "SUE CRAZY" country.
Probably should QUIT graduating attorney's for about 25 years or so.
The Texas Tea seems to be popular..I might have to hit HI-TEK JOE up for a commission on sales.... :-)
What does the texas tea powder look like
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...ight=texas+teaQuote:
What does the texas tea powder look like
Black with gold flecks in it.
See post 3931
Awesome thanks
It is Black with a gold fleck through it.
I thought I might have that powder but I think its plain black cant see any speckles
It's Black with Gold Specks, Looks great in a nickel case.(Texas Tea)
I received my Dry Powder Texas Tea from Gateway Bullets.
Easier to mix up a batch than the LIQUIDS.
Hi Guys,
Well my liter of green liquid HiTek w/ext cat2 is coming Monday,I stopped today at Wally World and picked up this Oster convection TSSTTVDFL1(what a model number) anyway it cost$70 USD didn't really want to spend more than that I just couldn't justify $250 for the Boville one.I brought it inside to run a shake down test,it holds 400 F easily, actually by the thermometer inside its running 425 F, I'll run a max temp test later at 450F but it appears to have accurate enough thermostat and sufficient wattage at 1500 watts.
any hooooo a couple of questions for the experts, the rack is14 in x 11 in,, so its fairly large for a toaster oven. I'm making my hardware cloth baskets to fit inside, and had planned to only run 100.44 mag bullets per run,at 255g each thats about 3.6 pounds per run.I believe could fit about 150-200. So you guys with similar size trays how many 44/45 bullets are you running per run???
I also understand that the drying after the first coat is applied prior to 1st bake is a critical step, so how long is really needed some are saying as little as 10mins warming on the top of the oven, some say to let dry overnight?? What is a good time would 1 hour dry time prior to first bake be enough ??? assuming a low humidity environment and what about drying time after 2 nd coat how long should the 2nd coat dry prior to 2nd bake??
Sorryfor all the questions, I just want todo the best I can with new process.
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Nice little oven. Do not be afraid to ask, HT process is very simple and easy to get right, but it is also easy to get wrong as well. Most of the guys on this thread will be more than happy to help out. That being said, and after looking at your oven picture, I can only advise when *I* would do. Firstly I would locate some clay bricks to line the bottom of the oven with, stand on edge and leave a air gap between them.
Your oven is rated at 1500w, mine originally was rated at 2200w and I found it struggled during tray swaps to climb back up to temp. The bricks act as heat soaks, they take head from the air until they too are at 200c, when you open the door and dump the first tray of casts in, the bricks release heat into the now cooler interior and assist the element in climbing back to target temp. This method just means you turn the oven on 30 mins before you want to cook, to allow the bricks to come to temp. Also with first time bricks, heat to temp for a hour to allow them to release any moisture they may have.
Drying time.... depends on your outdoor temp, 1st coat will feel dry after 5 mins, but don't be fooled, the outer "skin" may be dry, but not all the way to the lead. I highly suggest for you first 2-3 times you dry overnight. Once you have seen how they look when dried correctly and baked once, then you can shorten the drying time and you will notice when you are cutting it too close by the look of the coating.
Here in AU I dry for 90 mins to 2 hours in the sun if I NEED the casts in a hurry, other than that I leave overnight.
I have actually coated and dried then stored in a open box for a week before baking if just topping up stock levels.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope it has helped you on your quest.....
Thanks Gremlin I will follow your advise, also you guys down under are 240v right?? so 2200w/240 = roughly 10 amps, in US are 120v so 1500w/120v= about 11 amps so our units should have similar heat output based on current draw, so I'll do the paver brick thing, could I use large lead ingots as heat sinks?? or should I use pavers??
10mmShooter
I have the larger Oster convection oven and learned that even in convection mode, it cycles the heating element on and off while climbing back to temperature after the boolits are added. On my first attempt I thoroughly preheated the oven to 400F and put in my tray of 7.5 lbs of 45 boolits. Fortunately, I had a thermometer on the tray to indicate the actual temperature. After 5 minutes it had reached 300F and after another 3 min it had only reached 350F and had almost stopped increasing. Even though the convection air circulation should keep the oven element from overheating, the oven was cycling on and off, preventing the temperature from promptly recovering. After a few attempts, I learned to increase the oven setting to 450 after inserting the bullets and leave it there for 5-6 min to lessen the 'off' times of the cycling. At the end of 5-6 minutes the internal temp was 390F and I reduced the oven setting to 400 to complete the baking. I now have a meat thermometer with an external alarm which I set to beep when the internal temp reaches 390F so that I can change the oven setting from 450F to 400F. One of these days I'll replace the oven control with a PID and insulate the back of the oven which is just a thin sheet of plated steel - no insulation whatsoever!
Thanks for the heads up Sierra, I have the thermometer inside too, so I'll be playing close attention to recovery time after I insert the my tray of bullets I'll be ready to make manual adjustments too.
Heres a of my tray with 100 .44 bullets on it.... roughly 3.5 lbs, for my first run I'm only going to do 100 bullets in case of a failure. I think once my process is down, assuming the oven can keep up. I think I have room on the tray for 150 .44 bullets at 5.2 pounds, assuming the oven is capable of maintaining 400F with that weight of lead inside.
I'm ready to try the brick paver to trick to if I need to level out the temps and ad recovery.
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