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I've got a box of zinc clip-on wheel weights from my sorting sessions that anyone is welcome to have for free if they want them...

I use hardwood from my planer and jointer. Mostly oak and cherry. Smells better than the stinky pine we have around here and makes people think I'm running the smoker :-) I rub the chips between my...

Thanks for this thread! I have been terrified of this happening since I started using the Lee tool nearly 30 years ago. Richard Lee spent so much time warning about primers in his book that I never...

I prefer to cast boolits with a slight frost which is caused by higher temperature. The higher temp gives better fillout in the mold and turning up the temp a bit until they frost a little usually...

Thank you sir, I hope it helps someone that was in my situation. I wish I had just tried it before I spent so much time and energy trying to find affordable options to harden my pure lead since I...

Thanks Steve, that does relieve my worry a bit. My temp is under 700 and there are no visible fumes. The EPA safety document on antimony gives specific concentration levels that I think (hope) I am...

LOL, might be! Linotype is double to triple what I'm paying for my alloy, and it takes less than 10 minutes and no fumes (not visible anyway!) with my method. Of course, this is completely dependent...

It takes less than 7 minutes to dissolve the antimony if you put tin in first and then submerge the antimony. No visible fumes. I timed it on my third repeat (last night). Not sure of exactly how...

Thanks for the replies! I repeated the process again tonight to get another 15 pounds of alloy. I didn't time it but it seemed maybe 7-8 minutes-ish to dissolve the antimony once it is submerged. I...

Hi Greg, Thanks for the reply! If you put in the tin first, the antimony melts pretty easily at normal temps. I didn't time it but I'd guess 5 minutes or so. A lot slower than tin, but not bad....

Thanks for the reply, Frank! It's HOT here too :-) Hardening lead alloys is easy and WAY cheaper than buying it. I guess I should have written my post about a quarter of it's length, but I tend to...

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I had a lot of trouble finding info on alloying pure antimony with pure lead so I thought I'd share what I did. There's plenty of info on this site and others but it all gave me the...

I'm a newbie to the site also! I just went through the propane burner process and I got a 5 quart cast iron dutch oven at Walmart for $15. Look in the camping section in sporting goods, not the...

Those are great points. So the only benefit of the Lyman or RCBS over a PID-equipped Lee 4 20 would be an extra 5 pounds and ? Maybe less dripping if I get lucky? Anything else?
Being able to move...

This is a very helpful thread. Before I started casting, I thought 10 pounds seemed like a lot (lol) so I got the Lee Production Pot IV. I don't like it because the pot is almost impossible to access...

If the casefeed tubes are the same as the ones on their Loadmaster press, I can say from experimenting that it will be much faster than feeding them one at a time by hand. It is surprisingly quick to...

Couldn't agree more with Cat. I thought the same thing when I read the announcement mentioning John Lee's patent for the new press. I think they are going to sell the daylights out of this when...