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Do it all the time, an old Coleman with pump gas 10 lbs lead, takes about 20 min to mid 600 deg F.

Some people just smelt them and stand upwind of the smoke, I prefer to soak them in gasoline for an hour or so, takes the sticky stuff off!

On the Frame and Wire jig, has anyone tried putting plane washers 3/16 or 1/4 id (caliber dependent) between each boolit to keep the wires from spreading and dropping boolits?

Hi sparkeyu, welcome to the jungle!:veryconfu Check page 11 post 209, works, but a little time consuming, fresh ideas are always welcome, and sooner or later someone will figure this out.

[QUOTE=ryokox3;2154483]The wire is thin, but it holds just fine. I got it a long time ago at Radio shack, but I'm sure you can find it in many places. It is called magnet wire, though as I recall it...

Checked out the Teflo product at Allpowders, according to their info it contains teflon, as far as teflon gasing at high temps, it melts at 620 deg F. dangerous gasing at 482 deg F. and dangerous to...

Went by HarborFreight today, feeling the itch for powder coated boolits and the PC gun is on sale $50.99 with two jars of powder the total has $60.97+ tax. Looks like I'll be coating boolits this...

exyankeeworkshop, have you tried a release agent on the wire to keep the PC from adhering, was wondering if it would help or if it would migrate under the powder during heating and cause adhesion...

Single strand of a fine copper wire soldered to the base of the boolit wire dia. .005 in. A little time consuming, next casting session going to try a wire in the mold out the nose of the boolit,...

Any try this method yet, 1/16 welding wire, plan to PC in a masking shroud to keep over spray off wire

Jim glad to see you posting again, interesting stuff, sorry it has to be in defence of your experimenting. I did a little math using .5 gr. powder 100% combustion, no loss of heat, boolit still...

Good point, I didn't know that soft silver solder had gone that high!!

From what I've gathered so far, silver not a problem, expect improved flow out in mold and so far hardness of boolits has been in the range calculated for alloy.

Thanks for that site info lwknight, I already found Excell and loaded it on my desktop but I will try Open Office on the laptop I use as my backup!!
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Looking forword to trying a little tin in the alloy, (just aquired some) though I found the reject level low the casting process has been EXTREAMLY temp sensitive, alloy and mold!!!
Thanks for the...

Lee W, a bit of a read, most nonrelivent, but a couple of good points, Cu to be avoided and %Ag should be at or below 1% although a bit above might result in a fragmentary Boolit!

sthwestvictoria the tankard lower right kind of shiny in the pic does it have a glass bottom? Looks like the one I just melted down, 12 oz in ingot.

Thanks bumpo628, now I need to find a free copy of Excell, so off to downloads!!

Clipon wheel weights YES!! Even without 2% tin, air cooled, water dropped, heat treated, covers about all ones needs, I am not an expert by any means, but from what I have read this seems to be a...

Mike I hope it ends up in the Calculator, silver has some interesting properties, not exactily sure how they will work out in boolits, some experimenting is in order!! The alloy I have is Welco#5 its...

From the pages of a Welco catalog cerca 1977

Thanks 41mag, I have about 10# stripped from stainless refridgerated serving tables, ya know, salad bars, and some still in rolls just hanging around, guess I found a use for it!
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Unless you run into great deals and free buckets of wheel weights I would say yes! check out the Vender section, most lead is going for $1.00 plus a pound.

Groove depth can be measured with a vernier caliper, measure between the groove and the outside of the barrel and the bore and the outside of the barrel, the differance is the groove depth, times 2...

If you look around you can find deephole sets, allows you to get 6 to 8 in. down a bore.