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Agreed, Blammer.

I wouldn't want to see the moderators use your tag line -- Sometimes you have to ignore the "good idea fairy" -- against you, though.

I have fire extinguishers at both the work bench and the casting bench.

More good news, sir.

Disassemble, thoroughly clean the threaded areas, JB Weld the two parts, let cure, reassemble.

"There is even a sticky covering it."

Been there for years, too.

I think its origins started in the Summer of '08, during the presidential campaign when Hillary and Obama were duking it out. The astute didn't need tea leaves or bones to know that a drastic change...

Char-Gar, many thanks for the information.

After a more thorough inspection, it makes more sense that the die is a taper crimp die, opposed to a seating die.

To answer your question: No, the...

I have one that is its twin, but without any kind of markings. It was in a box of used Hornady .45 ACP dies, and I figured that it was a home made seating die. Measured with an inside micrometer,...

I can understand their stances on not becoming involved with the selling and the transfer of monies on the sale of ATF required serial numbered items, or others that may be illegal in certain states...

Instead of whacking the sprue cutter, use your gloved hand (thumb). You mould will thank you. (Forget macho, be smart, wear gloves. Experience says that molten lead alloy burns go deep, hurt, and...

Other than the standard cleaning, I've found that my iron moulds -- Ideal, Lyman, and RCBS -- have never required all the end-user quality control measures and finessing that is typical of Lee...

I bought two in '05, the first one was priced at $99 and the second was $79.

Replace the O-rings.

That's it.

"Others deprime/size, prime, then tumble"

It may not matter, but why take the chance of media getting stuck in the flash hole?

If you deprime then tumble, make sure to clean the flash hole and...

Pictures three and four are of a Lyman sizing (H&I) die. Don't know about the others.

Welcome home and a snappy salute to your son and his unit.

The third edition's metallurgy chapter is much easier to read and comprehend. It, too, was written by a metallurgist but with verbiage and a style that doesn't require a doctorate degree to decipher...

Recently, a thumb took a very heavy whack to the point that the nail will be lost. The throbbing was intolerable till the pressure was relived with a small drill bit. Had to do it the next day, as...

You say the new RCBS seating die swaged the boolits from .3595" to .358". Is that something you want? Do you suppose that may have attributed to the "terrible" accuracy and the "light" leading? ...

Excellent plan.

Others may use different techniques, but this has given me the best consistency:
Adjust the top slide so that it is even with the edge of the middle slide, then adjust only the middle slide till it...

Yep. It's a Lyman 429, that may have been originally designed for their 358429, and possibly others. Anyway, I put it in a vise, filled the cavity with JB Weld, let it cure overnight, then filed...

I use one epoxy filled and filed flat top punch for all .35, .44, and .45 caliber wadcutter and semi-wadcutter designs, and another with a hot melt glue impression of a round nose profile that is...

I don't know if theperfessor's apprentice is making top punches, or not. If so, I recommend buying one each of .22 and .30 caliber and using either hot melt glue or an epoxy, like JB Weld, to...