Are You a Real Caster or Dabble at It ?

[gunarea]

Was a caster for about 40 years, averaging 2500 rounds a month, this is based upon primer receipts. Probably even higher as it often happened to gift or be coerced to sell a box(750 per) on occasion. Now a dabbler? My usage now is reduced to around 500 castings a month on average. Kinda gotta question the ranking.
Roy

[Three44s]

Dabbler here ....... ranching takes lots of time!

But Smelting around here is liable to get a lot more upscale soon ..........


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Three 44s

[lightman]

I guess I dabble. I have a dozen molds, most 2 and 4 cavity and a 20# pot. I cast a few hundred at a time and usually load them in lots of 500 or 1000. My smelting set up will handle 400# at a time. It takes me about an hour from the time I light the burner until the pot is empty.

[claude]

wrapping tape around a hole in the glove does not make it better.

That's just cheap........

Dabbler here., no warn out gloves yet. . .

[PerpetualStudent]

Just a beginner here, 1 mold (.360 roundball) and a couple hundred cast objects. I hope to do more next year. A bit cold for casting these days.

[runfiverun]

well when you have 8-9 brand new left hand gloves sitting there you start trying stuff..
I tried casting left handed, it probably looked like I was kung-fu fighting steven segal from the back.
turning the left hand gloves inside out kind of works.
it for sure works a lot better than the tape.

[claude]

Maybe if you tried casting in a mirror you could fool yourself into thinking you were casting right handed. . .

[Strtspdlx]

I have the same problem with gloves. I more or less just slide them further up on my hand until it becomes too difficult to use them. I have 3 brand new in the box left hand gloves.
Im a caster. I run u too the pots empty and it never is these days.

[dragon813gt]

I just throw the left hand glove away when I buy a new pair. I will wear both occasionally so I don't toss it right away. But there is no point in keeping around gloves that get no use.

[Rick R]

Amateur Dabbler here, I cast @ 1,000 boolits a year to feed my single shot, lever guns and revolvers. And I have a lightly used leather left hand glove free to good home.

[robg]

Been dabbling since 98 wear gloves ,thin leather gardening gloves because I'm a wimp.cast for 223/308/357. About a couple of thousand a year most for my 357 mag .

[OptimusPanda]

Some of actually have the other problem. A pile of right hand gloves...I get clumsy casting right handed.

[floydboy]

I'm a dabbler but I take it seriously.

Floyd

[LAH]

Some of actually have the other problem. A pile of right hand gloves...I get clumsy casting right handed.

I try to picture casting left handed, my hat is off to you southpaw guys.

[Hardcast416taylor]

I always thought the term `dabbler` referred to a duck on a shallow pond? Old age and medical problems has reduced me to a `Fair Weather Caster`, you know what I mean 65 degrees or a bit warmer when I do a 5 gal. pail or so at a time smelting then casting.Robert

[robg]

Hold molds in left hand is that right or lefty?

[RogerDat]

Dedicated dabbler. I wear both gloves. Why not? Ain't hurting anything to have both gloves on, they came as a pair, and besides I'm just too slow a learner to remember NOT to reach for the sprue that falls on the floor with the wrong hand. Face protection for sure.

I'm using a ladle, I used to use it over a 100 lb. pot on propane burner, now it's over a 20 lb. electric that I can use seated, and if I'm going to have my lap and hot lead in the same vicinity I will wear a leather apron, thank you very much. I find uses for a pair of thick leather gloves, and a pair of thin leather gloves. Thick is better for handling fresh ingots being dumped that is for sure.

[45workhorse]

Anybody need a new left hand glove???
This dabbler does not need it.

[Smoke4320]

Cotton balls then tape

[Smoke4320]

they do when they set the mallet down and just break the plate open.
I only wear one glove to cast with also, but it's just a cotton garden glove.
a tip:
wrapping tape around a hole in the glove does not make it better.

cotton balls then tape