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Thread: Magma Master Caster automated using a Raspberry Pi and EP-0099 Relay board.

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    Update: I now have the touchscreen installed and running on the control panel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thump_rrr View Post
    Update: I now have the touchscreen installed and running on the control panel.
    That's awesome, you can check the forum while casting

    That's a decent size touch screen too, what adjustments are you hoping to control with it, and setup pre-sets?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tazza View Post
    That's awesome, you can check the forum while casting

    That's a decent size touch screen too, what adjustments are you hoping to control with it, and setup pre-sets?
    I will be able to adjust the timing of the pour, dwell time before ejecting and mold cool down time.

    I will simply make a separate program for each bullet mold with the necessary changes.

    The 7” touchscreen was $84 shipped here in Canada on Amazon.

    I could have waited 6 weeks for one from China for $51.00

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    Some times it's just more convenient to buy it locally, even though it will no doubt have come from China, you pay for the speedier delivery. If i have plenty of time, i just let it come from china, if i want it fast, i get it locally if there is a big price difference.

    Can you add a feature so you can fine tune on the fly too? so have different basic times set in the profiles, but make it so you can adjust them as you go, i know as my pot level changes, i need slightly different pour times.

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    This looks like an awesome setup and I am very intrigued. What happens when a bullet gets stuck in the mould?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Kehr View Post
    This looks like an awesome setup and I am very intrigued. What happens when a bullet gets stuck in the mould?
    Sorry, i was an idiot and replied to this post on my phone, thinking it was a different thread, ignore my previous reply.

    On mine, if something gets stuck, it will try and clear the jam 5 times and stop if it doesn't succeed.
    Last edited by Tazza; 05-16-2021 at 05:37 AM.

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    Thanks Tazza.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check