I bought an old Star Sizer on ebay a year or so ago and its great. I mixed up some Felix Lube and have had pretty good luck not leading the barrel in my Ruger Blackhawk 45 Colt. I needed to soften my lube to run it thru the sizer, and being a skinflint I went to a local scrap dealer and bought a piece of 1 1/4" aluminum plate and mounted the sizer to it. I mouted the whole shooting match to a couple of pieces of 2" alumimun square tubing fastened to my bench. I have been heating it with an old iron I traded my wife out of (ok she wanted a better one, I bought it and took the old one). It gets too hot even set at low so I have to turn it off and on when my lube gets too soft and I start globbing it.
I have been trying to figure out how to control the temp. or at least mount a thermometer to the plate so I can know when its about to get too hot or too cool. Any suggestions on this? I have thought about drilling a hole and mounting a dial thermometer in it.
Is there anybody out there as cheap as I am. I know I could buy a heated base for it with a thermostat. But I have managed to set this thing up without spending any money to speak of and I hate to start a bad habit now.
Thanks,
Swamprat