Hi everyone,
Yes, I did try to do a search here, honest I did, but I kept getting one of those internet error messages.
I could swear I had "tagged" a previous thread on this exact same topic a while back.
I am finally sizing and trying to lube boolits with my Star. I made my own lube. I have the heater base for the Star too.
Anywhoo, I guess I didn't quite get the timing correct as to when that little spring loaded plunger mechanism opens up, I guess, to squirt some lube in through die.
It's either that OR....
I plugged the wrong holes in Star sizing die. That danged thing came with about 12 holes in it, in three separate heights. I plugged all of them except for the highest or top three.
This is for a 9mm boolit, about 147 grain flat nose, yeah, and bevel base too, originally cast out of a Lyman 4 banger mould.
I did try to tinker with the height of the punch, screwing it in and screwing it out. I tinkered with the pressure, which I think I got it too high at one point as lube squished out around the boolit punch, and the temperature.
Oh which brings me to my other question: is the Star heater base supposed to come with a plastic control knob to control the temperature?
I finally found a screwdriver with a skinny enough blade to fit that narrow slot...Arrgghh...