http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__Aimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Lyman-furnace-element-source-1-995017.html 45-70bpcr 2004-09-15 06:28:52.0 Casting Equipment. My element in my Lyman Mould Master XX 20# furnace bit the dust. I had it apart to determine the element was bad and called Lyman to order a new one. I was told it was nota user serviceable part and I would need to return the unit for factory service. I asked for a estimate to replace the element to http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/directions-posted-1-990202.html Gussy 2004-10-09 17:16:10.0 Casting Equipment. For those of you with CabineTree testers, I have posted directions and the conversion chart on my web site www.castingstuff.com . In the great computer crash of early 2004 I lost the originals and had to resort to photo copies sent with testers. Well..... as usually happens, the copier started going http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/what-do-you-guys-use-to-clean-baked-on-carbon-out-of-your-melting-pots-1-982594.html Lloyd Smale 2004-09-27 18:24:32.0 Casting Equipment. Ive got a old rcbs pot that needs a cleaning bad and nothing seems to cut the carbon. Do i have to resort to sandblasting it. http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Kenjuudo-s-lead-refining-batching-and-ingotizing-setup-1-965758.html Buckshot2 2005-02-25 22:11:41.0 Casting Equipment. ...........I thought I was really cutting a fat hog. This is a PRODUCTION setup.The partsrequired, except the cast iron pot. The pointed valve stopper's end was turned in a lathe.Outlet spoutwith countersunk valve mouth and countersink.Pot alterations.Two holes drilled for the lifter handle pivit an http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Flow-Rate-from-Bottom-Pour-Furnaces-1-958156.html BruceB 2005-02-01 05:00:12.0 Casting Equipment. One critical factor which I take very seriously when "Doing the BruceB" [see the 'sticky' at the top of this Forum] is the level of the melt in the furnace. Yesterday I was working with a pair of new-to-me .30 moulds and due to a large-ish time lapse since my last casting session, the importan http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Another-Star-sizer-question-1-936540.html SGD 2005-02-24 16:51:30.0 Casting Equipment. How well does the star sizer work with 44 and 45 Keith bullets? I have the older Ballisticast and it does not fill out the lube groove very well and it also would leave lube on the front driving band. Does the Star have these problems? I use Javalina. http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/New-Lyman-4500-looks-grim-works-OK-1-935252.html fourarmed 2004-12-24 12:08:37.0 Casting Equipment. Last night I set out to install my new 4500 lubrisizer and my old 450 on opposite ends of a bench, so that the wife and I can experience some productive togetherness on long winter nights. (OK, so I'm a cockeyed optimist!) What I saw when I unpacked the thing made my blood run cold. the holes in http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Lead-pot-temperature-adjustment-1-916740.html waksupi 2005-03-05 14:01:30.0 Casting Equipment. I've been going through some old copies of Precision Shooter magazines, and found an article on adjusting the temperature of the pot. It showed the adjustment knob removed, and a small screw adjusted in the center of the inner shaft.My pot has a set screw holding the adjustment dial rather tenacious http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Gas-checks-are-a-PITA-1-914193.html imashooter2 2005-03-01 13:48:49.0 Casting Equipment. ...on a Lyman 45 lubrisizer. I started my casting career using a Lee push through for .30 caliber rifle bullets. Fast and easy, but the liquid alox always leaves the nose of the bullets sticky. Recently I branched into pistol bullets and I inherited Dad's old Lyman. I just cast up a fresh batch of C http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/what-to-use-for-a-pot-1-913350.html newfieboolit 2004-10-10 04:38:22.0 Casting Equipment. As a new Caster I am rying to gather all the required elements for starting. I fornd a good propane burner , molds and dies bit what I am currently trying to find is a pot to use for melting my WW . I have been looking for a med sized cast iron bake pot as recommended by a range buddy, however I can http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Rube-Goldberg-Pours-a-Slug-1-907810.html NVcurmudgeon 2004-11-22 23:28:25.0 Casting Equipment. I am very interested in the 7mm Mauser boolit being designed on the moulds board. I have a beautiful Chilean M 95 that could use a custom made boolit. Rather than a pound slug, I opted for doing it the easy way with Cerrosafe. Hah! (1) Remove rifle from stock.(2) Shove tight-fitting patchinto bore, http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/RAISING-LOWERING-A-HOT-FURNANCE-SAFELY-1-894005.html cobbmtmac 2004-11-19 22:28:47.0 Casting Equipment. I am a newcomer when it comes to Casting Boolits. Fortunately I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days with NVcurmudgeon, one while he was still in California, and the second time at his New Spread in Nevada. He is an excellent teacher, he gave me the confidence to try this venture on my own, http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/If-you-drill-out-the-spout-on-your-bottom-pour-be-conservative-1-893400.html Buckshot2 2004-11-12 01:35:50.0 Casting Equipment. ..........Relating to problems I recently had in getting good Minie' bullets, I figured out that the pot needed a real good cleaning as it wouldn't consistantly deliver a solid stream as it should. Once emptied and ready for cleaning I didn't really find the crud I expected, but rather a hard kind o http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/New-Ballisticast-Sizer-vs-Star-sizer-1-883701.html SGD 2005-03-15 18:23:05.0 Casting Equipment. Has anybody tried out the new ballisticast sizer?  It is supposed to have some upgrades to the design.  I have one of their older ones and it does not work real well.  I was thinking of selling it and buying either a new one (but don't want to make the same mistake twice) or a star.&n http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Felix-Lube-Ingredients-and-use-1-881063.html Bigscot 2004-10-09 17:24:32.0 Casting Equipment. I have been resding up on the Felix Lube and have some questions.Where can the lanolin be purchased? I have used lanolin base hand creams for Ed's Red cleaner. Will these work?Since I don't have a luberisizer, can it be used without one? (Like liquid Alox from Lee)Is the liquid Alox the only lube wh http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Saeco-handles-1-876862.html jsh 2005-01-16 19:29:36.0 Casting Equipment. I thought I had read some place around here that the Saeco blocks would work with the RCBS handles? I guess maybe I had that backwards? I would drill the RCBS out, but there just ain't enogh meat left on the inside of the jaws to suit me. Can a fellow drill a pair of the LEE handles and use them? http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/I-ended-up-ordering-an-RCBS-22-lb-pot-1-871763.html willbird 2005-03-08 19:41:16.0 Casting Equipment. Hemmed and Hawed, Magma didnt have the 40 in stock, 7-10 days.........after some hair pullinh I decided on a 22 lb rcbs unit from Midway, should have it monday, I now have an old Lyman mould master 10lb, I guess I'll use it for odd jobs hehe.Bill http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Bottom-pour-furnaces-1-867572.html dromia 2004-12-19 04:21:38.0 Casting Equipment. Hi, I've been casting for years, mainly for pistol untill they were banned by b*****d Blair here in the UK. I now cast for military rifle mainly .303", especially for my Metford barreled Long Lees, as well as 6.5 x 55, 6.5 x 54, 7.92 x 57, 7.62 x 54, 7.62 NATO and .310" Martini Cadet. I started of w http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Linotype-cost-1-863602.html jsh 2004-11-08 21:48:21.0 Casting Equipment. What is linotype running per pound on average around the country? I finally found some, .30-.40 per pound. I figure that even at that a 265 grain .375 bullet is still under .02 each. Thanks in advance, I am going to go get at least 50 pounds tommorrow regardless. Jeff http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/A-question-about-Mr-Williams-beeswax-1-838171.html Bigscot 2005-03-17 18:04:09.0 Casting Equipment. How is everyone who has purchased some of this wax moulding it and what techniques are used to get the wax removed from the mould. I received my order this weekend and have been filtering and moulding it but it is really sticking to what ever I pour it in. I am currently lubing what ever I pour it i http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/My-RCBS-pot-has-the-drip-drip-drip-drip-1-837944.html buck1 2005-01-29 16:31:07.0 Casting Equipment. I have a newly to me usedRCBS pot that when filled drips quite fast. there is no dross in the valve. I cleaned this pot twice even the valve well, stil drip,drip drip. If I push down on the handle it slows a bit but does not stop.Does any one have a good fix? will rcbs replace the spout? Thanks for http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Temp-Readings-In-Lee-Pro-4-1-834625.html Marcdavis 2005-03-25 18:19:29.0 Casting Equipment. Some of you veteran casters may be able to educate me about temp readings in my Lee production pot. I currently use an RCBS thermometer. When casting I keep the thermometer in the pot.The thermometer seems to work well when the alloy first melts (temp readings around 700-750) then, as I add ingots,t http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/PMC-Berdan-Primers-1-832277.html Crazy Mark 2004-11-23 19:44:51.0 Casting Equipment. Got home today from hunting and about 1 hour later Fed-Ex shows up with the .217 Berdan primers I ordered from Graf and Sons. Primed 5 different headstamped 7.62 NATO brass and they fit fine in all.  Happy Happy.    Mark http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Your-Favorite-Boolit-Lube-1-827617.html ThisPlaceSux 2004-12-23 21:32:26.0 Casting Equipment. I FINALLY got myself a Saeco Lubri-sizer and now need to pick a lube. I am wanting a lube that will withstand 2k fps as i plan on using some of my MM 305 grain bullets in my 405 Winchester. NOT HAVING ANY EXPERIENCE with these type of lubes, which would you recommend? I do not have a heater so i am http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Someone-might-be-interested-in-this-equipment-1-825457.html clerkofkirk 2004-10-07 16:34:46.0 Casting Equipment. I saw this on the accuratereloading.com classifieds....http://www.accuratereloading.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=809294&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=21&fpart=1 http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Hilts-lead-pot-1-823312.html shooter575 2004-08-29 21:22:04.0 Casting Equipment. Found a strange [to me] lead pot. Anyone have any info on it? Looks well built.Name plate saysHilts moulds, Henderson NV. The ultimate inferno. The thing is rated at 1750 watts. Besides making my electric meter spin.How hot will this thing get? My Lee 20 lb is only 700 watts. It would seem that the http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Chronograph-Do-I-need-1-821232.html moon222 2004-03-21 10:31:45.0 Casting Equipment. What should I buy or does one need one??  Thanks http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Better-n-Sliced-Bread-1-804305.html DOUBLEJK 2005-03-20 03:45:09.0 Casting Equipment. Fer Xmas my family got me one a them new fangled PACT digital powder dispensers.... #1 SoninLaw had seen em in my mags and from reloadin' fer his .44 RedHawk I gave him last year he knew I hated tricklin' powder n knew I had a PACT digital scale....Onliest thing was mine's one a the older ones that http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Belding-and-Mull-Powder-Measure-1-796792.html kcso912 2004-10-26 15:31:14.0 Casting Equipment. There was a post a while back about the Belding and Mull and I mentioned that Doc Carlson at Upper Missouri had one for sale.  He did, but I couldn't stand it and I have it now.  This give me an RCBS, a Lee, a Lyman 55, a Belding and Mull and a Uni Flo.  I find that each is good for s http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/SAECO-press-owners-dissed-1-779504.html Walltube 2004-12-29 22:18:08.0 Casting Equipment. My humble reply to sundog's SAECO press query put some things to mind about the press' owner\manufacturer that need, IMHO, to be addressed.There isno better place than here to seek opinion and commenton things of this stature.SAECO's owner, Redding, makes nose punches fitted to SAECO boolit noses fo http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Bench-Lighting-what-a-DEAL-1-775357.html BruceB 2004-11-19 23:13:22.0 Casting Equipment. I started a thread a couple days ago about inspecting bullets, and mentioned that I was thinking about buying one of those illuminated-magnifier set-ups to help my old peepers. So today, I was walking through our Walmart and found just about what I was talking about. This lamp takes a 60W regu http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/How-hard-should-Felix-be-1-762842.html willbird 2005-03-18 12:37:28.0 Casting Equipment. I cooked up a batch, the quantities in the recipe drive me nuts when it comes to the beeswax, I need to work it out to oz weight not 3x3x1 inches...sighanyway I made a double batch, and used 2T of stearic acid, and 2t of carny wax.....and 1 lb of beeswax...it is pretty hard, I re-melted it and added http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Hey-Buckshot-2-1-738147.html boredumby 2005-02-02 20:30:11.0 Casting Equipment. Hey buckshot, I remember seeing where you were cutting up some 7/8 X 14 all thread on another post.I was out searching for a 7/8 bolt to do some sperimentin and could find none in this lonely little town; until I dropped into Tractor Supply. Seems hitch or lift pins come in this size and it's probab http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Top-Punches-1-732964.html jsh 2004-09-20 21:31:04.0 Casting Equipment. I have a couple of LEE 30 cal molds, 90367 and a 90370. I have looked in sevearal books I have and some other sources with no luck for which top punch to use.Also the LEE 35-180 6 banger that was done a while back, what top punch will work on that one? Man that thing will sure drink the alloy. That http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Gussy-s-Hardness-Tester-1-732218.html MGySgt 2004-04-15 13:47:31.0 Casting Equipment. Well, I finally got some time to really play with the new hardness tester. First I checked it against my SAECO. The 2 came up the same according to the chart provided. Easy to use and repeatable.The one I have also can check for concentricty of a bullet and or a loaded round. Some of my sized bullet http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Questions-on-Star-lube-sizers-1-720082.html jsh 2005-01-04 18:27:55.0 Casting Equipment. I understand this is just a push through sizer. How does one go about seating gas checks on this? Is it a seperate step. Jeff http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Another-FWFL-question-1-700011.html ian potts 2005-02-01 20:55:09.0 Casting Equipment. I have been using a variant of FWFL ( hardened with extra beeswax and parrafin wax )for a while now. This lube requires a heater pad to flow ( I like the ease of handling the lubed bullets ) and works extremely well as a lube ..... no leading up to the 2200fps that I have tested it to so far. When s http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/LubriSizer-Equip-newbie-question-1-696794.html Krater_Hund 2005-03-20 05:15:41.0 Casting Equipment. I'm a pretty experienced reloader at about 80,000 rounds (probably 1/2 of that cast pistol bullets) and am just now considering purchasing a Lubricator-Sizer. Yep, I'm tired of getting Lee's Liquid Alox all over me and everything else in the room, not to mention having to clean out my seating dies e http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/GO-WAD-Lubricator-Sizer-1-695128.html Rossg 2005-02-25 10:05:52.0 Casting Equipment. Can anyone help me find out about my new GO-WAD lubricator-sizer?It is cast iron and bossed on the base castingGO-WAD, Mill Valley Calif, Pat Pending.I suspect that it dates from just after WWII. The setscrew retaining the sizing die is a socket screw, which was not common on pre-war tools.The tool, http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Antique-Reloading-Tools-address-change-1-688740.html floodgate1 2004-05-13 08:20:12.0 Casting Equipment. The ARTCA (Antique Reloading Tool Collectors Ass'n.) website address is changing from ....org to ....com as of May 24, but for now both addresses are active. Go towww.antiquereloadingtools.comfor some great info on early (generally over 50 years old),obscure and rare tools and moulds, good pictures http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH-LYMAN-4500-1-676681.html kernal_panic 2004-04-17 22:40:16.0 Casting Equipment. SO there i am lubing 358242s. everything is going great. then i notice no more preasure. so i crank it. still no pressure. crank it again. still no preasure. pull the top cap off. oh crap the preasure nut has bottomed out. i got to back it off. the preesure shaft is now cocked at an angle and the nu http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/MaGma-40-pounder-is-it-a-good-pot-1-669486.html willbird 2005-03-15 18:17:30.0 Casting Equipment. Just wondering if I should go the extra 80 bucks over a Lyman or an RCBS 20-22 lb model ??, can it be setup to fill TWO cavities at once ?? http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/429421HP-for-sale-on-ebay-1-665025.html AnthonyB 2005-02-06 22:00:47.0 Casting Equipment. $185 and counting.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=71118&item=7131428173&rd=1 http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Lyman-Gas-check-seater-1-663644.html stocker 2004-07-22 08:46:31.0 Casting Equipment. Gents: I've got an RCBS 45-300 mold that casts an undersized gas check shank. Running it through the lubamatic sizer doesn't provide enough crimp to hold the gas check on snugly unless I size the bullet smaller than I want. The check invariably remains stuck to the top of the sizer punch when the bu http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Burned-the-FWFL-1-663353.html borderman 2005-03-19 10:33:33.0 Casting Equipment. I got distracted while heating FWFL for some hand lubing.  It boiled for a few minutes on the stove - yes it smoked badly, smelled terrible and I am in trouble.  After it cooled (outside) it has now changed color to a very dark grey.  Is it still usable?  It is a quadruple b http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/sharing-tricks-and-tips-1-655728.html Bull Shop 2005-02-07 00:16:42.0 Casting Equipment. This is a sublect I have been thinking on for awhile. For the sake of advancing our art and to help along those with less experiance how about sharing a trick or tip that you consider uncomon or unique that has proven helpfull in the process of producing cast bullets. Doesent nead to be earth shakin http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Electric-Furnaces-1-642006.html HectorMedina 2004-04-19 18:03:18.0 Casting Equipment. Hiya Everyone!I am well past the "economy" casting phase and I really need to step up the production of airgun bullets. They are real tiny at 23 grains, so a 40 lb furnace makes little sense. A 20 lb furnace also makes little sense, but I am afraid the smaller units will be so "domestic" that they w http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Melters-1-637034.html 54JEFF 2004-05-31 11:37:57.0 Casting Equipment. Fellas, my old Leeproduction pot is on its last legs. I'm thinking about getting the larger pro pot or pro pot 4. Visiting Midway I read the reviews on the 2 pots. 2 stars for the pro pot. 4.5 for the pro4. What gives? They appear tobe the same pot, ones higher and has a cheesy mold guide. Anyone wi http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Lubersizer-problem-1-627270.html Rugerfan 2004-10-27 21:25:29.0 Casting Equipment. I have an old Lyman 45 lubersizer that is giving me a problem. I am using a .411 die to size .412 boolits (wheel weights). It is visually obvious that more metal is being taken off one side than the other (always towards the front). This also happens with a .410 die. I am using Hornady 416 gas check http://forum1.aimoo.com/Cast___Boolits__/category/Can-this-be-fixed-1-627153.html Rick4570 2005-03-11 16:45:00.0 Casting Equipment. A few years ago I picked up a very old Saeco 20 lb. bottom pour pot and an Ideallubri sizer for a song. Unfortuneately, I just noticed that the themostat control knob shaftis broken inside the housing. I'm at a loss as to how to repair it, as the shaft appears to be bakelite or something similar. An