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« on: October 24, 2009, 02:50:58 PM » |
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 lead furnace room, pot is fired up, 40 100lb buckets WW to feed it  separate zinc and valve cores from WW  Home made "Picker Upper" (back saver)  Lead dipper made from shop light sheilds  Casting Machine, bullets drop off this side, cast 2400-2900 per hour  Bullet Tumbler (also home made)  Auto sizer does 5000/hour  40k 38s ready to box  Bullet Inspection table  "Yellow Balls" (Guard Cat) |
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« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2009, 07:09:48 PM » |
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Glad to see the guard cat is well-armed...  |
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 01:18:00 PM » |
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Hello Kurt
Yup, thats yellow balls, in the picture he's making use of a bunch of empty bullet shelves. He sat on my lap most of the morning and helped me run 17,000 38 147RN through the sizer.
Got everything changed over to 40 180, now got to holler at a couple of fellows and tell them I got some 40s to ship.
Thats an old S&W -10 in the pic, I keep it full of rat shot, for the snakes,
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2009, 07:32:43 AM » |
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That is just waaay too cool Robert!!
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2009, 08:02:36 AM » |
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Very neet setup ! Wish I could get 40 100 lb ww that would last me the rest of my life  |
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2009, 07:00:43 PM » |
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Its getting rough fellows, just about every time I make a lead run I lose another pickup place. Also got a 5 gallon of steel weights out of that 4,000lbs plus several lbs of zinc. If I hadn't located that foundry over this side of dallas I wouldn't be able to keep enough lead to meet local demand. I'm mixing that lead (2-6-92) 50/50 with WW, That has bumped up the BHN a couple of numbers.
Got to point my blue mule in that direction Tuesday morning, got me a ton and a half waiting. The way it looks now, that will probably be the last run.
If you fellows do luck up on some WW, having a lead thermometer is a real good idea ! Don't let it get over 650 deg. Thats plenty hot enough to skim off the clips and trash and pour pigs. I hauled 1800 lbs to the scrap yard a while back that was zinc contaminated and got half what I paid for it !
WW prices had dropped in the past few months, but are back up now, running 50 to 60 bucks /5 gallon bucket,
I'll get a close up picture of some zinc WW to post on here when I can so you fellows will know what to look for, some of them look just like lead weights, just have to keep the temp down and dip them out with the clips. Robert
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2009, 11:45:54 PM » |
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I like the picker upper. Watch out for the handle and don't let it hairlip you.  Nice setup! |
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« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2009, 07:56:30 AM » |
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George
Yup, it sure did one time, right in the nose! But if I limit the buckets to 100 lbs the wire bales will stand that much, so far. I made a bucket "grabber" For the 150 lb buckets, I'll show it in the next group of pictures.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2009, 02:21:08 PM » |
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Sweet setup, lots fancier than my Lee pot and RCBS 2-cavity .45 270 SAA mold!
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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2010, 04:48:55 PM » |
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Does the bear do all the bullet inspecting? He looks like he's daydreaming! Wake up, Yogi!  |
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« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2010, 10:25:33 PM » |
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Glad you brought this up to be noticed PJ, I love shop pictures!! Casting, reloading, gunsmithing, cleaning stations, The junkier the better!! And you gotta have a few 4 legged compaions around!! .DT
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2010, 08:59:07 AM » |
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Is someone saying my shop is junky !!! Reckon it sure is, only way to keep a shop clean is clean it up and stay out of it! ha. Got a couple more pictures of the rest of it,when my computer buddy comes by, Got a 53 Chevy PU I'm restoring and also t-boned a fellow with my truck last week. Be putting it back together this week I hope. I'll probably be working on the 53 chevy till this time next year. Robert
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