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[David Devuono]

Finally got around to putting a roof over the sawmill with wood I cut with the mill. First real Project with home sawn lumber.

 

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WAY COOL

Finally got around to putting a roof over the sawmill with wood I cut with the mill. First real Project with home sawn lumber.

 

[PhysAssist]

Finally got around to putting a roof over the sawmill with wood I cut with the mill. First real Project with home sawn lumber.

Looks great!

Nicely done.

 

[jwmorris]

This is not a gun forum but is DIY might give someone ideas.

 

[Jesse masterson]

A little to complex for this boy to try! Lol

 

[DaveOmak]

Do you cast your own bullets then size them.... At least tell us what you are doing....

 

[jwmorris]

Yes, I built this machine back in '05 to cast them.

 

[jwmorris]

And this machine to size them.

The new machine is just faster and does not require any air.

 

[DaveOmak]

JW, morning...... Holey Kow.... those machines are AWESOME.... I have poured my own 0.429 350 grain for my 44 Mag... takes forever... I use shotgun shot with antimony and tin... Make a pretty good projectile... I don't swag... tolerance within 0.0005 inches...

 

[downsizingnow48]

Those machines are amazing.

 

[jwmorris]

JW, morning...... Holey Kow.... those machines are AWESOME.... I have poured my own 0.429 350 grain for my 44 Mag... takes forever... I use shotgun shot with antimony and tin... Make a pretty good projectile... I don't swag... tolerance within 0.0005 inches...

If you can get a half a thousandth of an inch out of a mold, I would stick with it. Where do you get your lead?

 

[bmaverick]

If you can get a half a thousandth of an inch out of a mold, I would stick with it. Where do you get your lead?

Fishing weights are well known to use as shotgun slugs after melted down and formed. The lead is cheap enough.

 

[jaotguy]

still plenty of tire weights floating around too...

 

[PHPaul]

I didn't "make" this tool, but I adapted it to suit my needs.

I'm getting lazier as I get older. My knees and back won't let me work on the floor, and the same joints make lifting anything much over 50 pounds up onto the bench where I can work comfortably pretty difficult as well.

I do have a folding engine crane, but digging it out of it's hiding spot, setting it up, hoisting the project up onto the bench, taking the crane back down as it takes up so much space in my small shop, then repeating when I need to take the project back down is just more work than a lazy old far....uh..."fella" like me is willing to do most days.

So, I came up with a relatively inexpensive way to have a traveling electric hoist:

 

[dieselcrawler]

I made a wire brush holder the other day. I've been repairing a truck at work, and had a channel along the back of the cab at the bottom where the floor pan meets back wall. I had done some welding that peeled the paint and no way to get in there with my hands or standard wire brush. So I cut a 4" section of bristles, and screwed it to the holder/handle I made.




Here's how it fits in the spot it was made for... worked perfectly! No busted knuckles or skinned up fingers, made the job take less than 5 minutes.

 

[DaveOmak]

If you can get a half a thousandth of an inch out of a mold, I would stick with it. Where do you get your lead?

Several years ago, our shotgun club, re-claimed the shot from the field.. I bought 500#'s at $0.20/lb.... nobody wanted reclaimed shot in those days... Heck, I used it for dove hunting.. and trap shooting... I couldn't tell the difference.... now I use it to make my own slugs... The .429 originally used in Sabots in my 50 cal. muzzle loader... then I bought the 44..... I still have about 150#'s of the reclaimed stuff....

Check with gun clubs and see when they might mine or talk to the reclaimer... buy it directly off of the shooting range...

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

Dave, how do they reclaim the shot? Is there an easy method for collecting shells? There's a police range around the corner from me with casings lying everywhere

 

[k0ua]

Dave, how do they reclaim the shot? Is there an easy method for collecting shells? There's a police range around the corner from me with casings lying everywhere

Brass cases you bend over and pick them up. They are worth picking up. :laughing: Or you can use one of these.

 

[3930dave]

I made a wire brush holder the other day. I've been repairing a truck at work, and had a channel along the back of the cab at the bottom where the floor pan meets back wall. I had done some welding that peeled the paint and no way to get in there with my hands or standard wire brush. So I cut a 4" section of bristles, and screwed it to the holder/handle I made.




Here's how it fits in the spot it was made for... worked perfectly! No busted knuckles or skinned up fingers, made the job take less than 5 minutes.

Got 'er Done ! :thumbsup:

Change the angle a bit and you've got the World's Toughest BackScratcher !

Rgds, D.

 

[jwmorris]

For picking up brass, the bag a nut is very quick but if the ground is not completely flat it will leave a lot behind.

The nut wizard (sold by many other names) is slower but can pick up a little more in less than flat ground.

In true build it yourself fashion, I made this brass vac using a leaf blower/mulcher. The brass falls out onto the 5 gallon buckets and dirt/grass just runs through the blower and back to the ground.