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Copper Plating
unfy:
Westlake/Ace Hardware had some 6-32 wingnuts in quantity so picked up a box of'em and matching machine screws. $16 for 100 of both.
As far as the wingnut approach, it's looking spot on for 40S&W.
I have some concerns that the flat part of the wingnut at the 'vertex' of the U shape (if you will) ... that it might cause similar plating problems due to clearance issues (no plating will occur near that spot?). I'll go ahead and make a clippy thing and plate some lead tonight after work and see how it turns out.
Along these similar lines, I wonder if a V shaped thing (or even a more exaggerated U), with some possibly thin wire running between the mouth tips of the V would avoid this proximity problem.
Of course, then the question becomes how to construct this V thing. Using the stiffer gauge wire I've got would prolly work fine. Not entirely sure how to get it to stay perpendicular to the popsicle stick though. I'll fiddle with it while the bullet's plating tonight.
Edit:
Decided to not inflate post count... but...
plastic tongue depressors appear to be the way to go for a replacement for the wood popsicle stick.
http://www.dealmed.com/Tongue-Depressors-N-S-6-Box-500
And several other stuffs...
There's a few medical things in town, I'll check those. I'll prolly also eyeball walmart tonight on way home.
unfy:
Walmart, Walgreens = no luck on tongue depressors. Will try a few other places tomorrow.
Did some plating tonight with a single clip. Copper don't like the wingnuts very much.. flakes off heh.
Clothespin setup is soooo easy to work with so far, loving it. Need to dig up some plastic stick replacements as well as look into maybe an alternative to the wingnuts (but i do like them so far).
A completed clippy. The dark color of the metal is cause the copper didn't like sticking to it. The wire is run up to the secondary clippies grabby hole to make the conductive connection.
In the background you can see a bullet that was plated for 30min. The claustrophic parts can be clearly seen but they weren't that big.
A single bullet, plated for 30min using the pin (as seen in prev pic), then pushed through a Lee sizing die to .400. I tried to get one of the spots of the claustrophobic areas after being shoved through the sizing die. Some lead is visible. This is in two spots where sizing die scrunched it off.
Also, a kitty.
kozball:
Might try Kubat Pharmacy 558-8888. or Kohll's , Kohlls.com, or maybe a Vet supply store. TSC ??
unfy:
Looked around Kholl's near 52nd and L in Omaha, no luck (wood, but no plastic). Also tried Michael's on Cornhusker near walmart/petco in Bellevue. Lastly, tried CVS Pharmacy on Cornhusker / Galvin to no avail.
Kubat says they have a pharmacy thingie near 24th and L in Omaha, but I think that's just an in-emergicare-pharmacy or something. Didn't drive to the one down town. Will prolly give them a call on Friday / Saturday.
Kohll's website only lists wood, so that'll just be a no from them.
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TSC ? tractor supply ? :) hehehehehe
I'll prolly just order them online if I find what I want in the next day or so.
unfy:
Ya know, trying to hunt down this plastic stuff is irritating as all holy hell.
There are some that are listed as 'flexible', which makes me a bit worried.
And apparently some are used for facial stuff (ie: facial spatula).... a search for that turned up an appropriate image:
Oh so rage worthy atm heh.
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