CB
posted this
11 August 2009
Seabee
One thing I learned is to do stand up casting. I have tried sitting on the ground, sitiing in a chair, but stand up casting always gave better control of casting. Have everything in front of you. I now cast beside my side garage door. This gives me plenty of ventilation and light. Light is a very important part of casting. I cast on a 5' workbench with masonite top. All my molds, handles, 36 drawer file that includes cast dies and punch tops, gas checks, caranuba sticks, parrafin, boxes and casting tools are on the back half of the bench and underneath. The front half is where I cast. Plenty of room for 3 pots if I want to usually 2 pots.
All my sizing is done with either a Lyman 45 or 450. The sizers are mounted on my jacketed bullet jacket making bench. All my lead bars, linno bars, and surplus lead are stored next to my casting bench. I have several buckets of ww behind my lathe.
Lots of stuff but it all works in my garage. This is just a part of my garage. My whole garage is set up as a bullet making and loading shop.
Stephen Perry
Angeles BR:fire