Ken Campbell Iowa
posted this
25 August 2009
Hi, there is available commercially a material under the general term ” machineable ceramic “ We made some items from this stuff about 15 years a go, I think we machined it with normal carbide tipped cutters .... it comes in a ” green ” state, you machine it and then depending on the end use you can heat treat it in a gunsmith oven, maybe a small item on your kitchen stove (g) ... I do not remember the temps involved for heat treat just now ...
No doubt google will lead you to this material ... maybe even machining techniques.
For a bullet mold, one or two shots ... you probably would not have to heat treat it... the stuff is fragile, tho.
interesting project .... but why stop at silver, gold doesn't tarnish (g) ....
Heh heh, just can see going thru airport security with 3 or 4 silver bullets on a belt buckle, etc., .... ( or gold bullets ... gulp ) ... and have them confiscated by security bureacrats.
regards, ken campbell, deltawerkes ...... who once mindlessly walked into a federal office bldg with a handful of 6PPC empty cases in my sample briefcase .... t'aint funny to those guys ...