Minimum cost to start casting? - Page 2

Bret4207 · 11-07-2009, 06:46 AM

Here's a good pictorial by our own CFI.

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=271268

JIMinPHX · 11-07-2009, 06:39 PM

Brent, that didn't open for me.

It said something about needing to sign in.

bruce drake · 11-07-2009, 06:52 PM

I've never thankfully tried to tally up what I have invested in my casting gear, it might scare me as to how much I've invested over the last 12 years.

I started with a steel pot on the kitchen stove, a large tablespoon, a Lee .312 185gr mold, a LEE Sizing die with LLA and a 10lb sack of boolits from the backstop at my local range.

Bruce

XWrench3 · 11-08-2009, 06:01 AM

initial cost of getting started is a lot more expensive than i though it was. it seems every time i cast, for the first 5 - 10 times, i "needed" something else. when i first got into this (about a year ago), i thought in a year, i would be breaking even. now, i am hopeing to break even in 5 years. if you only shoot a couple of calibers, and you smelt in the same pot that you cast in (which can get ugly), and you scrimp and just getby, you can get by and probably break even in a year. but i am one of those, "if your going to do something, at least do it right" kind of guys. i am on a budget, so some things take president over others. i still want more stuff, like a lube / sizer. that, i THINK, will be my last major investment. one thing NOT to skimp on is a decent resperator for smelting. after who knows how many sore throats, and God only knows how much nasty stuff i put into my lungs, i got one, much, much, much better.

11-07-2009, 06:46 AM	#21
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11-07-2009, 06:39 PM	#22
JIMinPHX Boolit Master Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 2,547	Brent, that didn't open for me. It said something about needing to sign in. __________________ “an armed society is a polite society.” Robert A. Heinlein

11-07-2009, 06:52 PM	#23
bruce drake Boolit Master Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kennesaw, GA Posts: 1,228	I've never thankfully tried to tally up what I have invested in my casting gear, it might scare me as to how much I've invested over the last 12 years. I started with a steel pot on the kitchen stove, a large tablespoon, a Lee .312 185gr mold, a LEE Sizing die with LLA and a 10lb sack of boolits from the backstop at my local range. Bruce __________________ I Cast my Boolits, Therefore I am Happy.

11-08-2009, 06:01 AM	#24
XWrench3 Boolit Master Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 231	initial cost of getting started is a lot more expensive than i though it was. it seems every time i cast, for the first 5 - 10 times, i "needed" something else. when i first got into this (about a year ago), i thought in a year, i would be breaking even. now, i am hopeing to break even in 5 years. if you only shoot a couple of calibers, and you smelt in the same pot that you cast in (which can get ugly), and you scrimp and just getby, you can get by and probably break even in a year. but i am one of those, "if your going to do something, at least do it right" kind of guys. i am on a budget, so some things take president over others. i still want more stuff, like a lube / sizer. that, i THINK, will be my last major investment. one thing NOT to skimp on is a decent resperator for smelting. after who knows how many sore throats, and God only knows how much nasty stuff i put into my lungs, i got one, much, much, much better.