Time to make the donuts....

[Mulligan]

Another question,
What sort of jar/container are you using to lube?
Have you modified it in any way to keep the jackets from just sliding so they tumble a bit?

CW

 

[jimmymac]

Now that is funny!!!

CW

Now they are multiplying! One is even protecting the BT point up punch. Hopefully it doesn’t turn into a case of too many hands in the pot of soup.

 

[jimmymac]

Another question,
What sort of jar/container are you using to lube?
Have you modified it in any way to keep the jackets from just sliding so they tumble a bit?

CW

Here is mine. Silicone beads that run the length of the jar.

 

[David Conder]

I just rotate the jar around an tilt the jar front to back my two cents worth

 

[Tim Singleton]

I know some bullet makers do not relube between core-seat and point-up and others do.
I am very interested in the why?
Please let me know what you do and why?

CW

If you don't have to, then there is no need to re-lube
Some jackets just won't point up without re-lubing
Some re lube just because that is what they were taught.

Is just my 2 cents

 

[jackieschmidt]

If you don't have to, then there is no need to re-lube
Some jackets just won't point up without re-lubing
Some re lube just because that is what they were taught.

Is just my 2 cents

I only use .5 grain of lube per 600 jackets for core seat, tumbling them for 30 minutes.

When I relube for point up, I use 4.5 grains of lube, (pure lanolin), for the same 600 bullets, doing the same 30 minutes.

I have refined this over a period of time and this makes the bullet I want.

I do clean the lube jar after every procedure so I keep the same formula every time.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Here is mine. Silicone beads that run the length of the jar.

This,^^^^^^^^

 

[Mulligan]

I only use .5 grain of lube per 600 jackets for core seat, tumbling them for 30 minutes.

When I relube for point up, I use 4.5 grains of lube, (pure lanolin), for the same 600 bullets, doing the same 30 minutes.

I have refined this over a period of time and this makes the bullet I want.

I do clean the lube jar after every procedure so I keep the same formula every time.

What container do use Jackie?
CW

 

[AlNyhus]

I core seat in steel dies. One die is for pointing in one of the two steel point dies. The other is when I point in the Robinett carbide die. Lube amounts differ dramatically between the two. Either way, I like to relube prior to pointing. For jars, I use big pickle jars.

I did discover a crack in one of the jars. No telling how many had been tumbled in it since '04.

 

[Mulligan]

I core seat in steel dies. One die is for pointing in one of the two steel point dies. The other is when I point in the Robinett carbide die. Lube amounts differ dramatically between the two. Either way, I like to relube prior to pointing. For jars, I use big pickle jars.

I did discover a crack in one of the jars. No telling how many had been tumbled in it since '04.

Thanks Al,
Is that jar inserted in a thumblers tumbler or something similar? What keeps the jackets from just slipping around...... or does it even matter????

 

[brcman]

I had always assumed that those who use a small amount of lube for core seat and the retumble with additional lube for point up were doing this to help prevent the core seated jacket from sticking on the core seat punch during core seat? Any doing it for this reason?

 

[AlNyhus]

Thanks Al,
Is that jar inserted in a thumblers tumbler or something similar? What keeps the jackets from just slipping around...... or does it even matter????

It goes into a rotational tumbler designed for wet tumbling...it has a screw on lid. Foam padding around the sides is overlapped so the jar is off center and always moving as the drum goes around. There's padding at the bottom so the tumbler lid tightens securly against the lid of the jar and holds the jar tightly.

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[jackieschmidt]

What container do use Jackie?
CW

It’s a big jar either three strips of RTV turned by a little gear motor.
I do wrap a layer of Duct Tape around the lid to lock it.