Lee Loader

I'm missing a post but that box is a PohS. Got both parts plus a rolling stool at Walmart for < $50.

I have a real tool box at work.

I know what a flex plate is, I know what a half shaft is and I know what cat is but I don't know what a PohS is.

Piece oh sheet.

Hey, Gas, did you use the same PID controllers for both applications or did you need a different until for the lube heater?

Make smoke,

They are different. The (cheaper) one for the lube heater has a small relay built in that can handle the wattage (100 watts?) of the lube heater element. The lead PID uses a large external relay and heat sink for the 700 watt Lee element.

I have a build thread on both at Rossi Riflemen I can cut and paste when I get time.

I took the old unused since being put there Windows Vista PC off the casting bench and took it to a rural area where I shot it up with my own cast .45C loads from the Evil Roy and a sold off to a friend .223W AR build today. For the first time in two years I not only sorted and brought home wheel weights but I actually smelted them. Boy I hate doing that! I kept the SOWW away from the COWW.

I put the PIDs in a box under the bench. I rarely use the RCBS sizer/luber and the PID for the Lee pot makes casting harder for me. Your results may vary.

I have more coffee cans than ever. Most of them are full. I took the loaded OEM out of the filing cabinet for a better home then refilled the filing cabinet with other stuff. I have more stuff than anyone who rarely shoots should have but I'm keeping most of it for a rainy day 17 years from now.

I have more space.

Barely.

The space will be filled on its own soon I bet. I need a big tool box like my one at work.

Deleted User 1418 wrote:It's not an official reloading bench without re-purposed coffee containers. Well done.

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GasGuzzler wrote:I put the PIDs in a box under the bench. I rarely use the RCBS sizer/luber and the PID for the Lee pot makes casting harder for me. Your results may vary.

I hear you about the PIDs. Went through that 15 years ago and I just don't think it necessary. I do have a very simple PID on my Lyman 4500 that I bought from Harbor Freight. I use it simply to keep the 4500 at "idle" between lubing runs.

Don't worry about that space, it will be so full in 17 years that your retirement will be spent wondering how you are going to get rid of it!

Exactly. My LAM2 PID is very simple and puts the lube well at 105 degrees. Its temperature isn't critical. I machined an aluminum plate to hold a heating element and a temperature probe between the LAM base and the bench. The other PID I built out of a sever's internal power supply and it's very complex with a high amperage relay, heat sink, and internal fan. It does OK if you don't mind the 30 minute wait to start (it sneaks up on the temp setting) AND you don't mind it lagging behind again when you add new lead to the pot.

The LAM II PID is non-functional. It had a loose connection I don't remember where to put back. I have it in my truck in case I get slow at work (not likely).

I have a giant Titan order to make when I get more loose funds.

90269 (4)
90798
90443
T301
90668 (2)
T308

This order includes both the Titan Auto Drum knob wrench and the Titan die lock nut wrench, four turrets, two short rifle charge dies, one universal expanding die, and a 300BLK trim gauge.