Making Beeswax Scrubber Wads
Hi,I've been reading a lot on this forum, but not loading much, because it seems like it was kinda hard work to make the beeswax wads. Well, a friend of mine and I got together and made a simple, easy...
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OK, no laughing, but I am on this diet were I get to eat lots of cheeze. Well the good stuff is wrapped in red wax. I have been saving it because it is fun to play with. Any chance this is useful for...
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Blacksmith, I've been using that red stuff from Gouda cheese for 20 years. I melt it with bees wax and let the melted mixture spread out over hot water in an old can pan. When it cools you have an...
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Jake,Ingenious! You made it into The Archives. -Michael
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This cheese shroud, and the adaptation thereof, sounds remarkably like the "Soft Gas Check" product of some years ago, and I have heard that dentists have a very similar product used for some form of...
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Jake, try using a 1/4 " aluminum flat stock and drilling the holes in that. I tried using a piece of acrylic but it snapped in half on me. Luckily my buddy had a piece of aluminum which worked okay. I...
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Arniesaknussen,Aluminum sounds like a good idea. I'll look around for some.Jake
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Guys,How about a strip of masking tape for the backing? It will hold to the aluminium long enough for the wax to harden, and will stick well as long as you clean your mould good between charges... and...
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Hey Coyote, sounds good. Have have to give it a try. After all beeswax isn't molten lead. Even though I enjoy reloading, I enjoy shooting more. Less time reloading...more time shooting. But has anyone...
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I am the same way with the bullets. I hate to shoot them and our range will not let us dig them out of the backstop. I have been thinking of sneaking in one night with a backhoe and getting all my...
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I use a simple system to make the wads with a wad punch. I use a plastic ice-cream container and make 2 marks near the top at a distance of whatever I want the wad thickness to be. I fill the...
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Being a dentist I use dental wax which is mainly bees wax and comes in handy 2mm sheets. I just thumb press into the cartridge case three layers. Works very well in my Martini and Mauser.
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Just a quick addition to this thread ( I missed reading this one 'til now). I use thin sheets of pure beeswax, about 1/16" thick that I get from a candle supply online. I just thumb what I need for a...
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I have used Bee comb foundation that I get from Dadant Beekeeping supplies, www.dadant.com/catalog/ in my 40/90 Ballard. Haven't tried it yet in the Martini.F38010 10 SH. MEDIUM BROOD 8" X 16 3/4"are...
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Dang,Wish I had known that you could buy beeswax in thin sheets like that!! I could have saved a lot of work Thanks,Jake
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I melt pure beeswax into a non-stick baking pan (had to buy my own as her in-doors put a guard on hers) very very lightly coated with olive oil. Let set on a flat surface and then lifted out the sheet...
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When making wax sheets, if you cannot get the pan perfectly level, you can get uniform thickness if you float the hot wax in a pan of water. If you let it cool slowly, it will crack less.Cheers from...
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