Bliksem
Active Member
There are many solutions to this problem and this is what I ended up with. One of the issues I constantly face is the high humidity almost year round so ESPC is my preferred method. My preferred PC is a polyester clear as I find it has good flow when baking which smooths out imperfect covering and helps maintain bullet symmetry.
The plastic parts were designed using Fusion360 and the STL's were then printed using PLA. This is but an example of the utility of hobby grade 3d printers. The 2-part design protects the GC shank from being coated and also keeps the bullets aligned when coating.
The bullets are placed nose first into the pockets of the lid and then the grid floor is placed over the combination. This is then rotated and placed on the aluminum plate and the lid removed. The PC is then sprayed on. The lid is then replaced and the assembly is rotated and the floor plate removed. The excess powder is blown off by mouth and this is then placed on the oven shelf and the lid is carefully removed. I bake for 20 minutes from cold to ensure proper curing. Voila, 50 bullets done.
I use the same method for 30 caliber such as the 311041 and it works well. I suggest that if anyone wants to do this to do a few dry runs without coating to get a hang of it, especially the part where the lid is removed. This step I do with the oven shelf in the oven so as to prevent knocking the bullets over if moving the shelf.
The toaster ovens I use are quite small but 2 of them in rotation allows me to coat what I need.
The plastic parts were designed using Fusion360 and the STL's were then printed using PLA. This is but an example of the utility of hobby grade 3d printers. The 2-part design protects the GC shank from being coated and also keeps the bullets aligned when coating.
The bullets are placed nose first into the pockets of the lid and then the grid floor is placed over the combination. This is then rotated and placed on the aluminum plate and the lid removed. The PC is then sprayed on. The lid is then replaced and the assembly is rotated and the floor plate removed. The excess powder is blown off by mouth and this is then placed on the oven shelf and the lid is carefully removed. I bake for 20 minutes from cold to ensure proper curing. Voila, 50 bullets done.
I use the same method for 30 caliber such as the 311041 and it works well. I suggest that if anyone wants to do this to do a few dry runs without coating to get a hang of it, especially the part where the lid is removed. This step I do with the oven shelf in the oven so as to prevent knocking the bullets over if moving the shelf.
The toaster ovens I use are quite small but 2 of them in rotation allows me to coat what I need.
