Bubba at it again............

[Ben]

I saw this on " Evil Bay ", looks like old Bubba has been at it again.......
I guess Bubba couldn't afford a set of Lyman mold handles ? ?

 

[KHornet]

Also saw that one on ebay, and was tempted to bid on it as a novelty. Nah!!!!

 

[Brad]

Hey, it comes with a secondary sprue cutter!

 

[Ben]

Don't underestimate old Bubba ! !

 

[RicinYakima]

Wanted to use it today? No place to buy mould handles in 100 miles? (very common out here in the west!) Pre-internet or telephone everywhere days that meant mail-order and three weeks for delivery. Poor ol' Bubba, always getting beaten.

 

[Brad]

Necessity is the Mother of invention?

At least he didn't weld them to the mould.

 

[fiver]

to get a set of lyman handles I'd have to order them.
I might maybe could find a set of rcbs handles over in Pocatello 70 miles away.
pre-internet day's [wow] I'd have to mail off a check and wait at least 2 weeks hoping I ordered the right thing based off the description in the catalogue [if I had one]

back in the day.
I'd have done that in a heartbeat, but probably used a set of vise grips so they were adjustable.

 

[freebullet]

Why's yall'd makin fun of my mold? It make some durn nice slugs! Better'n dem lee handles wit the wood fallin off.

 

[Ian]

I'd say "Bubba" finds himself in good company. I didn't have internet before 2008, and sometimes needed handles right away for a new mould, or couldn't afford handles. This is my first set of commercial Lee handles, made from a couple pieces of truck leaf spring and a trashed 2C mould. The Chinese pliers were re-ground to fit my first Lyman single-cavity and drilled/reamed for a correct hinge bolt. I'm very glad to have the internet and a few extra dollars these days so I can buy "proper" equipment, but in a pinch, I still do what I have to.

A note: Steel handles get HOT!!!

 

[KHornet]

Necessity is the-------------fill in the blanks!

 

[Rick]

At least the Bubba is a fair welder and in a jam to get casting it probably worked ok. I gotta say Bubba's solution is far brighter than this one.

Can you top this?
.

 

[Brad]

A real man doesn't wear the gloves! A real stupid man.

 

[KHornet]

Yep, remember reading that one! Got to give the guy credit for fortitude, but for
sure not for common sense or moxie!

 

[Pistolero]

Yes, now I remember reading about that "method". Yikes!

My first mold was a Lee single cavity, so it came on handles, so I had no possibility to make
this particular mistake.

I was thinking the same as someone else - Bubba is a pretty fair welder.

Bill

 

[freebullet]

Look Ma- no handles, lol. Whoooooah buddy!!!!

I wear welding gloves while casting but, I use genuine mold handles on the molds.
The gloves make it nice to bump the mold bottom when closing them. Helps alignment especially, on lee blocks.

 

[KHornet]

Agree with you Bruce on the alignment of lee blocks.
Paul

 

[troj]

At least the Bubba is a fair welder and in a jam to get casting it probably worked ok. I gotta say Bubba's solution is far brighter than this one.

Can you top this?
.

C'mon, if he was a real man he'd use a metal straw to suck the lead out of the pot, swish it around like mouthwash to get rid of bubbles, then use the straw to blow it back into the mold.

-Kevin (who cringes at the idea of a mould without handles)