RCBS Easy Melt
- Thread starter Winelover
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It's all John's fault . . . Look what he got started here.
Brother_Love
Well-Known Member
The first few years that I cast bullets I did so on a Coleman camp stove with a cast iron skillet and Lee ladle. It was all I could afford at the time. Those bullets were fun to cast and shoot. This almost makes me want to get one of these and try it again. I already have a Rowell #1 ladle.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Little hard to do when there is no ON/OFF switch.
This feature, or lack of there of, is also shared by the Lyman Mag 25. 
Must be a Chinese thing.
Little hard to do when there is no ON/OFF switch.
I can see where that would make it more difficult.
That is weird. My pellet smoker is designed that way. Tune it off and the fan blows until a certain temp is reached. Can't imagine it is difficult to build that way. Probably an oversight by someone who didn't ask the right people the right questions.
Damn engineers.....
Damn engineers.....
What is an engineer? A scientist with an eye on the company's pocketbook.
I view them as an accountant with a protractor is his shirt pocket.
Make it cheap as possible as long as it meets the minimum specs. And those specs don't always need to be real world. And certainly never ask for input from the end user.
I view them as an accountant with a protractor is his shirt pocket.
Make it cheap as possible as long as it meets the minimum specs. And those specs don't always need to be real world. And certainly never ask for input from the end user.
RBHarter
West Central AR
The trouble with engineers and draftsmen started circa 1946 in aviation . In 1945 if there was a place that had a hole to reach up into with both hands a box end wrench , torque wrench , pair of dykes , a nut bolt and 3 assemblies to attach there was a centered vision sight hole that actually let you see what needed to be seen . Like the end of the bolt and nut for the cotter key in the tail wheel strut of a North American AT-6-D . In 47' they had stuff with stuff boxed in so tight it takes 3 ground , bent , twisted starter wrenches to reach and you have to work on the left side from the right side . Just to keep things interesting and ensure it becomes a blood sport the design has the close tolerance steel lock nuts inside an over hang . You can see the nuts , you can put your finger on them , but you can't see or touch them after you get the wrench on them . See Beechctraft V-35 starter , generator or mags and Cherokee vacuum pumps aren't any better .
I figure what happened was an engineer came home and caught his Rosie with a mechanic that was good with his hands and it's been on every since .
It's always the same . $5 problem with a dime solution to save a $200 component that could have been cured in prototype and production for a nickle but it has to be done manually instead of automatically because of one shady lady 70 yr ago .
I figure what happened was an engineer came home and caught his Rosie with a mechanic that was good with his hands and it's been on every since .
It's always the same . $5 problem with a dime solution to save a $200 component that could have been cured in prototype and production for a nickle but it has to be done manually instead of automatically because of one shady lady 70 yr ago .
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
I'm an engineer who taught BS and MS classes for engineers for 24 years. IMHO the biggest problem with modern engineers is lack of practical experience. It is a recognized problem with a lot of people working on various solutions. Yes, engineers have to keep economics in mind when designing artifacts and processes but it is hard to even get that far if you have no practical experience.
If you've spent some time taking things apart and fixing them and putting them back together when you become an engineer you don't make things impossible to disassemble/reassemble. When you spend eight years in a machine shop running a variety of machines you soon learn which machines are ergonomically designed and easy to use and which are a pain in some body part to run. When you spend eight years as a machinist you learn to make parts that are easy to manufacture.
Remember that folks like Browning not only designed the guns but the tools and fixtures to build them.
If you've spent some time taking things apart and fixing them and putting them back together when you become an engineer you don't make things impossible to disassemble/reassemble. When you spend eight years in a machine shop running a variety of machines you soon learn which machines are ergonomically designed and easy to use and which are a pain in some body part to run. When you spend eight years as a machinist you learn to make parts that are easy to manufacture.
Remember that folks like Browning not only designed the guns but the tools and fixtures to build them.
Book smart real world dumb?
Those people exist in all fields. I know of pharmacists who work in sheltered little worlds who wouldn't be able to do my job if they had to. Lots of theory, not much hands on. Theory doesn't always equate to reality.
Those people exist in all fields. I know of pharmacists who work in sheltered little worlds who wouldn't be able to do my job if they had to. Lots of theory, not much hands on. Theory doesn't always equate to reality.
The new electric range ovens are designed that way too. The fan runs until it cools down after your baking. Another one are the fans on new cars run after you park the car and turn the engine off.
Martini 38-55
New Member
Just checked, Optics Planet has the RCBS Easly Melt for $119.79 with free shipping as of today.
David
Iowa
David
Iowa
Ian
Notorious member
A toggle switch wired into the heating element circuit, preferably on the relay control side, should cure the problem. Just remember to un-plug the thing after it cools down. As soon as the Lee pro 4 progressive thingy gets in stock at Midway I'm buying one and an easy-melt to go with it. I need another pot anyway.