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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2153 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Aug 9^th, 2018 at 11:38am	Print Post
	The subject article was published in the August edition of The Single Shot Exchange Magazine. For those of you that don’t subscribe to the magazine click on the link below. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Wayne

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Premod70 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 873 Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 16^th, 2016	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #1 - Aug 9^th, 2018 at 12:51pm	Print Post
	Nice article, I do have one slight objection to the R&J handles performance. The handles can be opened one handed by grasping the mold with other hand using a welding glove. Once the mold is grasped the locking handle can easily be poped open with a flick of the handle hand's fingers. Thinking about it now it may be a two handed operation but to me it is vast improvement over regular handles. I have a set of R&J's that are years old and just as good as the day I first used them. The split pin can be a slight problem from constant loosening until you figure out the pin is useless and can be throw away, something tells be it may be blacksmith humor.


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #2 - Aug 9^th, 2018 at 2:24pm	Print Post
	Great article. Thanks.

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beltfed Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1824 Location: Central Wi Joined: Dec 20^th, 2007	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #3 - Aug 9^th, 2018 at 3:20pm	Print Post
	Wayne, One observation on the locking handles: Would lead to less stress of grasping against the torque of the "off center" mold blocks if the wood handles were made distinctly oval in cross section. OR, a second,perhaps smaller dia. wood handle could be fit on the opening rod, so that the mold would "balance" rotationally with two handles like a conventional handles beltfed/arnie


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ledball Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1021 Location: syracuse, ohio Joined: Nov 20^th, 2009	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #4 - Aug 9^th, 2018 at 3:24pm	Print Post
	Locking handles is a solution to a non- existing problem. Ledball


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18036 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #5 - Aug 9^th, 2018 at 3:49pm	Print Post
	Yep! Never had an issue with regular handles on my molds, and a lot less hassle to open and close.

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George Babits Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1151 Joined: Sep 27^th, 2012	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #6 - Aug 9^th, 2018 at 5:03pm	Print Post
	I got one of Cabin Tree's locking handles quite a few years ago after 50 years of casting with "regular" handles. Just couldn't get the hang of the locking ones. And, the round wooden handle seemed harder to hang onto than the old fashioned ones. The Cabin tree handles just gather dust. George


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Premod70 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 873 Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 16^th, 2016	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #7 - Aug 9^th, 2018 at 5:37pm	Print Post
	The locking handles do adjust and can keep a constant tension on the block mold for a more consistent bullet form. It also, when adjusted properly, can prevent one from doing a pour with foreign particles on the mating surfaces on the mold by a change in the pressure on the locking handle. I won't trade my R&J's for any known handles on the market, just my ten cents.


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gus Participating Member Offline Posts: 19 Joined: Dec 6^th, 2011	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #8 - Aug 10^th, 2018 at 10:04am	Print Post
	The locking handle does solve an existing problem contrary to some opinions. Many new casters don't know how to properly maintain a consistent grip and this cures that. Older casters with hand or arm problems find these be a great help. Dan T found this out several years back before his untimely death . There's several thousand casters out there that do use them. Some only on "problem moulds". I have been using an STM aluminum on a large heavy mould. I usually run 3 moulds at the same time, only possible with a locking handle. I hate waiting for a mould to cool. Ups output by 100 percent compared to running a single large cavity single. Some my not need them, but there's a lot who do. Do what works for you.


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40_Rod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Extremism in the persuit of accuracy is not a vice Posts: 4285 Location: Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 20^th, 2004	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #9 - Aug 10^th, 2018 at 10:44am	Print Post
	I found my bullet consistency much improved since starting with the cabin tree handles. One quick tip I learned over the years. Take off that round handle and replace it with a short piece of a small hammer handle. It makes it a lot easier to cast. 40 Rod


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #10 - Aug 10^th, 2018 at 7:32pm	Print Post
	40_Rod wrote on Aug 10^th, 2018 at 10:44am: I found my bullet consistency much improved since starting with the cabin tree handles. One quick tip I learned over the years. Take off that round handle and replace it with a short piece of a small hammer handle. It makes it a lot easier to cast. 40 Rod AMEN! Being over 70 and having met Arthuritis, my locking handles make it possible for me to cast consistent bullets again.

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gus Participating Member Offline Posts: 19 Joined: Dec 6^th, 2011	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #11 - Aug 10^th, 2018 at 10:21pm	Print Post
	Try the aluminum handle. That pound lighter makes a real difference. Hit the round handle with a belt sander for flat sides


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Evaluation of Locking Handles for Casting Moulds Reply #12 - Aug 11^th, 2018 at 12:31am	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on Aug 10^th, 2018 at 7:32pm: 40_Rod wrote on Aug 10^th, 2018 at 10:44am: I found my bullet consistency much improved since starting with the cabin tree handles. One quick tip I learned over the years. Take off that round handle and replace it with a short piece of a small hammer handle. It makes it a lot easier to cast. 40 Rod AMEN! Being over 70 and having met Arthuritis, my locking handles make it possible for me to cast consistent bullets again. I'm not looking forward to that I guess when they are getting fins and the tolerance is greater than +/- .2, the jig is up, eh?

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