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Title: DIY Pellet Mold Idea
Post by: Back_Roads on November 19, 2023, 11:42:47 AM
 I just saw this idea referenced over in a BB gun discussion, thought I would follow up here, seems doable I will have to tinker with this concept, maybe a mini swage ??? .20 cal .177 ???
https://www.instructables.com/airgun-pellet-mold-from-cheap-pliers/
(https://content.instructables.com/FZM/6CVR/HX7P4XNO/FZM6CVRHX7P4XNO.jpg?auto=webp&frame=1&width=600&height=1024&fit=bounds&md=5e0bfffe13d0070e0f9492533bd29669)
Title: Re: DIY Pellet Mold Idea
Post by: ray1377 on November 21, 2023, 08:32:50 AM
James, where would a person find lead for this kind of pellet maker? I've heard of lead in coils??? This is crude, but if the shtf this would be better than nothing. I've thought many times about trying to design something like this on a bit larger scale by using a hydraulic jack. This gets my wheels turning :)
Ray
Title: Re: DIY Pellet Mold Idea
Post by: WobblyHand on November 23, 2023, 03:39:43 PM
Quote from: ray1377 on November 21, 2023, 08:32:50 AM
James, where would a person find lead for this kind of pellet maker? I've heard of lead in coils??? This is crude, but if the shtf this would be better than nothing. I've thought many times about trying to design something like this on a bit larger scale by using a hydraulic jack. This gets my wheels turning :)
Ray
If you want access to a hydraulic jack one could make a wire extruder.  Saw one online.  Guy made a large cylinder and piston, loaded it up with lead and squeezed out lead wire through an orifice , in other words, a die.  He used the wire, cut it to length and made a separate setup to form pellets.  Was a clever design as I recall.
Title: Re: DIY Pellet Mold Idea
Post by: avator on November 23, 2023, 04:49:22 PM
Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSeTtEx9Rw
Title: Re: DIY Pellet Mold Idea
Post by: WobblyHand on November 24, 2023, 12:33:30 PM
Cool idea.  Wish the guy didn't video it with the window behind it.  At times the video was very black because of it.  Later, he focused on the lower part, and you could actually see what was going on.  The cylinder was smaller diameter than what I have seen previously, which would make it less costly to fabricate.

At least for me, the hard part would be to make the cherry - the bit that cuts the mold block cavity.  Don't have experience making something like that.  Would be cool to try.
Title: Re: DIY Pellet Mold Idea
Post by: avator on November 24, 2023, 03:39:40 PM
A Harbor Freight arbor press would probably do the job.