mmorris
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-I figured out how to attach a zip of the excel file-
View attachment CastingCostCalcMM.zip
While waiting for my (backordered) equipment to arrive, I’ve been getting into trouble reading about casting lead bullets.
Haven’t even adjusted my first die and I’m off on Phase II equipment purchase. Can’t somebody send me some pills or something?
Molten metal, precise procedures, explosions of lead when you drip sweat into the melting pot (I sweat like a fire hose). How can I resist?
Not that I entertain ANY idea that I can save money by spending hands-full of it on things I can live without, but I did have to run the numbers in case swmbo got nosey about the details. I looked a little, but I didn’t find any casting calculators. I did find some very nice reloading cost calculators, but I wanted to know if “one-dollar lead” was too expensive to justify casting. So, I was just going to work up a three or four cell spreadsheet, but retirement makes you do funny things. It’s not great by any stretch of the imagination, but it tells me that it’s not too late to start.
So, if anyone is interested in a bullet casting cost calculator in excel, I’m glad to share it.
Mike
View attachment CastingCostCalcMM.zip
While waiting for my (backordered) equipment to arrive, I’ve been getting into trouble reading about casting lead bullets.
Haven’t even adjusted my first die and I’m off on Phase II equipment purchase. Can’t somebody send me some pills or something?
Molten metal, precise procedures, explosions of lead when you drip sweat into the melting pot (I sweat like a fire hose). How can I resist?
Not that I entertain ANY idea that I can save money by spending hands-full of it on things I can live without, but I did have to run the numbers in case swmbo got nosey about the details. I looked a little, but I didn’t find any casting calculators. I did find some very nice reloading cost calculators, but I wanted to know if “one-dollar lead” was too expensive to justify casting. So, I was just going to work up a three or four cell spreadsheet, but retirement makes you do funny things. It’s not great by any stretch of the imagination, but it tells me that it’s not too late to start.
So, if anyone is interested in a bullet casting cost calculator in excel, I’m glad to share it.
Mike
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