Home made .45 roundball mold for a muzzle loader

[@pinocolada4254]

This video is up 8 years now and i've seen it plenty of times. Lots of negative comments since the time of the ammo shortage. All the keyboard warriors telling this cant be done without cnc.... Yes it can, even without digital readout on a manual mill. The ones telling him to just buy a mold and this takes to much time. The creator is not from the USA, probably could not find a mold or a reasonably priced one. It doesnt take to long to DIY if thats the way to obtain it. Just remember not that long ago everything was made on manual equipment. In the 1800 they made functional revolvers with crude manual equipment. These days most guys from western countries couldnt even make a basic gun themselves without it showing Bubba engineered from a mile away...

[@mikep3969]

Sweet, I need to place an order for a .490 ball mold. These prices online are yeouch!

[@emilalmberg1096]

Nice idea but are we missing some parts? What materials?

[@CUBETechie]

And where is the second part where you mount it together?

[@eagleviewhd]

So I guess the hole is slightly larger than the finished ball size, due ti shrinkage?

[@markadolphus5094]

Yes ok, thats how its done ...some how to do info would be nice please sir

[@ahmadfaosan9549]

Mantap jiwa ,kreatif nya mantap,berapa klo pesen bang ,👍👍👍

[@The411]

nice video, I never thought to use a washer! Looks like you lined up the washer and brass shank by eye for soldering? How critical is exact centre so you dont cut a wider hole? does the brass bend a little and the washer self center?

[@Flachzange1337]

+lostsignalreception Hi, if the brass rod is long enough (length 10x the diameter) then the rod is flexible enough to compensate the offcentered alignment.

[@DoNotPushHere]

How did you align the axis of rotation with the center of the washer?

[@joesinakandid528]

Inexactly, by eye?

[@DoNotPushHere]

@@joesinakandid528 yeah, I guess so, but I was expecting some fancy way for my OCD to stay calm hahahaha

[@justjoe5373]

You only have to get it close enough. If the rod itself is 10 times longer than the bullet diameter the flexibility will make it center itself with that little imprecision

[@josiellisboa3061]

how much do you charge to make a shape like this

[@HalfLife2Beta]

by the way, how do you know by how much depth you drill with the improvised brass rod cutter?

[@Flachzange1337]

The improvised cutter will only cut to the bottom of the pilot hole and stops then. The depth of the pilot hole was measured by a digital readout on the quill of my mill.

[@HalfLife2Beta]

and you made it so that the depth was equal to the radius of the roundball I suppose. Thanks for the heads up. :)

[@Killemall64]

How much would you charge for a .457 mold

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

2:25 was that Pepsi Cola or Cocoa Cola?

[@TiagoSilva-bo7hm]

Vôce faz envio para o Brasil

[@nakoawarrior3186]

I'd consider it click bate there's no factual commentary. You can't just drill random hole's,....this would require precision digital gauges as per hole and pin placement and depth for it to work. It can be done on just a end mill but you would need to lay the part out by hand and precisely drill where you need to frill to the proper depth. And in the end you need to achieve the right diameter.

[@justjoe5373]

I'd recommend drilling the holes, filling them with already made balls (store bought ones will work or just borrow them from somebody else), putting the halves together with the balls in, THEN drilling the alignment holes and putting in the pins

[@ramisahlisakeluargamantap9725]

Bagai mna cara order cetakan peluru senapang angin

[@CUBETechie]

kann ich sowas mit 6- 9 mm machen ? 6 mm wäre für den Anfang nicht schlecht.

[@HalfLife2Beta]

Hello, so it is possible to make a mold with only a drill press if we use special bits? thanks you in advance

[@Flachzange1337]

Hi, it may be possible if can lay out the positions of the holes accuratly enough. However it will not be perfect. I am editing a video on how to make uneven shaped round balls perfectly round.

[@HalfLife2Beta]

Thanks, waiting for your video. I actually browsed the videos on youtube and found some guy who did it (buckshot mold with a drill press). :)

[@shanek6582]

How did you sharpen the washer? It looked like it was sharpened somehow after you solderd it

[@Flachzange1337]

It was not sharpened after the soldering.

[@shanek6582]

Thanks!

[@greatspartan6ap549]

can u also make 44 caliber mold for the round ball

[@justjoe5373]

This is for the .44cal. You cast balls .45cal so they're bigger than the chambers of the gun so that when you ram them in they create a tight seal and get stuck in there so the powder can build up the pressure to shoot. The .44cal balls that you buy are also .45 and the extra gets shaved off when you ram them

[@randybird9979]

my washers must have come from china they burned out in no time, and yes I used cutting fluid

[@AlexFuin]

Berapa harga mas

[@jackson4861]

Or just buy one for a few bucks, and spend all that machine time shooting. Rock on bro.

[@eodsam]

good luck finding one period

[@MinhNguyen-ox6lb]

how moner

[@growfoodathome3182]

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[@joesinakandid528]

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[@bunkstagner298]

swell if you have a machine shop

[@muslihkodir8058]

4.5mm price, to pcp air refile?

[@ediporwanto7349]

mintak nmer w.a ms

[@catman4644]

This whole thing is absurd! You drill "alignment" holes independently of each other???? Lol, that would take some incredibly accurate machining that would be all but unachievable on a manual mill and would require a CNC setup of extremely high quality. I have been a machinist for many years and the number of things wrong here is almost comical, I am calling BS on this whole thing! Those independently drilled "alignment" holes is about the dumbest thing of all the ridiculous procedures shown here!

[@justjoe5373]

Yeah. Drill the holes, fill them with already made balls, put the halves together, and then drill the pinholes

[@P4NC4_hakim546]

Indonesia,like to chanel

[@MinhNguyen-ox6lb]

i can you

[@inesioantoniomarinhocorrea1211]

LIE. Use tin to weld drill bit to drill steel ?? Does not work has no resistance lie

[@MinhNguyen-ox6lb]

viet nam