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  1. According to the thread on SD Torchy now has a website… https://www.torchy.co.uk
  2. Best advice is to buy from a reputable supplier as there are loads of fakes (and horror stories) out there…. and don’t buy anything with ‘fire’ in the name! I used to use Torchy on eBay under his username big_f_d_d but see he’s no longer listing anything but there is another seller also in Glasgow selling them having done a search on ‘torchy’ So I now use Ecolux for batteries… posted this on the SD a couple of years ago but the discount code was still valid when I used it a couple of months ago.. “Ecolux trade under 3 websites, the one above and ecoluxbatteries.co.uk and ampsplus.co.uk- 10% discount code is AMPS+5. Worth looking at for genuine chargers too.... loads of fakes out there. “ You’re looking for ones at 5amps… the higher 20amp cells are designed for vaping. Fogstar are another company with a good reputation although I’ve not used them. Cheers Fizz
  3. I can’t see your photos as your iPhone/iPad(?) is taking them as .heic’s rather than the bog standard jpegs…. This happened to me the other week and the way to switch the camera to taking jpegs is to go into Settings: Camera: Format and change it from High Efficiency to Most Compatible. Cheers Fizz
  4. Hi Pops.... hope you’re well, my interest could be something to do with being a sinister left-hander! 🤣 I was just about to edit my post above with a credit to yourself and Pinkfoot for the help and guidance in building the PID box for the salt system - going to fire it up in the next few days for the next batch of .243 cases. cheers fizz 😎
  5. Nice work Nocrimp 👍 I put together a Salt Bath system with a PID controller which works very well but I had looked at home built induction annealing systems beforehand. I gave up on that American forum after trying to keep up with the changes after xx pages. Always up for the project on this though.... if you could put up a parts list and a build process that would be excellent! cheers Fizz
  6. Looking good Gruntus 👍 I did a 100 batch of .243 cases a couple of months ago at two at a time and it didn’t make any noticeable difference to the temperature maintenance.... and of course it halved the time over doing one case at a time (why didn’t I think of that before! 🤪) The other thing that I tried and certainly helped, was taping a piece of rainwater downpipe to the edge of the bench with the bottom end just under the surface of the 2l jug of hot water on the floor. I did angle it away slightly so in the remote chance of any splashes making over a yard of flight went away from the salt pot. And it saved a lot of salty watery mess on the floor around the jug. cheers fizz 😎
  7. I’d agree with that... I’ve was on my second Lee hand primer but since I’ve started ultrasonic bath cleaning I’ve noticed that the primers took more effort due to the us removing the natural lubricity of the brass (the other theory is that my grip ain’t as good as it used to be! 😝 I looked at the Forster but loading the tube means handling the primers..... far easier to tip and flip them in the Lee tray. I mounted it on a block of ally and stuck on some rubber feet to make it easier to use and give ‘feel’ to the loading process. cheers Fizz
  8. I’m a happy convert to the EEP100’s fitted with the CENS Minos tips This thread over on SD is well worth reading..... https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/threads/electronic-earmuffs-fit.176014/ Direct link to the tips (is/was free postage through here).... https://www.puretone.net/product/mino-cens-foam-tips/ my first set of these are still good as opposed to the squeezable tips which came with the EEP’s which got manky very quickly...like with the first use. cheers fizz
  9. I bought it from APC in February last year.... just been across and logged in to search for it but with no joy ☹️ Someone mentioned in a post a few months ago that APC were selling it through their ebay shop but that didn’t bring anything up either. Have you tried ringing them? cheers Fizz
  10. I did a batch of salt annealing the other week with the hot water in the usual 2l measuring jug on the floor...... which normally results in water splashes all over the floor around the jug, ‘cept this time I gaffer taped a length of rainwater downpipe to the worktop with the bottom end under the water level in the jug. Made life a whole lot easier just dropping the hot cases down the tube rather than bending down and aiming the case at the water... as an extra precaution I angled the tube away from the salt annealer. I also halved the time taken by doing 2 cases at a time. cheers fizz
  11. I bought some on Amazon back in April but haven’t got round to trying it yet, mainly as I didn’t have a clue as to how best to apply it...so many thanks to Catch-22 for the info above, very useful 👍 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XZ45QZY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 They do another size tin as well. cheers Fizz
  12. 👍 They’ve done various bits of work for me over the years.... not least to my inherited Blanch hammer gun which included taking half the pull weight out of one of the mainsprings..... This was the recent thread on their work over on SD https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/threads/potential-hammergun-restoration-project-need-informed-views.181332/ cheers fizz
  13. Ladbroke and Langton would be worth a call.... very helpful and very good. https://www.gunrepair.co.uk/ cheers fizz
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