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   Message 214,915 of 215,367   
   Snag to Jim Wilkins   
   Re: dripping lead pot and evaporust   
   26 Oct 25 14:58:23   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/26/2025 1:48 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:10dlq3u$6se4$1@dont-email.me...   
   > I'll have to go look, but I thought the stopper on the Lee bottom pour   
   > pt had a ball nose plunger and tapered cone nozzle.   
   > -----------------------------   
   >   
   > Will a chainsaw file fit through the hole?   
      
       The top half of the hole yes . The actual nozzle where the lead   
   comes out no . Won't quite pass a 6d box nail . Got a dandy new pin vise   
   and #60 and finer bits here somewhere ... somewhere I can't quite recall   
   . Some of the aspects of living a long time are   
     oh shit , I forgot what I was going to say .   
      
     Bob's right about the ball nose rod . I don't know yet about the   
   nozzle because of the rust . I did polish the rod tip earlier today to   
   make sure there are no pits . Right now the pot has about an inch of   
   Evap-O-Rust soaking . All I know for sure about the nozzle is that the   
   bottom has what looks like maybe a 90° included angle like maybe a   
   countersink . All my countersinks are too large diameter and have short   
   shafts .   
      I like Jim's d-bit idea , I have suitable stock but need to find the   
   angle . Maybe a dowel spun in the hole will grind to conformity ...   
   --   
   Snag   
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   when they stayed foreign ...   
      
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