From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Snag"  wrote in message news:10dlugu$8b2f$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   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.   
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   >   
   > 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   
      I appreciated foreign cultures more   
   when they stayed foreign ...   
      
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   I spent the day on rust projects, the second trying to remove 1991 Ranger   
   cabin trim screws that hold down the carpet edge, so I can check and spray   
   for rust under it. LPS-3 kept the screws intact and only moderately rusted   
   where they protrude below the floor behind the front tires, but not on top   
   where salty slush from my boots wicked into the carpet, froze the screw   
   heads and threads and corroded the aluminum trim strip. The self-drilling   
   screws are hard enough to dull an HSS bit in seconds and Vise-Grips just   
   slipped off the short threaded end below so I drilled the heads with a   
   masonry bit that still had to be reground once or twice for each screw.   
   Fortunately I recently acquired a 6" carbide grinder for which I had a   
   partly used diamond plate wheel. The no-name grinder is of unimpressive Enco   
   quality, good enough for a hobby shop.   
      
   At first the 1/8" masonry bit wouldn't cut, magnifier inspection showed that   
   the silver colored braze metal had flowed onto the carbide insert faces and   
   needed to be ground off with a Dremel to expose the hard edges.   
      
   Success with LPS-3 is the reason I didn't try Extend or other opaque   
   coatings that winter salty water might work its way under unobserved. I'm on   
   my second 5 gallon drum of it. It also protects galvanized steel roofing   
   pretty well, but apparently not aluminum.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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