Looking for work!

[austin.28]

I am currently looking for work in or around the Prosper/McKinney area. I am currently working a part-time job installing POS and camera systems. (I am looking to leave because the work is sporadic) I have not had any luck with local stores. I am 15 and will be turning 16 in January, I am interested in anything that is hands-on, especially a ranch hand, but I would like to learn more about anything even if it isn't hand-on. Thank You

[hogslayer78]

Im no help but kudos to you for looking for work and wanting to learn. Alot of 15 yr olds just want to sit in the house all day and play video games

[austin.28]

Im no help but kudos to you for looking for work and wanting to learn. Alot of 15 yr olds just want to sit in the house all day and play video games

Yes sir, I love learning new stuff. I never play video games, and I try to be out in the outdoors as much as I can.

[awright]

I am currently looking for work in or around the Prosper/McKinney area. I am currently working a part-time job installing POS and camera systems. (I am looking to leave because the work is sporadic) I have not had any luck with local stores. I am 15 and will be turning 16 in January, I am interested in anything that is hands-on, especially a ranch hand, but I would like to learn more about anything even if it isn't hand-on. Thank You

consider casting bullets. contact your local IPSC and IDPA, NRA bullseye match shooters, PPC guys, metallic silohuette and cowboy action shooters. Get the prices they will pay for 1000 bullets each. If you can get firm orders for say, 10,000 bullets, you can get started casting, assuming that you have $300 or so. The smaller electric melting pots slow you down, but a propane setup is likely to run $200 or more. Check out Midway for Lee Precision 6-cavity molds. Dont bother with single or even 4 cavities and dont buy molds from RCBS or Lyman. You can cast muzzleloading rifle and pistol balls, even shotgun slugs. make SURE you have a source of many 100s of lbs of lead. A shipyard, even on a big river, will have old boat keels that are full of lead. you can make this pay $15 an hour to star and once you get a 100 lb pot, big side pour ladle and propane fired melting, you can move up to $20 an hour. you wont sell more than 100,000 bullets per year, locally and wont make more than 4-5c profit, unless your lead is free. .45 L colt and .44 mag bullets can run only 25 bullets per lb and you lose about 1/3rd of the scrap lead weight, due to its being oxidized, watch out for zinc or aluminum lead weights, cause they will RUIN your pot of alloy. beware copper wire and LIVE ammo (mixed in with lead scrap from ranges). Molten lead WILL detonate live ammo and it WILL splash lead all over you. It WILL stick to you and ruin your looks! Beware water, ice, snow in the bottoms of buckets/drums, too. it will turn to steam under the molten lead and splash all over you. beware spider webs, anything that could get ignited, the air over that pot is HOT, man.

google for cast-boolits forum, tons of info there. use your local library's interlibrary book loan system to order a copy of lyman's cast bullet handbook. You'll need a single station loading press and Lee precision's hand-sizer die and alox tumble-lubricant. YOu have to be able to finish at the very least 300 bullets per hour, or it's not worth your time. Wear rubber gloves when sizing or counting, NOT while casting. Use heavy welding gloves around hot items, and use a fan to blow away the toxic fumes. lead is a skin-absorber, the gloves are important! Dont cast bullets in the basement, it will put toxic fumes all thru the house. do it in a well ventilated shed, or in your backyard. muzzleloader balls and shotgun slugs dont need to be sized/lubed.

[El Forajido]

Ttt

[Hooverfb]

Try asking any construction guys at a local church if you know them well enough. I payed for a good chunk of college on savings I had from framing, painting, and landscaping.

[austin.28]

consider casting bullets. contact your local IPSC and IDPA, NRA bullseye match shooters, PPC guys, metallic silohuette and cowboy action shooters. Get the prices they will pay for 1000 bullets each. If you can get firm orders for say, 10,000 bullets, you can get started casting, assuming that you have $300 or so. The smaller electric melting pots slow you down, but a propane setup is likely to run $200 or more. Check out Midway for Lee Precision 6 cavity molds. Dont bother with single or even 4 cavities and dont buy molds from RCBS or Lyman. You can cast muzzleloading rifle and pistol balls, even shotgun slugs. make SURE you have a source of many 100s of lbs of lead. A shipyard, even on a big river, will have old boat keels that are full of lead. you can make this pay $15 an hour to star and once you get a 100 lb pot, big side pour ladle and propane fired melting, you can move up to $20 an hour. you wont sell more than 100,000 bullets per year, locally and wont make more than 4-5c profit, unless your lead is free.

google for cast-boolits forum, tons of info there.

I have thought about doing this, or even reloading. My problem is that I have no extra space at my house and like you said the price of just getting started is not something I can afford.

[Smith2001]

I was in the same boat as you buddy a few years back. It is hard to get a decent job but what I did was went to my ag teacher and asked if he needed anything done on his property or new anybody needing work done. I also put up flyers at the local feed stores and got lots of offers from that. im now almost 18 working for the same handful of people doing the work they don't want to do for $12/hr

[austin.28]

I like the idea of putting up flyers in the feed store. Thank You!

[awright]

I have thought about doing this, or even reloading. My problem is that I have no extra space at my house and like you said the price of just getting started is not something I can afford.

start a go-fund-me about starting a biz. Maybe not say that it's casting. do NOT reload for others, man. That's how you get your butt sued off, but maybe a teenager could get away with it, if you're real careful about what you do and who you sell to. High risk, tho. Bullets are the reloader's liabiiity, not yours. No license, required, no insurance needed.

[austin.28]

start a go-fund-me about starting a biz. Maybe not say that it's casting. do NOT reload for others, man. That's how you get your butt sued off, but maybe a teenager could get away with it, if you're real careful about what you do and who you sell to. High risk, tho. Bullets are the reloader's liabiiity, not yours. No license, required, no insurance needed.

Man I hate taking money from people, but if worse comes to worst

[awright]

ask them for contact info and pay them back, pronto. no harm. pay interest if you like.

[Radar]

start a go-fund-me about starting a biz. Maybe not say that it's casting. do NOT reload for others, man. That's how you get your butt sued off, but maybe a teenager could get away with it, if you're real careful about what you do and who you sell to. High risk, tho. Bullets are the reloader's liabiiity, not yours. No license, required, no insurance needed.

The kid is looking for honest work, why in the world would you try to tell him to scam people to start a business by using a Go Fund Me account. Not even considering the fact that lead fumes can be deadly without proper ventilation.

Son there is no money in casting bullets for target matches or police departments. They can buy them at bulk rates much cheaper than you can make them and most are using jacketed bullets.

Just hang in there and you will find work, just keep asking and looking.

[Goldeneagle]

consider casting bullets. contact your local IPSC and IDPA, NRA bullseye match shooters, PPC guys, metallic silohuette and cowboy action shooters. Get the prices they will pay for 1000 bullets each. If you can get firm orders for say, 10,000 bullets, you can get started casting, assuming that you have $300 or so. The smaller electric melting pots slow you down, but a propane setup is likely to run $200 or more. Check out Midway for Lee Precision 6-cavity molds. Dont bother with single or even 4 cavities and dont buy molds from RCBS or Lyman. You can cast muzzleloading rifle and pistol balls, even shotgun slugs. make SURE you have a source of many 100s of lbs of lead. A shipyard, even on a big river, will have old boat keels that are full of lead. you can make this pay $15 an hour to star and once you get a 100 lb pot, big side pour ladle and propane fired melting, you can move up to $20 an hour. you wont sell more than 100,000 bullets per year, locally and wont make more than 4-5c profit, unless your lead is free. .45 L colt and .44 mag bullets can run only 25 bullets per lb and you lose about 1/3rd of the scrap lead weight, due to its being oxidized, watch out for zinc or aluminum lead weights, cause they will RUIN your pot of alloy. beware copper wire and LIVE ammo (mixed in with lead scrap from ranges). Molten lead WILL detonate live ammo and it WILL splash lead all over you. It WILL stick to you and ruin your looks! Beware water, ice, snow in the bottoms of buckets/drums, too. it will turn to steam under the molten lead and splash all over you. beware spider webs, anything that could get ignited, the air over that pot is HOT, man.

google for cast-boolits forum, tons of info there. use your local library's interlibrary book loan system to order a copy of lyman's cast bullet handbook. You'll need a single station loading press and Lee precision's hand-sizer die and alox tumble-lubricant. YOu have to be able to finish at the very least 300 bullets per hour, or it's not worth your time. Wear rubber gloves when sizing or counting, NOT while casting. Use heavy welding gloves around hot items, and use a fan to blow away the toxic fumes. lead is a skin-absorber, the gloves are important! Dont cast bullets in the basement, it will put toxic fumes all thru the house. do it in a well ventilated shed, or in your backyard. muzzleloader balls and shotgun slugs dont need to be sized/lubed.

start a go-fund-me about starting a biz. Maybe not say that it's casting. do NOT reload for others, man. That's how you get your butt sued off, but maybe a teenager could get away with it, if you're real careful about what you do and who you sell to. High risk, tho. Bullets are the reloader's liabiiity, not yours. No license, required, no insurance needed.

The kid is looking for honest work, why in the world would you try to tell him to scam people to start a business by using a Go Fund Me account. Not even considering the fact that lead fumes can be deadly without proper ventilation.

Son there is no money in casting bullets for target matches or police departments. They can buy them at bulk rates much cheaper than you can make them and most are using jacketed bullets.

Just hang in there and you will find work, just keep asking and looking.

This ^^^^^! The kid needs to look for something that might make a living for him later on. Casting bullets ain't it. That would be for a hobby. And a Go Fund Me? Seriously? He seems to have the drive. Something will turn up for him without mooching off people.


Look into some of the shops and garages around town. When I was in HS, I had an after school job at a auto repair shop. I was a flunky, but learned quite a bit. Good luck to you.

[N.DaWoods]

start a go-fund-me about starting a biz. Maybe not say that it's casting. do NOT reload for others, man. That's how you get your butt sued off, but maybe a teenager could get away with it, if you're real careful about what you do and who you sell to. High risk, tho. Bullets are the reloader's liabiiity, not yours. No license, required, no insurance needed.

Don't do this! This type of mentality is ruining America's work ethic.