My first reaction is "what is wrong with the CB forum"? What need is not being met by the forum ? I'm reasonably active on that forum and have found it very helpful. What would you do differently ?

Cast Bullets has run it's course for many and that includes myself. A new board would be welcome, but here are my two suggestions;

1. Do not allow any political discussions.

2. Do no allow any religious discussions.

drop me a line. I'll be accessible via AmBraCol using gmail over the next few days instead of my usual contact. I can give you some ideas as to what a PHP type bulletin board requires as to space, etc.

I would be interested in a new casting board, I am a long time member on Castboolets but seldom post.

but I want to be. I registered over on CB and introduced myself, poked around a bit, learned some but never got that "warm and fuzzy" so I don't go there much. I would welcome a place where a fella could learn. Who knows? You might even get me off the dime and start pouring metal.

In setting up a new board, here is what I can contribute to the subject.

1. Keep religion and politics out. Nothing will set people against each other quicker than those two subject.

2. Invite a core of level headed people to join and form the nucleus.

3. Set an upper limit on the number of members and stick with that. Once the limit is reached, new folks will have to stand in line until an opening appears. Set up some system like many clubs use, if you don't post anything in six months or a year your membership is deleted to make room for somebody who will.

4. The original board was unmoderated and that is how they wanted it. I would try and operate with a statement of principals and boundaries and not have a moderator until and unless the members felt the need.

5. There should be no "owner" of the board. Costs should be shared by all. More than anything else the concept of "we are in the owners house and he makes the rules" has been the death of the Cast Boolit board.

6. Ban the use of the word "boolit".

When boards become large, then they start to be money making deals. Companies buy ads, and folks selling stuff pay for the privilege. The cast boolit board has become a business for the owner and therein is found many of the problems. Bigness invites profit for the owner. Two things to avoid.

I signed onto CB 9 years ago. It has now reached 37,000+ members. In my first 18 months on that site, I learned more about bullet casting than I had in the previous 25 years of casting on my own.

Over the years, I have watched it grow into something far from what it once was. Charles brought up many excellent points in regards as to what has happened to that board. The first major wave of members came on the heals of the current president being elected in 2008. After that, with every new threatening piece of federal legislation or tragic shooting, more would join by the thousands.

I tend to agree that there is room for another cast bullet forum. I will never abandon CB, it has been far too good to me and allowed me to help others whenever I can.

Good luck and I'll be watching for an update.

Murphy

I like the Cast Boolit site. There's enough knowledge there that one could never soak it in. Alloy, lube, bullet design, loading & shooting procedures that IMHO would be difficult if not impossible to duplicate. That said there is plenty there I don't care for.

New board? Bring it on. I was new to the net about 2000. With the help of Cas I learned to get around the web on a webtv setup. Of all the sites visited there was none to compare with the old sixgunner board.

Why did it do so well? I think because of the format. Like this one the subject comes up, is discussed & after a few days it's buried way down at the bottom. I like that but maybe sub forms would be better for a Casting Board.

I will say this: I don't like forms which try to cover it all. Those places like 24hr. CF or Greybread have way too many forms for me & don't follow those forms because of that. The Cast Boolit board is about as bad in that respect.

And while I'm at it I don't like running past a bunch of stickies in order to find the discussion. All stickies should be in a sub form of their own & other sub forms should have no more than one sticky perhaps to explain the contents of said form.

If it's a casting board that's wanted keep it about casting & shooting cast. If you want to be sure the guys on the board "want" to be there charge 50.00 to join & 25.00 per year to stay. I know that will be unpopular with many so like has been said, if you can't post at least once a month, pull their membership & let them register again with a new user name.

Enough said. Hope I didn't step on any toes & if I did please forgive me it wasn't done in malice. God Bless........Creeker

I have been on the cast boolits board since 2005,And before that it was sixguns, I learned a lot about casting ,Lead, and bullet fit . have spent $1,000`s on custom molds and made a lot of friends. If there was another casting type board I would join (if they let me)