Mike W1
02-26-2014, 08:53 PM
Just did a couple more things to make life easier and see there's a number of things I've done. One to go and that should be about it. Somebody had suggested drilling the bottom of the lube pressure screw and putting a washer and cotter key so the lube plunger can't come off. Gotta look that one over and then do it. Dang thing came off yesterday and it took a 6" 3/8" bolt to retrieve it. A nuisance at best.
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I'd already made provisions to hold a bin of bullets and use a bin from my Dillon SDB to drop the lubed ones in. Easy to do 12 a minute with this setup.
Then a $1.59 1/4" drive 6 PT 1/2" socket lets me use a ratchet instead of that goofy slider thing RCBS came up with. Just cut the slot with an angle grinder and it bolts on with no mods to the lube pressure screw.
Just built a PID recently so naturally my heater is hooked up to that.
Today I took the unit out to the shop and took all the paint off the bottom of it. That paint is tough and the casting needed a little work with the file to get it flat. Some thermal grease added to that and it is one heck of a lot faster warming up and indeed seems to get a few degrees hotter. Probably can cut the output back on the PID.
Then I got rid of the bike grip on the handle and epoxied a 2-1/4" wood ball on from Hobby Lobby.
Not one of those things would I undo and only wish I'd have done them years ago.
And I borrowed every one of those ideas from most likely Cast Boolits. Anything I should do that I never saw???
Nearly forgot to thank the guy that suggested the 1/4 x 3/8 steel spacer. I don't know why RCBS couldn't have made that Bullet Ejector Screw a half inch longer but the spacer idea came through nicely for short bullets.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u310/Mike4245/HPIM1910.jpg
Ihttp://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u310/Mike4245/HPIM1911.jpg
I'd already made provisions to hold a bin of bullets and use a bin from my Dillon SDB to drop the lubed ones in. Easy to do 12 a minute with this setup.
Then a $1.59 1/4" drive 6 PT 1/2" socket lets me use a ratchet instead of that goofy slider thing RCBS came up with. Just cut the slot with an angle grinder and it bolts on with no mods to the lube pressure screw.
Just built a PID recently so naturally my heater is hooked up to that.
Today I took the unit out to the shop and took all the paint off the bottom of it. That paint is tough and the casting needed a little work with the file to get it flat. Some thermal grease added to that and it is one heck of a lot faster warming up and indeed seems to get a few degrees hotter. Probably can cut the output back on the PID.
Then I got rid of the bike grip on the handle and epoxied a 2-1/4" wood ball on from Hobby Lobby.
Not one of those things would I undo and only wish I'd have done them years ago.
And I borrowed every one of those ideas from most likely Cast Boolits. Anything I should do that I never saw???
Nearly forgot to thank the guy that suggested the 1/4 x 3/8 steel spacer. I don't know why RCBS couldn't have made that Bullet Ejector Screw a half inch longer but the spacer idea came through nicely for short bullets.