lyman 45 parts

[txkeeter]

I need the hollow screw that adjusts the depth of the boolit

[John Boy]

Might want to call Lyman - parts for 45 and 4500 are interchangeable

Lyman Products Corp
475 Smith Street
Middletown, CT 06457
800-225-9626 (tel:800-225-9626)
800-423-9704 (tel:800-423-9704)
860-632-2020 (tel:860-632-2020)

[txkeeter]

Might want to call Lyman - parts for 45 and 4500 are interchangeable

Lyman Products Corp
475 Smith Street
Middletown, CT 06457
800-225-9626 (tel:800-225-9626)
800-423-9704 (tel:800-423-9704)
860-632-2020 (tel:860-632-2020)

thanks

[Catshooter]

And may you have better luck than I with their Customer No-Service Department.


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[JonB_in_Glencoe]

The thumb screws on the 45 are a strange thread, 10-36 I believe?
I highly doubt you'll have any luck with Lyman...or anyone else, but good luck.

The depth adjust thumbscrew has/had a fiber insert in that "hollow", so it wouldn't damage the threads on the depth stop screw. That fiber insert on most 45 lubesizers, since they are all 50+ yrs old, are likely decomposed. On my 45 lubesizers, I clean out the hollow and put a piece of lead shot in it.

If your thumbscrew is lost and gone for good? you can replace the thumbscrews on the bottom plate, that attaches to the slide rods, with a regular setscrew, I've found 10-36 setscrews at Ace Hardware. Those thumbscrews don't have a hollow, but the end is radiused, I'd still add a piece of lead shot, I'd also probably grind off the radius.

I have a few 'extra' of these thumbscrews laying around, that I've replaced with setscrews, because they were damaged with pliers marks or whatever? And, IMHO, a new setscrew looks better than a damaged thumbscrew.

[Catshooter]

JonB is right, the 45 is all 10x36. A long-ago abandoned thread size. You can get a tap for it here:http://www.victornet.com/subdepartments/Special-Pitch-Taps-up-to-1-2/1260.html You'll have to scroll down a bit. They used to make dies but haven't for quite awhile.


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