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I am swaging 32 caliber bullets using.250” wire I extruded using a die I made.
The wire comes out in aprox 6 foot lengths and coils under the press.
I have been cutting it into 12” pieces for ease of handling and would like to get it as straight as possible to get consistent slugs when cutting.
Any suggestions?
Can you cut it into 12” lengths as it comes out of the extruder?
I did want to have a cylinder with 40,000 pounds near my head!
Roll it between two sheets of 1/4" glass, steel, aluminum... You get the idea.
As jdfoxinc said, roll it between something. I roll the wire between two 1X8 pieces of pine.
Since you are probably going to run the slug through a bleed/core die, it doesn’t matter much. The couple grains that bleed out will give you a consistent core.
Thanks! I ended up rolling them on a granite tile with a piece of 2x6 and it worked out well!
I've extruded tons of wire. I just rolled it with my hands on a flat table. No need for a board or anything else. If you spin them a few times while pressing, you can get it pretty flat and straight. More than straight enough to run through the core cutter. You can even do 3-4 piece at a time if you put a space between each piece. My sections are like 19" long though
I keep eight spools of various size lead wire on 3/4 cold rolled rod hung between the floor joists right above the wire cutter. I just pull it down from the ceiling. Judging from the little lead squirts, my cuts are remarkably consistent, I'd say less than 1/2gr variance.
Bob