Originally Posted by
Chev. William
Yesterday I had the use of my friends Special Effects Shop lathe to Tap the top of my 're-purposed' Dies to 1/2-20UNF Threads.
I used A 'Taper end Tap' to begin the process and run the threads most of the way down to the depth of my drilling, then switched to a 'Plug end Tap' to take the Finished threads further, and finally a 'Bottoming end Tap' to get finished threads as far as possible in the stepped diameter bores.
A third 're-purposed' die body, this one a Lee that I cracked their Carbide Ring insert in, was also machined to take a .2500" ID x 1/2" OD x 1/2" long Drill Bushing to make a .250 Diameter Swaging Die for my contemplated set of forming dies for the ".22 Ladybug" wildcat Cartridge.
Now to Await more Die body blanks and the rest of the Drill bushings I need to make my forming set.
Sometimes being on 'Social Security Retirement' is frustrating; but at 75 years old, jobs in The Movie Industry Are Scarce and Long term employment is nearly nonexistent.
Chev. William