Haven't built yet, but is that set screw really enough to hold the ram to the guide plate reliably? That seems like the weakest spot in the design, but I don't know how much a set screw can hold.
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Forum: Swaging
Haven't built yet, but is that set screw really enough to hold the ram to the guide plate reliably? That seems like the weakest spot in the design, but I don't know how much a set screw can hold.
Forum: Swaging
I'm curious about when people do their powder-coating step myself. My thought was to make a slightly undersized die, powder coat, and then finish it in a die of the correct size. But if people are...
Forum: Swaging
Can't believe it's almost been a year since the last post! I have three questions:
1) Does anyone know the threads on BT Sniper's dies? I'd like to bore out and thread the hole to fit them, unless...
Forum: Swaging
If you're able to turn the copper into ingots (it's not so bad temperature-wise, it's around the same as forge welding temperature on normal steels), and want to reuse them for bullets, how about...
Forum: Swaging
Is there a closed form equation for pressure required? I've seen for in-line dies F = A_0k ln(A_0/A_f), which doesn't really take die friction into account. I'm not really able to find any...
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Every example image I've seen of extrusion dies has the billet going in the top and being forced through an opening at the bottom (with an angle leading into the opening, and a relief angle behind...
Forum: Completed Deals
Again, what sort of runout do you need? Because it sounds like even something like the Grizzly G9886 would meet your needs. It's a cheap import, but it's an effective one. If you need something that...
Forum: Completed Deals
What sort of runout are you looking for? It might be an import, but I wouldn't knock the indexing or spin fixtures sold by places like AllIndustrial or Grizzly. They can usually get the job done...
Forum: Swaging
Well, I need to apply 25 tons because that is the press that I own :-) Yeah, I plan to first make a lead extrusion die.
I've found that OnShape has FEA so that should at least tell me whether or...
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Oh I know it's a lot of work to make dies and tooling in general, but I know I'll be a lot happier cracking my own dies by improperly setting the press's limit switch than cracking a $500 set of them.
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I have a real hydraulic press (25 tons), so I'd like to try to make some dies for it rather than throw money at pricey dies that are meant to work with hand-operated presses (I have both a CNC mill...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |