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I drilled my holes for the toggle before welding. Took the four outer toggles and super glued them together. Then skimmed the sides of all as one unit. Drilled the hole through all four pieces while...

This is an awesome thread. Great instructional. Please keep the pics coming.

Really nice! Well done. Mine is almost done. Found this project being bigger than I initially thought.

Pleasure, the only major change from the old one is the S335. It is now a tad hotter. This was from lot 699 onwards i beleave. You will see the 22-250rem have been adjusted for but none of the other...

Sloffie, what soap did you end up using for your lube? I am also situated in Pretoria and I am facing the same problems you had. Where did you manage to get the lanolin from, as the only lanolin I...

wiljen, just you the mail with the pdf attached. Hope it can help someone.

I have been reading about building a hardness tester for some time and never got around to building it. Im glad I didn't get to it since now I only have to sharpen some pencils. This is the new...

Great thread and tons of info! I'm definitely going to try powder coating.

Somchem powders are manufactured in SA. Here it is the only powder type available to reloaders. I have had great results with S365 in my 300wsm, S335 in my 22-250 and 308. If you are interested I can...

Wacki, I cant open your link but a 2" boring head will work fine. Just make sure the taper fits your drill press.

For the vice, do a search for "cross slide vice" on harbor freight tools website....

Wacki, cutting the slots on the top plate and ram may be the only other problem i can think of. If you have a vice that can do some type of feed it can be done on your drill press with some patience....

I used a boring head on my lathe mill drill combo for the big holes. It can make a hole of pretty much any size. For the arm I used two pieces of steel and welded it together in the desired angle. I...

Wacki, I tapped mine to 1 1/2-6 by hand because I had a tap lying around. If your going to buy a hand tap it would be cheaper to take it to a machine shop and single point thread it. You will also...

My press is almost done, just the slot in the ram left. I cant wait to mill the last bit and put this monster together. I'll post pics when I'm done.

Happy easter everyone

Looking good. I am also finding it to be a lot more work than it looks. Pieces too big for my hobby lathe mill drill vise so I had to get creative to fit it in the vice. I tacked angle irons to the...

The prayers of a believer is the most powerful thing. May God be with you and your family.

I can buy a lubrisizer in any gun shop in South Africa. I just don't want to spend that much for something that can easily be made to do the same thing. I also enjoy making things myself.

The...

I have been tumbling in a vibratory RCBS tumbler for years. I want to go to wet tumbling because I like the eye blinding shine and the fact that it cleans the inside of the case and the primer...

Hi Flamethrower,
I have been looking for drawings for a long time. Your best bet is to go to the Corbin website and look at all the pictures and explanation and kind of make the drawings yourself. ...

Thanks for the response Gunoholic!

Now it makes a lot more sense. I followed the thread you were referring to and couldn't figure out the threaded bar part. Now I understand how it works. (I think...

Sorry Gunoholic,

I'm a bit lost. I can see the lube tube is operated by air pressure and I suspect the weed whacker line is for getting it back out again. But what is the threaded bar for going to...

Great work. Ill be attempting this as soon as my swage press is done.

Kudos for the soldering iron mount for heater. Never thought of that.

How about some more pics from the side? The more pics...

Yet another project for my ever growing list of things to build.

I found the answer to my own question for the ram bushing.

Vesconite load bearing capacity 30MPa
Phosphor bronze load bearing capacity 80Mpa

So for a bushing taking a lot of force brass/bronze...