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Since getting a LEE-tool proved too expensive (!), I bought a Lyman case trimmer pilot #47 for about 10$ locally. Found a 10mm alurod in my nice-to-have box, and drilled a 3 mm hole through it. I...

Thanks for the advice. I might be overengineering this. Point is I wanted it to be simple and portable. I have a low powered chinese toy lathe. Basicly a dremel with fixtures. I can turn brass on it...

I ruined 2 cases yesterday. I need a flaring tool or boat tail bullets.

The LEE flaring tool is inexpensive, and would be my 1st choice. .45-70 (.458) is a custom item, but at 8$ still...

Thanks for the advice.

I've been using my modded kit a bit more, brought an optimistic 90 cases to reload during the past weekend (Long weekend here; both national holiday, an "in-between" and a...

This is a possibility, you have to get bolts/screws that are longer than original (6-32 threads ), and you have to score a couple ot distance tubes (can be harvested from broken electronic appliances...

My next reloading tool will be a lathe :)

Of course, a wobbling press, lack of skills and crude tolerances made the enlargement slightly scewed. However, 0.65mm/2 is 0.325 mm, which basicly means that as long as the wall has had some contact...

I screwed the wood pieces apart, inserted the die, and retightened:
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Within eye tolerance:
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Got some oil, and used it liberally when drilling out the die:
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Since this is...

Dismantled the loader, and grabbed hold of the part with partial external threading. The fat end of the die is a little over 20mm, thus the 20mm forstner bit (a 20 mm anything would have worked, I...

I dug out an old drillpress, a Bosh handdrill, 20mm forstner bit, some wood and the fresh 14mm drillbit:
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I screwed 2 pieces of scrap wood together, and mounted them in the press vise,...

This video struck a nerve with me, make sure audio is enabled:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3duhNVjAu6E

I bought a LEE Classic Loader in .45-70 after watching the video, even without owning a...

My original solution would in fact benefit from removing one of the heaters/resistors.

With resistance only being 10Ω:
U=RI, 12V=10xI, I=1.2A, E=12Vx1.2A=14.4W. Doubling the effect.

I decided...

I've got my calculations wrong. I was blindly looking at the 25Watts on the resistors when I should have looked at the resistance. Resistance is 10Ohms per resistors, and as they are connected in a...

Mounted the contraption temporarily(*) to my workbench. It was a partial success. It relies on good contact between the base of the press and the hot plate, and the cast iron is rather rough, thus...

Maybe. Problem is conducting the heat. In order to conduct the heat from the resistores efficiently, metal to metal, you need a flat surface (also for the thermal switch.). Could of course mill...

I used some 12mm plywood as insulation and spacer material. I know wood and heat sounds like a fire hazard, but this is low amp/low temperature, so I'll chance it for now:174572 174573

Made it...

Used my electric jigsaw to cut a piece of 3mm aluminum plate that would fit under my Lyman 450 and have room for the electric components underneath. I wanted as little air exposed aluminum as...

Material list:
- 1 Thermal Switch N/C 50C 35C-Reset GSMPN: 2455R-01000073 HONEYWELL S&C.
- 2 DALE RH-25 5R 1% 25W Resistors.
- Soldering wire.
- Generic 12V/5A powersupply.
- Scrap aluminum...

Vihtavuori N320 (3,5 grains for .38 Special), N340 (5 grains for 124 grains RN), N110 (21grains for .44 Mag). Very little variance, my scale only do tenths of a grain (Pact BBK II), but the Dillon...

Epoxy does expire. It will survive longer if stored cold (refridgerator, and even deep freezer). I'm guessing the manufacturer's date is well within the lifetime of the compound, and that the 2 extra...

This was a very useful thread! I'll be able to feed my .450 Marlin with homemade lead bullets from an inexpensive LEE Mold, and a rather soft alloy (Bullet trap recovered, probably .22lr most of...

Know this thread is old, but thought you might want to know why my bullets turned out less than Perfect; zink. :sad:

Øivind

Thanks :)

Slugs casted after mod:
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Raw or boiled Lineseed oil? Anyway; don't leave lineseed oil on rags or papertowels laying around. Lineseedoil will selfcombust. Not like an atomic bomb, but enough to start fires. Stains are also...