So Im about to start making my 224 dies soon and I was curious about afew diameters. I'm hoping for some input to help avoid as much trial-n-error as possible.
-What diameter to make my d-reamer (to rough the pointing die)?
-What diameter to hone/lap/polish the pointing die to before heat treating?
-How much clearence in diameter is typically between the die and the punch(if my pointing die is .2240", its punch should be .2220"?)?
Im making going to attempt to make my d-reamer from HSS and also make brass laps for after the d-reamer to get close to finished size and after heat treat
I plan on making my dies from 4140 or 4340, what heat treating process would be best without much warping/scaling?
sorry if theres a thread about this already, i tried searching. I have read what one or two people have done, im just hoping for afew opinions to confirm