hand tool made check maker

[FrankG]

WoW Ed ! Thats so simple a caveman could do it !!

[plmitch]

I tip my hat to you Sir, very nice!

[HollowPoint]

Excellent work. I like the simplicity.

This is how I've been making most of my gas checks for a while now. I used
some of my Lee bullet sizers to cut out my disks. I just needed to cut a slit in the top of
my sizers die to slide my aluminum strip into.

The good thing about this is that I can still use the dies to size my bullets too.

Forming the checks is done basically the same way though.

HollowPoint

[longbow]

Very slick Ed! Simple to make with very few tools. Very nice job.

I came up with a simple check maker myself though not as easy to make as yours is and you do need a lathe... unless you can find a good selection of gasket/hole punches in the right size for disk punches. Your idea of using the drill bit for a punch is great.

I had not posted the plans as they were drawn up after I made the check maker and posted, but I have shared with any that asked. Since you started a good thread here is seems like a good idea to add to the info here.

My original post is here:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=82989

and pdf drawings for .30 cal. check maker attached. I have added a short piece of rubber hose to the forming punch shank so it pops back up out of the die like a spring rebound. That helps remove the check from the punch.

I should also mention that your one stroke gas check maker post/book has info on disk and gas check shank sizes that is very useful to anyone making a gas check maker. Thanks for that!

Longbow

PS: The drawings should print out on 8 1/2" x 11" paper

[WILCO]

Great job Ed! Thanks for sharing your work.

[WVHunter129]

Thanks Ed for posting the information. Been casting handgun bullets for just a little over 2 months. Just bought a mold to do 30 caliber bullets and need to make my own has checks. I hope I can build this. So all you need is some stock, drill and hacksaw right? Really appreciate this information and I send prayers your way for your issues I have read through these postings.

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[little willie]

Probably a dumb question, but what more could you expect from me?

How do you determine the OD size of the blank?

I'm going to want some PB checks and trying to determine the OD of the disk has got me puzzled. I figure the forming punch size will be determined by the base diameter and the material thickness. (Correct?)

Is it trial and error, educated guess or some type of formula?

Thanks,

little willie

[edsmith]

go to the next page and open DIY check maker book, it will tell you how calulate the disc size.

[little willie]

Ed,

Thank you, hope everything else is going well with you.

little willie

[Bullet Caster]

Ed,

Thank you for your posting this excellent idea. Hope all is well with you. Prayers coming your way for a speedy recovery. BC

[Outdoors]

Glad to see you posting Ed!

Pat

[bronte454]

Absolutely great. Thankyou . Be aggressive with the cancer, stay in good spirits and faith. Prayers to you

[geargnasher]

+ a whole bunch on hoping your health is improving, Ed. Thanks for following up with us on this thread, too. A hundred bucks is a lot of money for some of us so spend on a proven commercial design, this on only costs a little time and a couple of chinese drill bits to sacrifice for the tool.

Gear

[One Gun Andy]

This is great information! I am new to the conversation, and am finding you all to be a fine bunch of fellows. Keep up the good rapport...

[Jon]

Has anyone made these without a lathe? I'd like to try to make one on my drill press, but any tips would be appreciated.

[longbow]

Not sure where it is buried here now but some time back a fellow posted about a really simple check maker he made with very few tools. He used wooden blocks to hold washers with holes drill to size in them to shear disks and form check cups. IIRC he used a drill bit shank as the male forming punch.

In any case, it was very simple and seemed to work well for him. That would have been posted at least three years ago I think but a search for home made check makers might turn it up.

Longbow

[ph4570]

Ed,

I wish for the best results from your upcoming surgery.

[chirodr1]

Count me in too.

[eljefeoz]

Ed, I wish you well.
here's my version of your gas check maker.I made a few for 7mm and seated on 130Gr Lee and 145 gr RCBS CB.
test awaited.

[dgribble]

Very good information.will try one myself