6 weeks & 315 swage dies later!

[BT Sniper]

6 weeks covered in machining oils, hands pricked with 100s of metal slivers and the elc. space heater right beside me to stay warm, this is all I have been working on since the new year started. With all my available time I was able to machine 315 dies in just under 6 weeks that are now heading to heat treat and soon followed by a trip to Nitride processing. This lot of dies represents every die I have currently on order and then some! (all except one .172 point form die I don't have the reamer for yet but will soon)

Thank you to all of you with dies currently on order, your patience as allowed me to complete this bunch of dies with very good results and time frame. I will be returning to assembling what dies I have ready and in stock now and continue to ship as many as I can as soon as I can. In about 3-4 weeks I expect this batch of dies will be back from Nitride and ready for me to assemble and ship out to all the lucky customers. Of course final assembly does take a bit of time too but check out the pics! All the dies on order are either already in my possession or pictured below soon to be...

More details to come.....

Thanks

BT

[AlaskanGuy]

Wow sniper... Lots of great pics, and hard work... Good thing i dont do swagin...lol... I might have been the straw that broke your back...lol

[supe47]

That deserves an "ATTABOY".

[jcunclejoe]

Is that my old Craftsman lathe?
You have come a long way my friend and you are doing outstanding work. I was impressed the first time I met you and you continue to amaze me.
Be well and best of luck.
Joe

[BT Sniper]

Thanks guys. Still a lot of work left to do but this was a great run of dies that came together for me.

Yep I got the old girl all dialed in. Had to add a few shims, removed a couple too, new belts, quick change tool holder, new motor, etc. still running strong. Been using it nearly everyday for what has it been now... the last 4 years.

I still think back to that day you guys stopped by, how far I have progressed since and I am still learning more everyday.

Thanks

Brian

[Rangefinder]

Good LORD, you're a machine all by yourself! There will come a day that one of those sets has my name on it...

[Bonz]

Wow, think i saw 3 dies sets with my name on them

[scarry scarney]

BT - great job, but 12:22 am? Get to bed! You deserve some sleep after that Herculean feat!

[R.Ph. 380]

What do you mean, machinery has no need of rest. BT is on a roll. Let him be. All kidding aside, SIMPLY AMAZING. Glad I was patient that's a sight to behold.

Bill

[customcutter]

Good grief man that's 1.05/hr for a 50 hr work week. Or .875/hr for a 60 hr week. Still a lot of work. Are you making the locking rings also??? Great job, hope I can learn to machine that well.

How about a picture of the lathe???

[R.Ph. 380]

Good grief man that's 1.05/hr for a 50 hr work week. Or .875/hr for a 60 hr week. Still a lot of work. Are you making the locking rings also??? Great job, hope I can learn to machine that well.

Betcha' he worked more than 60 h/week. Just sayin'. That's drive.

Bill

[ratboy]

whole-E-cow thats a lot of machine time. you deserve a box of thin mints for that.

[Rhino77]

Great work BT! I will be ordering my .308 dies one of these days. Still loving my .224 and .40 cal dies!

[Utah Shooter]

That is a very nice sight to see. Looks like I should stop complaining about the overtime I have to work.

[mosby's men]

wow ,that is cool

[xman777]

Impending smiles

[BT Sniper]

Just dropped them off at heat treat today. I expect they will be done with the heat treat step some time next week. Then I ship them off to be Nitride processed. Add a week in shipping and a week at nitride then I expect to have them back and ready for final assembly.

BT

[cdet69]

Wow. That is a lot of work.

[kd185]

nice work
dont get burned out
we need you
and dont work for free

[wonderwolf]

I have nights like that in the shop....although my work isn't NEARLY as impressive as what you've done BT. Curious about the reamer you show pictured. Usually around 1 am I would stop and do a taco bell run then get back to work.