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[Tazza]

That's what I thought too. Looked so simple, yet in practice I bet not so easy to get the angles right so they flip reliably.

Every time i see them running, i swear it's like sorcery as they all flip over to the right way up

They are so simple in concept, but someone needed to think of it in the first place. Not sure it's something i could have come up with. My idea was to make exact projectile shapes in the wheel, so they can only go in one way then hopefully fall the same way each time.

[HATCH]

watch this video this -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLAGoyvlGs#t=196
See the little ledge.
He is explaining how the "ledge" prevents base down bullets from being flipped.

Basically you have a hole in the nose guide that will drop the bullets.
Base down bullets will pass the hole because of the ledge. Nose down would drop.
You then have a channel after the hole that would push the base out to the ramp to be flipped.


I need to win the lottery so I can quit work and have time to make stuff.
I have way too many projects that I am dealing with.

[jmorris]

That is the new style (double alpha) with the sliding nose guide, I think he has only made the nose down collators for the old style (KISS) round nose guide collators.

Instead of the normal base down exit at 2:00. He covered up that exit and turned the nose guide into the exit at 11:30. Then just flipped any bullet that remained after that.

This is similar to what the old versions look like for base down.


The new one is a different design.

[HATCH]

The vid I posted was just to show what I was talking about.
I will build one this summer once I get 100% done with my current project (mc)

[Tazza]

I hear ya Hatch, so many projects, not enough hours in the day!

I'm getting closer to having mine completed. Just a few bits and pieces to be done to increase it's reliability. I have found the projectiles do not always sit in the same spot of the rotating disc so i have added a paddle to push them into the same place. Hopefully the electric motor to drive it will be here shortly, but with X-mas so close, it may be a little later.....

How much more do you have to do on your MC?

[jmorris]

The vid I posted was just to show what I was talking about.

Post 11 in this thread http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...eeder-for-star has close up shots of the "nose guide" that draws the nose out normally. This is where he just added a hole for them to fall out.

[gunoil]

Fast till i get more money, need a dang mrbulletfeeder.biz collator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UozyDZ-44Q4

Iam working on a pedal system for my above star sizer. Just set and pedal. 2 free hands.