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    The only way you could make that even MORE cool would be to run it on a steam engine!
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    Very nice indeed. I love diy projects.
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    Go to McMaster Carr or grainger (for that matter eBay may have one) and get a foot control. Pretty cheap last time I bought one. Use for a drill press. I like it. Safeties come after testing and design is fixed guys, not first. What the heck, we shoot guns, and a lot of folks say that is dangerous

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    Altheat, you have a pm
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    Love the idea of a sewing machine pedal

    BTW very nice

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    Going to trade Handloader109 some gas checks for a momentary foot pedal.
    A friend is making me a custom anvil for the arbor press that will accept the different size bases of the 5 different caliber Freechex III tools I have. Having each hole drilled into the anvil specifically to the right depth and diameter to will make changing calibers much faster. That way I don't have to change the cam shape. It will also keep the tools perfectly straight with the ram. Vopie, I need more Lithoplate!

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    Its amazing what you can do with these freechex, there is no equal

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    Great idea and I can see how you would have a 1K chex before you new it was working. Good job!

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    Need any help with designing the automatic strip feeder?
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    Great machine!

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    Frit, I'll try to stop and pick some up this week. I think there's a foot pedal in the garage, take a look when ya in town.

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    Well done sir. I love this kind of stuff. I call it, "The Genius Of The Common Man."

    I'll see if I can adapt this to work with some AirGun Pellet Swaging Dies I recently made up. I'd love to be able to swage my 22 caliber air gun pellets as quickly as you can stamp out those gas checks.

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    Need a video of the new and improved design
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    I'll mail you my arbor press. What would you charge to rig it up? Lol
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    Well, I Love trades. Seems like the foot switch works well for altheating, and the checks he sent in exchange works perfectly on my two 22 boolits

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    Quote Originally Posted by xacex View Post
    Got a link to the motor you used? Post up some pictures of the guard too if you would be so kind.
    Yeah. I'd like to know too. Very nice unit.
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    Any other calibers? tj

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    If you were to invest in a pneumatic Rapid-Air strip feeder with Mr. Yonky's aluminum coil rolls you could just sit back and watch it run. I'm using these items on a 3/ton OBI fully automated press. Only air required for strip feeder. An actuating arm mounted to press cycles feeder on down stroke. Stroke length is set and it's always the same.

    Now I know why companies use them, they flawlessly work. Made up a small fixture to hold the 10"-12" diameter coil roll which is mounted on pillow blocks with a spring tensioned arm to keep coil from unraveling. Once loaded up, press cycle start and relax.

    Currently using commercial dies for the blanking and cupping operations. Still don't have a 100% reliable blank loader. Very difficult to strip off and transfer small diameter thin gauge blanks reliable to the cupping die. Have another alternative design but no time to spend on machining. If no jams occurred the press could easily do 1200-1500 finished gas checks an hour and they all are consistently the same. Most important the sizes match what I'm casting. Fit on perfectly and seat/crimp on perfectly, they don't come off unless you pry them off.

    With a two step setup, it's very easy to make any custom size gas-check required. It takes a little longer but how many thousands of gas-checks can one use in a year with maybe a days time involved.

    Machining a one step die to work with my current setup may be a future project but not for now.
    There's never enough time.

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    Since I'm using free Lithoplate I'll stick with my one step system. I can't see buying aluminum strip when Lithoplate is FREE. My system works well with 22 cal, 243/6mm, 357, 44 and 45 cal FreechexIII. When I get back I'll get the model of the motor for you guys.

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