Thanks Hamish , I actually read that when I was restoring my first 45 a year or so ago . Got the remains of two 45's waiting for me at the mailbox . Should have enough parts between the two to make one good one with usable parts and a die and top punch left over .
Eddie
PS: Just got them from the mail . One is fixed and working just by installing the handle but needs the c clip and cotter pin , The other needs a handle and the pin to attach it . I can get my cousin to make me a pin and worse come to worse a handle can be easily made from a piece of flat stock .