Hi
I am new here and from the Netherlands so forgive me if I make some language mistakes
I shoot almost 50 years and approx 45 years antique firarms like Winchesters - Trapdoors - Sharps and Colts SA
Therefor I cast the cast bullet heads to make my own bullets.
Casting went good untill 3 weeks ago.
I contact Lyman for the problem but the part that what I think is not good anymore is out of production.
The 450 model is out of production but parts from 4500 is interchangable with 450 except the seal plug and I think that part is the problem.
What is happen :
When I turn the spindle to push the seal plug down the seal plug turn around and will not going down to press the lube into the bullet grooves.
I renew the o-rings but that did not help.
Lyman told me that the size of the o-rings are 1,129" OD and 0,989" ID and 0,70" thick
Even I doubt if that is the correct size because the grooves in the seal plug is much wider I still bought those rings here with the size 28mm OD x 25mm ID x 2mm thick
I search the web and found a possible solution : heating pad under the press
They are not available or not in stock here and then I found some info to make it my self so I mount a 10mm aluminium plate under the press and heat that up with a clothing iron and that helps to warm up the press but the seal plug still turns inside the press.
I am out of solutions and hope someone can advice me what else I can try to fix this problem.