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Thread: Adventures in top punch making (Long)

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    being a novice hobbyist machinist i have collected several good books inc machine shop training course, two volumes, and machine shop practice, also 2 volumes. I just went to amazon to see about getting the machine tool practices book you reccomend. the latest 2006 printing is $154-- wow. found a 1994 edition on ebay $18 to the door. thanks for reccomending new book hopefully it will help me to make better looking chips

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    I used to be a machinist back in the day. A couple of photos of some things I made, some for fun (crankshaft) and others were some parts I made for customers.





    By the way I have some drawings of a bullet sizing die and top punch for the Lyman 450 sizer-lube if anyone needs a copy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ole Joe Clarke View Post
    By the way I have some drawings of a bullet sizing die and top punch for the Lyman 450 sizer-lube if anyone needs a copy.
    Yes please, they would be a nice addition to this thread.

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    I apologize for the quality of the drawings.
    The first is a "G" top punch sketch. It's pretty simple, material can be any cold rolled steel (CRS), or even brass. I always like C11L17 CRS because it contained lead and machines really well. C1018 is usually a stringy mess.



    The second sketch is an incomplete drawing of a "H" sizing die. I made only one, for .41 magnum, and it worked really well. Material was D-2 tool steel, I think D-2 is a oil quench steel. The lube holes are 1/8"-3/16" diameter. The inside diameter is not given because it varies with each bullet size you want. I did all the outside work, drilled the holes and left the inside diameter about .002 undersize. I then heat treated it before finishing the I.D. I then took a piece of drill rod, (item "I") turned and polished it to about .409 dia., and cut it to length. (Remember I am depending on really old memories). I then honed the I.D. of the "H" die to just a tight slip fit on the .409 dia pin. Worked like a charm. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

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    Thanks for posting Ole Joe, very useful information. ✔

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    Thanks joe

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check