homemade lubrisizer

[squid1230]

Any one attempt to make a homemade lubrisizer? Or perhaps simply a a lubercator ( minus the sizing)?

[Russel Nash]

there is a guy on this forum with the screenname of "jmorris".

Let me do a quick search of his posts and I will be back in a minute.

[Russel Nash]

just in general, jmorris would be kind of handy guy to have around.



Here is the link I was referring to:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=64586

jmorris has also built an automated casting machine and automated bottlenecked rifle case mouth/neck annealer.

Also, IIRC, he might have automated a Dillon 650 or 1050.

[Shiloh]

There was also a guy who repaired an out of alignment lubrisizer by boring it out and re- bushing it. Extensive photo's. There are a talented an capable bunch of folks here at the forum that are gifted with talent and machine tools.

Shiloh

[squid1230]

just in general, jmorris would be kind of handy guy to have around.



Here is the link I was referring to:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=64586

jmorris has also built an automated casting machine and automated bottlenecked rifle case mouth/neck annealer.

Also, IIRC, he might have automated a Dillon 650 or 1050.

I saw his casting machine over on the highroad forum. The man is a genius.

[357maximum]

BABore built a large saeco style lubricator from the ground up. I have actually handled it from the beginnig to the finished product.............some very talented machinist/welder/engineer folks reside here. He figured with his weldments/machining and finishing he could build me one just like it for about 1k...I decided I did not need one at that point. I always owe him enough for his gorgeous boolit mold creations as it is.

There is a pic on here somewhere of his lubesizer.


357Maximum<------------not one of them talented steel fabbers btw.

[MT Gianni]

Any one attempt to make a homemade lubrisizer? Or perhaps simply a a lubercator ( minus the sizing)?

TC had a maxi-ball lubricator that screwed on their borebutter tube. You pushed a boolit in, lined up the groove with the tube and squeezed til it filled. I imagine a similar set up could be made with a pressurized hard lube and air but IMO the dies would be expensive. You could drill out holes for the most common sizes and heat a lube to fill from 2 sides but I think a lubesizer is pretty inexpensive when you set up for multiple calibers. By the time you set up a piston to push the lube and a bleed valve to back pressure off you are in pretty deep $'s. Lee push through and liquid earwax don't fit all the shooting needs but they fit most.

[StarMetal]

BABore built a large saeco style lubricator from the ground up. I have actually handled it from the beginnig to the finished product.............some very talented machinist/welder/engineer folks reside here. He figured with his weldments/machining and finishing he could build me one just like it for about 1k...I decided I did not need one at that point. I always owe him enough for his gorgeous boolit mold creations as it is.

There is a pic on here somewhere of his lubesizer.


357Maximum<------------not one of them talented steel fabbers btw.

That's strange Mike, Bruce said he's make me one for $75.

Joe

[357maximum]

That's strange Mike, Bruce said he's make me one for $75.

Joe

Well than buy two of em and send me one...I will pay you $25 extra for your effort.

I wish everyone could have sen it go from a box of milled parts into the final creation....I had no idea what it takes to built certain things we all take for granted, especially when improvements are involved.

I hope the membership realizes how lucky we all are to have the talented custom mould makers we have available here and never take that service for granted. We are truly blessed to have these Vendor Sponsors here...I thank them all, as it was not that long ago the closest thing we had to getting a good fitting custom boolit involved a company that should own a casino instead of a mould factory. Personally I enjoy the fact we no longer has to roll the dice and takes our chances.

[BABore]

Hah! You mean this cheepo one I scratched together?

[SwedeNelson]

How about a sizer that uses standard neck size bushings?





Works great and no more bent bullets.
We hope to be offering this and a GC seating die for sale soon.

Swede Nelson

[357maximum]

Hah! You mean this cheepo one I scratched together?

Yeah..thats the one. You better get busy, sounds like you have 2 of them to build for Joe.

[Beekeeper]

babore,
How much you figure you are going to charge for them?


Jim

[BABore]

babore,
How much you figure you are going to charge for them?


Jim

I won't be making any for sale. They're just too costly to make without a nice casting to work with. Something I just wanted to see if I could do. Getting the die spring pressured lube system to function well was the hardest part. I would guestimate that there was $100 in material and $2,400 in labor at our normal shop rate. Probably had another $2,000 in my design time that would be spread over "X" number of units. Even if done with CNC, they would likely cost in excess of $600. Of course I did design this to be much beefier than the normal Saeco and hold twice the lube.

[StarMetal]

I won't be making any for sale. They're just too costly to make without a nice casting to work with. Something I just wanted to see if I could do. Getting the die spring pressured lube system to function well was the hardest part. I would guestimate that there was $100 in material and $2,400 in labor at our normal shop rate. Probably had another $2,000 in my design time that would be spread over "X" number of units. Even if done with CNC, they would likely cost in excess of $600. Of course I did design this to be much beefier than the normal Saeco and hold twice the lube.

Bruce,

How about if you have them made in China? What would the cost be then?

Joe

[BABore]

Better ask Junior about that one. This guy don't go there.

[fourarmed]

Swede, that is a neat setup. Where did you find the grease cup? Are those still available new?

[BABore]

Not Swede, but McMaster-Carr carries them.

[StarMetal]

Swede, that is a neat setup. Where did you find the grease cup? Are those still available new?

http://www.mcmaster.com/#grease-cups/=49b2yz

Joe

[lathesmith]

Not trying to be a smart a$$ here guys, but check out this pic from the "for sale" section on the hollowpointmold.com website. Interesting resemblance, don't you think?
lathesmith