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    A good question and observation.

    All has to do with the dies you wish to use I suppose. But for my personal needs and opinion the less distance you have to cover from the top of the ram to the bottom of the top plate the better the alignment should be between the base punch and the dies.

    With my dies I have designed base punches and dies to go with a 1" gap. My dies work different from the Corbin brothers though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BT Sniper View Post
    With my dies I have designed base punches and dies to go with a 1" gap. My dies work different from the Corbin brothers though.

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    Hmm, well your one-step .40 die was one of the ones I was going after first when I get this thing built...

    I guess I could drill an additional upper pivot point in the long toggle arms at the sides, allowing me to "choke up" the ram as long as there was enough ram length remaining underneath the Base plate to allow the travel. I'll have to check my schematics and see if that's feasible. The other alternative would be to create a 2" adapter that would thread on the ram to close the gap. Then I'd need a longer ejection rod as well, but that wouldn't be too hard to crank out.

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    I've been going through this sticky and the newest post based on this sticky but I have a construction question. What type of welding is recommended. I have a mig welder and Oxy/Acetylene. Both of which I am poor at best. I remember someone even saying bolting the pieces together. Just wanting to know what the thoughts are. Which ever I need a lot of practice before tackling any thing like this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by just bill View Post
    I've been going through this sticky and the newest post based on this sticky but I have a construction question. What type of welding is recommended. I have a mig welder and Oxy/Acetylene. Both of which I am poor at best. I remember someone even saying bolting the pieces together. Just wanting to know what the thoughts are. Which ever I need a lot of practice before tackling any thing like this.

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    Bill mine toggles are bolted in. No welding on my press. Nor do I have any issues. I can send a pic if you want it.

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    Thanks, that would be great to see how it worked out.
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    Just happen to wander by this thread. To Bill, if you do any welding you'd be better off using MIG. Oxy/acetylene puts too much heat into the parts being welded. Actually TIG would be the ideal but you don't have that option available.
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    JustBill, I bolted mine together haven't had any problems. I am pretty sure there are a few others that bolted theirs together as well. If I remember right I used 3/8-16 cap screws

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    Bill as requested. Click image for larger version. 

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    I had a someone make the press for me so I cannot comment on how it was done.

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    Has anyone seen the ACCU-MAXX Reloading Press?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6c8WNl6dOo
    It's pretty sweet...

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    I would not use screws in that way, because wenn you apply force on the press only one screw takes up that force. Instead I would make "protrusions" lake a big C, and then slide the on the powertransfer bar, and then only use a screw to secure the position

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    Quote Originally Posted by 32WinchesterSpecial View Post
    Has anyone seen the ACCU-MAXX Reloading Press?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6c8WNl6dOo
    It's pretty sweet...
    For that price I could have 2 of the new 50 cal presses from RCE though

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    Pretty cool man!

    Quote Originally Posted by 32WinchesterSpecial View Post
    Has anyone seen the ACCU-MAXX Reloading Press?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6c8WNl6dOo
    It's pretty sweet...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Castloader View Post
    First of all, I know this thread is old and long, but wow, what a doozie! So, I'm working on a modification of this press that I can produce on my 7x12 bench lathe. Can someone tell me the minimum REASONABLE clearance from the ram face to the underside of the top plate with the ram raised? In the design here, it is 3.5" clearance in reloading mode and 5" in swage mode. I drew a schematic to verify. I plan to swage only, I already have reloading presses. 5" of clearance seems like a lot. In Aneat's pics, it looks like he's got a top punch that could be used as a jousting lance in a pinch. I'm thinking about a 3" swage stroke with 3" of clearance at the top of the stroke. Is this reasonable? I've never swaged in my life, just cast and reload. I appreciate any help.

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    I've been editing models from this thread for my metric press, head is still buzzing. Click image for larger version. 

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ID:	182150 to ANeat! I took for basic maximum length of producing jacket 1 1/2, from copper tubing. Then this number is *2 and added 7/8" for work space. So, now it's 100 mm or almost 4" stroke, clearanse is 60mm. Works with all my dies in simulation perfectly) But! It's still just model, waiting for it's birth, i was fitting it to my dies.

    Quote Originally Posted by 32WinchesterSpecial View Post
    Has anyone seen the ACCU-MAXX Reloading Press?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6c8WNl6dOo
    It's pretty sweet...
    We can make it)
    Thanx for info

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    Seems like finished Metric.zip

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    I got this wild idea about a small modification to Richard Corbins design.
    It is a good base. My idea was to widen it a bit, put 3 rams to it and an hydraulic cylinder under it to power all those 3 cylinders. Basicly you could do all the phases with one stroke and are not limited to the power you could generate with manual force.
    Also.. it would be ideal for bullet jacket making..

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    What is the ideal length for the toggle link arms? Around 18.75" ctc for the half inch pins?

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    Its 17.750" ctc on the link pin ..at least for my press in progress

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    Quote Originally Posted by Naluvajko View Post
    Seems like finished Metric.zip

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    Please share the solidworks models please. So cool.

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    ive got a ram drawing that allows this press to use corbin H dies.

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    Hello,

    I've started to build one on a metric drawing as, in Italy, it would have been very difficult to find or import the right iron bars.

    Now, both of the project I have, metric and US have a ram drawing with RCE 7/8-14 but, having to buy dies and reading to all of the comments about years to wait for RCE products, I will probably go with Corbin's dies. I'm still in doubt if going with a 5/8 - 24 ram head threads or a 1.0 - 12 threads which I like even if I planning for the moment, to obtain 11mm paper patched lead bullets only.

    Is there anyone who can help me with ram drawing of both of them?

    Thank you

    Dario

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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"
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