bear67
02-25-2013, 01:55 PM
Was raining the other day and I was changing the turret on my Lyman--I like to leave dies set up and change turrets. I often have 2 sets of dies on a turret, but they are hard to store with the dies because you can break the decaping pins. I looked in the scrap bin and found a mounting plate for "something". I drilled out the center hole, cut a 5/8 bolt to fit and put a set screw to hold it in. A 5/8 X 11 nut serves as a stop for the turret to sit on. For you non metal workers, you could use wood and countersink the bolt on the bottom of the wood base or use a carriage bolt and pull it into the block. Sure helps to store turrets and dies off of the press.
Next project: Only one of my 3 turrets had handles from Lyman, one had no holes to add handles and one had holes but they were not tapped. I drilled out to tap for 7/16 USS thread and built 2 sets of handles--again using scrap in the bin. I had some 3/4" stock that was already knurled, so I cut it and shaped it on the lathe, drilled a blind hole in the end and tapped it for the threaded rod used as a shaft. The other handles were just some brass rod sitting in the parts bin.623926239362394
Next project: Only one of my 3 turrets had handles from Lyman, one had no holes to add handles and one had holes but they were not tapped. I drilled out to tap for 7/16 USS thread and built 2 sets of handles--again using scrap in the bin. I had some 3/4" stock that was already knurled, so I cut it and shaped it on the lathe, drilled a blind hole in the end and tapped it for the threaded rod used as a shaft. The other handles were just some brass rod sitting in the parts bin.623926239362394