reloader28
12-24-2013, 01:28 AM
First off, I am by no means trying to take away from Freechex or Pat Marlin. They have excellent products and if I had the money I would have bought another from one of them as I already have 2. I dont have the money but I had materials and a little time and I needed gas checks. You need about an hour unless you know what your doing. I dont.
I will try and explain this good because the wife has to do the pictures and she's not here. If anyone cant understand it and is interested maybe I can get her to do it tommorow.
This is for a 30cal maker.
I started with a 6x6"x1 1/4" thick steel block. I like the heft so it dont move around and it gives me 3 more corners for possibly other calibers. Close to a corner, I drilled a 3/8" hole all the way thru.
Then drill another hole, but only about 3/4 the way thru. Change to a 5/16" and finish the second hole all the way thru. That one is the cup forming hole and other than deburing it, its done.
Now I used an electric handheld bandsaw (a hacksaw would work but take awhile) and cut a slit into the corner of the plate and clear thru the first hole. This is where I slide the check metal to punch the disc. After deburing, the disc cutter hole is done.
Now I used a small lathe (that I'm trying to figure out) and made 2 punches that are just enough smaller than 3/8" to fit in the holes smoothly. One of these is the disc cutter and that part is all done now.
On the end 1/4"-3/8" or so of the other punch (long enough to push the check out the bottom), I took it down to .286 diameter and that forms the inside of the cup.
Thats it. Your done. I dont know how to run a lathe and this didnt take me long at all. If you dont have a lathe but have a machine shop buddy, I garrantee he can make this whole durn thing in about 10 minutes.
I know this might be hard to picture in your head and I dont know how to explain it better, but I will have the wife put on some pictures. I'm sure I not the only one who is broke but needs gas checks. This is so easy its stupid and seems to be working fine. I dont know how long it will be before it wears out, but if you can make the tolerances closer than I can, I think it would last quite awhile.
I did fire a few and they seem to work good, but it was almost to dark to see and a below 0 wind chill.
If someone has already made something like this and posted it, I didnt see it and am not trying to take any credit from anyone. I thought this was unique to me and wanted to pass on what I came up with.
I suppose this should actually go in the gas check forum, but since it took me about 45 minutes to type this, I'm not retyping. I will let the mods move it if they want.
I will try and explain this good because the wife has to do the pictures and she's not here. If anyone cant understand it and is interested maybe I can get her to do it tommorow.
This is for a 30cal maker.
I started with a 6x6"x1 1/4" thick steel block. I like the heft so it dont move around and it gives me 3 more corners for possibly other calibers. Close to a corner, I drilled a 3/8" hole all the way thru.
Then drill another hole, but only about 3/4 the way thru. Change to a 5/16" and finish the second hole all the way thru. That one is the cup forming hole and other than deburing it, its done.
Now I used an electric handheld bandsaw (a hacksaw would work but take awhile) and cut a slit into the corner of the plate and clear thru the first hole. This is where I slide the check metal to punch the disc. After deburing, the disc cutter hole is done.
Now I used a small lathe (that I'm trying to figure out) and made 2 punches that are just enough smaller than 3/8" to fit in the holes smoothly. One of these is the disc cutter and that part is all done now.
On the end 1/4"-3/8" or so of the other punch (long enough to push the check out the bottom), I took it down to .286 diameter and that forms the inside of the cup.
Thats it. Your done. I dont know how to run a lathe and this didnt take me long at all. If you dont have a lathe but have a machine shop buddy, I garrantee he can make this whole durn thing in about 10 minutes.
I know this might be hard to picture in your head and I dont know how to explain it better, but I will have the wife put on some pictures. I'm sure I not the only one who is broke but needs gas checks. This is so easy its stupid and seems to be working fine. I dont know how long it will be before it wears out, but if you can make the tolerances closer than I can, I think it would last quite awhile.
I did fire a few and they seem to work good, but it was almost to dark to see and a below 0 wind chill.
If someone has already made something like this and posted it, I didnt see it and am not trying to take any credit from anyone. I thought this was unique to me and wanted to pass on what I came up with.
I suppose this should actually go in the gas check forum, but since it took me about 45 minutes to type this, I'm not retyping. I will let the mods move it if they want.