Twmaster
10-19-2015, 04:29 PM
So you make one!
Needed a top punch for a 32 cal wadcutter from an RCBS mold. It's 12:30 AM.... Checked my stock of stainless steel rod material and I have 5/16" smooth rod out of an old printer....
Took all of 15 minutes. I spent more time digging through my drill bits to find a good size for the nose cavity than actually cutting metal.
Cut off a length suitable, face off each end then reduce the shank so it fits in the ram of the lubersizer tool. Drill the nose end so the dimple in the boolit fits into the punch neatly.... Install in the lubersizer to ensure it fits and it drops right into the die like it's supposed to!
Wallah! A top punch is born!
http://www.twmaster.com/stuff/shoot/topp1.jpg
http://www.twmaster.com/stuff/shoot/topp2.jpg
Needed a top punch for a 32 cal wadcutter from an RCBS mold. It's 12:30 AM.... Checked my stock of stainless steel rod material and I have 5/16" smooth rod out of an old printer....
Took all of 15 minutes. I spent more time digging through my drill bits to find a good size for the nose cavity than actually cutting metal.
Cut off a length suitable, face off each end then reduce the shank so it fits in the ram of the lubersizer tool. Drill the nose end so the dimple in the boolit fits into the punch neatly.... Install in the lubersizer to ensure it fits and it drops right into the die like it's supposed to!
Wallah! A top punch is born!
http://www.twmaster.com/stuff/shoot/topp1.jpg
http://www.twmaster.com/stuff/shoot/topp2.jpg