Still appreciate my Hollywood's

[Digger]

Thank goodness I picked up a Hollywood senior a while back ..
It's been quite a while since I last processed all my 308 brass (quite a bit of once fired military) so I had to start again .
I have a small custom steel table that has a chain link pipe vise on one end , so I take that off of it's 3 bolt mount and set the senior in place to utilize the one hole in the rear .
With that , part of it hangs out off the edge but with the steel table and the thick senior build , wow! , solid as all get out.
Seeing as how I use a RCBS small base sizer , once in a while one takes a two handed effort pushing down on the handle even with lots of lube , What a beast !
My main press is a Lee classic cast four hole but that is sometimes questionable when it come to using a small base die.
Also have another Hollywood , forgot the description but it is the tall one with the three hole pivot top next to my Lee as I like to seat and crimp on it.
Feel a bit better for seating alignment using it.
Get comments from friends once it a while about them ..What are those ?....:bigsmyl2:

[lightman]

They made some nice stuff!

[Three44s]

I do not own any Hollywood equipment but I would be leery about using just one bolt and a partial support for a press, particularly a vintage press so coveted.

I build bases for most of my presses out of steel and use c-clamps to hold them on the wood topped work table. In designing them, I make every effort to get full support to the press as it contacts the custom base and use all the bolt holes. Repairing cast iron is not something I relish.

Just saying

Best regards

Three44s

[GONRA]

GONRA s 2 olde olde HollyWoods. Industrutable! ! Last Forever! !!

[John Wayne]

Digger, if that 3 hole turret press has the curve on the backside of the base, it was their first machine. There was also a straight backside that came along a little later. Both pretty valuable. Pics are from the net.
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[Digger]

Digger, if that 3 hole turret press has the curve on the backside of the base, it was their first machine. There was also a straight backside that came along a little later. Both pretty valuable. Pics are from the net.
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Yep , the one with the curve is the one I use next to my Lee ...
I like the feel of the up swing for seating boolets.

[John Wayne]

FYI. Those first Wasp Waist machines were built around 1935 as I recall.

[greybuff]

I just picked up a Senior shorty and a Tallboy. Have benn using the shorty and absolutely love it. Waiting on the die bushing for my tallboy. Man did they build nice stuff......

[John Wayne]

I just picked up a Senior shorty and a Tallboy. Have benn using the shorty and absolutely love it. Waiting on the die bushing for my tallboy. Man did they build nice stuff......

Yes, they built great stuff! A gentleman (Hollywood Rex), made a youtube video on a press he restored, referred to Hollywoods as "Luxurious Iron". Hollywood employed machinists from the aerospace industry and it shows. As a machinist myself, I will say, none of the other manufacturers come close to the tolerances Hollywood achieved. And they did it without the CNC machines we have today.

[John Wayne]

The Super Turret. Measures 3' tall.
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[John Wayne]

And the Senior Turret set for 50 BMG
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[greybuff]

I just picked up a Senior shorty and a Tallboy. Have benn using the shorty and absolutely love it. Waiting on the die bushing for my tallboy. Man did they build nice stuff......
Today I picked up an early wasp waist model A and a third edition powder measure! Happy early 70th birthday.

[John Wayne]

Lucky you and happy birthday!